Accumulator Analysis: A Comparison of Storage Capacity and Long Term Consistency Between Lithium and Sodium Anodes within Tungsten Vanadium/Niobium Batteries
Authors:
- Students:
- Katherine Bai
- Lucas Caldentey
- Rohan Chadha
- Isabella Garrido
- Evan Lok
- Daniel O’Connor
- Serena Thomas
- Cheresa Turek
- Teachers:
- Matt Martino
- Diane Nead
- Mentors:
- Otavio Marques (Illinois Institute of Technology)
- Carlo Segre (Illinois Institute of Technology, Advanced Photon Source, Sector 10-BM)
Advanced Photon Source Sector 10: MRCAT
In a rapidly changing world, finding new sources of energy is among the highest priorities of modern societies. We believe that retrieving efficient energy sources is greatly important. However, equal emphasis should be placed on its storage and usage. One of the primary factors influencing and driving the global energy crisis we face today is the limited capability and long-term inconsistency of batteries. In our experiment, we aimed to measure the long-term consistency of lithium ion batteries in order to better our understanding of their long term feasibility and analyze their role in our future.