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Asking a question at EV2014VÉ in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is Al Cormier. (See meeting report on page 6.)

AROUND THE INDUSTRY

Electrovaya Delivers Li-ions to Walmart Canada Electrovaya Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is working with Walmart Canada to improve efficiency in the distribution and warehousing industry. “Walmart had tested the Electrovaya Li-ion 2.0 technology for six months before Electrovaya became an approved vendor and we are very pleased to start supplying Walmart with our batteries to enhance their productivity. Walmart is firmly focused on efficiency and reduction of the carbon footprint and Electrovaya’s Li-ion 2.0 technology allows improvements in those areas,” says Dr. Sankar Das Gupta, CEO of Electrovaya. “We see a number of applications and value-added opportunities in this industrial sector and working with a sophisticated leader in the industry demonstrates that Electrovaya’s products meet and exceed global standards.” Electrovaya’s non-toxic manufacturing technology produces a higher performing cell and enables Electrovaya to become the lowest cost producer as well as the greenest manufacturer in the fast emerging industry of electric mobility and energy storage. All conventional Li-ion battery plants use the toxic NMP (n-methyl-pyrrolidone) solvent,

now suspected of causing birth defects and increasing operating costs, capital costs and future liabilities.

Aquion Completes $36.8 Million Financing Round Aquion Energy Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) batteries and energy storage systems, has announced the closing of a tactical $36.8 million Series E financing round which will support growing customer-facing resources, scaling production, and deploying projects with partners worldwide. The Series E financing includes participation from new investors including: the business interests of Gigi Pritzker Pucker and Michael Pucker represented by DNS Capital, LLC; Constellation Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of Exelon Corp.; Total Energy Ventures; Shell Technology Ventures; and CapX Fund IV, LP. Previous investors also participating in the round include Bill Gates, Yung’s Enterprise, Nick and Joby Pritzker through their family’s firm Tao Invest, and Prelude Ventures. “Building on the recent unveiling of our second generation AHI battery technology at Solar Power International, this funding will allow the Aquion team to continue to scale our operations and prepare for increased sales and deployments around the globe,” says Scott Pearson, Aquion’s CEO. Unlike traditional battery chemistries that are being repurposed for demanding solar applications, such as lead acid and Li-ion, AHI batteries are specifically designed for multi-hour (4-20 hour) solar applications, and are one of the most economically effective batteries in the world for daily deep cycling.

Wood Receives Science Award Electrochemistry Dr. Vanessa Wood, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Switzerland, recently received this year’s international “Science Award Electrochemistry” from Volkswagen and BASF. The award ceremony took place at Stanford University in California. The award was

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General InformationThis international conference convening in Glasgow, July 26-31, 2015, is devoted to the following areas:

Section A: Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XIV)—All aspects of research, development, and engineering of solid oxide fuel cells. Lead organizer: Subhash C. Singhal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Section B: Batteries—A wide range of topics related to battery technologies. Lead organizer: Peter G. Bruce, Oxford University.

Section C— Low Temperature Fuel Cells–Low-temperature fuel cells, electrolyzers, and redox flow cells. Lead organizer: Hubert A. Gasteiger, Technische Universität München, Germany.

This is the first of a series of planned biennial conferences in Europe by The Electrochemical Society on electrochemical energy conversion/storage materials, concepts, and systems, with the intent to bring together scientists and engineers to discuss both fundamental advances and engineering innovations. The conference will start with a reception on Sunday evening, and presentations will be scheduled from Monday through Friday.

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presented to Dr. Wood by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft’s chairman of the board of management and Dr. Kurt Bock, BASF SE’s chairman of the board of executive directors.

The jury of representatives from BASF, Volkswagen and academia selected Wood for her outstanding research results in the area of Li-ion batteries. She has analyzed how the microstructure of electrodes influences the efficiency of batteries. Wood developed a new image analysis method, upon which she created a new low-cost technique that is compatible with current manufacturing processes. Through

her work, the scientist has contributed to further improve the efficiency of Li-ion batteries. The Science Award Electrochemistry was initiated by BASF and Volkswagen in 2012. It is presented annually and targets outstanding scientists in the global academic research community. The aim is to foster exceptional scientific and engineering achievements in electrochemistry and to provide an incentive for the development of high-performance energy storage devices. Overall, the prize money amounts to EUR50,000 (approximately US$62,000). The first place winner is awarded EUR25,000. Visit www.science-award.com for more information.

