Description

This edition of the Energy and Power Systems Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) features information on the development of cost-effective and high performance solid state batteries that have the potential to be utilized in energy storage applications and also the development of an electrolyte that prevents degradation of micro-sized silicon anodes. The TOE also features trends and innovations in highly efficient wireless charging systems, anode-free lithium-sulfur batteries, and on ceramic fuel cells. The TOE also provides intelligence on solar driven hydrogen production and the use of a novel sorption-evaporation method for cooling of photovoltaic panels. The TOE additionally provides insights on the development of flexible perovskite solar cells for enhanced indoor energy generation. Furthermore, the TOE provides intelligence on organic solar cells and the use of ceramic sintering processes for developing battery materials.


The Energy and Power Systems TOE provides insights on the latest advances in the broad range of technology related to the energy industry. The topics regularly presented range from energy storage technologies (solid state batteries, solar chemical storage and other advanced energy storage devices) to non-renewable energy such as oil and gas. Special emphasis is given to emerging areas in the renewable sector such as photovoltaics, wind energy, and geothermal energy, and emerging alternative fuels such as hydrogen, syngas, ethanol and biofuels. The EPS TOE keeps clients abreast of the latest R&D developments at major corporate and academic research centers, provides competitor intelligence and helps create strategic alliances.

The Energy and Environment cluster provides global insights and intelligence on a wide variety of disruptive emerging technologies and platforms ranging from energy storage, advanced batteries, solar and wind energy, to unconventional oil, bioenergy, geothermal energy, and energy transmission.

Keywords: Solid-state batteries, silver-carbon anodes, wireless charging systems, lithium-sulfur batteries, ceramic fuel cells, perovskite solar cells, algal bio-hydrogen, organic solar cells, ceramic sintering process, organic liquid electrolytes