Mega Battery Factory in U.S. for Grid A stealth Swiss startup called Alevo plans to make the equivalent of Tesla Motors’ gigafactory in North Carolina. The main difference: its batteries will be as big as shipping containers and connect to power plants, rather than electric cars. These new batteries, designed to store energy for use in the power grid, would be built in a new facility constructed from a former Concord, North Carolina cigarette factory. Alevo says the new factory will employ 2,500. The company, which has about 150 employees currently, paid $68.5 million for the site and expects to start manufacturing its giant batteries next year, CEO and founder Jostein Eikeland says. Eikeland says Alevo chose North Carolina, which hasn’t provided any financial incentives, because it could locally source many of the components and machinery needed. The entire battery except for the electrolyte will be assembled in North Carolina; one local supplier is engineering company Parker Hannifin.

Energy Management Installed at 9MW PV Plant Battery developer and energy storage company Axion Power International has been chosen to supply its PbC technology and batteries for a 48-acre solar PV plant in Pennsylvania. The 9MW solar plant will become the largest in the state once completed, with construction scheduled to begin before the end of the year. Axion’s batteries will be complemented by the company’s Power PbC PowerCube, which will provide frequency regulation to the plant. Phases I and II will comprise the first 2.4MW of solar capacity, generating 6.3 million kilowatt hours of clean

Dr. Vanessa Wood (middle) is awarded the 2014 Science Award Electrochemistry for her Li-ion battery research by Prof. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen Group and Dr. Kurt Bock, chairman of the board of executive directors of BASF SE.

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Announcing the Distinguished Faculty for the 32nd International Battery Seminar & Exhibit

K.M. Abraham, Northeastern UniversityKev Adjemian, Idaho National LaboratoryJ. Norm Allen, Potomac Energy FundBrian Barnett, TIAX, LLCRalph Brodd, Broddarp of NevadaKumar Bugga, NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAndrew Burke, University of California-DavisRichard Chamberlain, Boston PowerYi Cui, Stanford UniversityJeff Dahn, Dahlhousie UniversityBridget Deveney, SaftKevin Eberman, 3MMichael Fetcenko, BASF Battery Materials - OvonicDave Freeman, Texas InstrumentsLinda Gaines, Argonne National LaboratoryDave Heacock, Texas InstrumentsDavid Howell, U.S. Department of EnergyJohn Hurley, A123 Systems, LLC

James Kaschmitter, Polystor Energy CorporationGeorge Kerchner, Portable Rechargeable Battery AssociationFranz Kruger, Roland Berger Strategy ConsultantsArumugam Manthiram, University of Texas at AustinHenry Mao, BAK Battery Co.Ted Miller, Ford Motor CompanySurya Moganty, NOHMS Technologies, Inc.Brian Morin, Dreamweaver InternationalYoshio Nishi, Stanford UniversityMotoaki Nishijima, Sharp CorporationOdysseas Paschos, BMWPrabhakar Patil, Chem Power, Inc.Sebastien Patoux, CEA-LitenChristophe Pillot, Avicenne EnergyRob Privette, XG SciencesBob Richard, LabelMaster (formerly U.S. DOT)YB Roh, EIG

Ken Rudisuela, IOXUSAnn Marie Sastry, Sakti3Xi Shan, BYDKamal Shah, Intel CorporationHang Shi, Tianjin Lishen Battery, Ltd.Steve Sloop, On-To TechnologyHe Wei, EVE Worldwide Industries, Inc.Peter Cheng, HighPower InternationalMichael Thackeray, Argonne National LaboratoryMark Verbrugge, General MotorsSteve Visco, PolyPlus Battery CompanyJohn Warner, Xalt EnergyJay Whitacre, Aquion Energy; Carnegie Mellon UniversityRalph Wise, BASF MaterialsKai Wu, ATLRachid Yazami, Nanyang Technological UniversityJohn Zhang, Celgard

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solar power that will be sold to the Coatesville Area School District via a 25-year PPA. The Coatesville Solar Initiative will own the plant. Once the project has reached its full potential, Axion’s batteries could be used to store the output from the 5,000 to 6,000 range, based on the proposed size of the plant.

Li-ion to Reduce Cost, Save Energy for Telcoms In India, telecom tower companies are increasingly installing Li-ion batteries for uninterrupted power supplies to their towers, with Reliance Jio Infocomm as a key adopter of this longer-lasting cost-effective power storage technology that is more environmentally friendly than other traditional options.

Li-ion batteries have more than double the life of traditional lead-acid batteries and help cut about Rs5-6 from the Rs22 cost to otherwise store each unit of electricity, say industry experts. Energy costs account for a third of the network operating expenses for tower companies, and reducing the energy costs would improve profitability. “Li-ion batteries have definite technical advantages in terms of power to weight to volume ratio, absence of pollutants like acid and lead, (and) longer life,” says a Reliance Jio Infocomm spokesperson in response to Economic Times’s queries, confirming installation of Li-ion batteries across its existing 25,000 towers, instead of the more traditional lead-acid batteries and diesel generators. The Reliance Industries unit is expected to launch fourth generation communication services next year. Alternate energy solutions provider ACME Cleantech, one of the installation partners for Reliance Jio, says Li-ion batteries would be installed in all 70,000-100,000 towers that the operator plans to set up countrywide.

EV Maker Cenntro Moves HQ to Sparks, Nevada New Jersey-based electric commercial vehicle maker Cenntro Automotive has moved its headquarters to

Northern Nevada. Cenntro announced the move as well as a new manufacturing facility in Sparks during an event at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in October. The company is expected to create 300 jobs in the next few years. “How appropriate is it to make…electric vehicles in a city called Sparks?” says Mike Kazmierski, president and CEO of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada. The arrival of Cenntro, which also has operations in China and France, gives the area another presence in the electric vehicle industry after Tesla recently chose Northern Nevada as the location for its gigafactory. Cenntro specializes in the design and manufacture of lightweight, zero-emission electric commercial vehicles such as the Citelec, which the company added to its portfolio after its $50 million acquisition of French company Brant Motors.

Giant Battery Unit Aims at Wind Storage Holy Grail Southern California Edison, a utility that serves about 14 million people, has amassed more than 600,000 Li-ion battery cells – enough to power 2,000 Chevrolet Volts – at a substation in Tehachapi, California. The $54 million, two-year test project aims to collect power generated from the area’s 5,000 wind turbines and store it for future use. Cost-effective storage for wind and solar energy is the industry’s “Holy Grail,” Morgan Stanley says. That’s because times of high output during sunny days or windy nights don’t always match up with peak demand. While batteries are currently too expensive for large-scale use, improving technology is cutting costs, which means storage systems could replace some plants and avoid the need for new ones, as well as cut demand for oil, according to UBS AG and Citigroup Inc.

The Southern California Edison project is part of a push for more wind and solar power in the state. A third of California’s electricity must come from renewable sources by 2020, and mandates also require that the three biggest investor-owned utilities store 1,325MW by 2024. California already has more than 12,000 wind turbines, the most of any state, according to the American Wind Energy Association.

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MEETING REPORT

EV2014VÉ Conference and Trade ShowVancouver, British Columbia, Canada

OEM Perspective Session October 30, 2014

“Looking Back From 2018 – How Did We Do?”

By Nigel FitzpatrickVancouver, British Columbia, Canada

It took just 18 minutes on two buses to cover five miles from home to the conference at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. Seated beside Matt Stevens of CrossChasm, former chair of EMC, I learned that his hybrid and plug-in fleet management business is thriving. Prior reading told me that unlike many other countries Canada has no federal incentive program. Plug-in sales are growing in Québec and Ontario with local incentives of $5,000-$8,500. Sales slowed in British Columbia when a $5,000 incentive ended. A discussion of incentives was expected in the OEM session and we were not to be disappointed!

EV2014VÉ chair, Mark Dubois-Phillips of Powertech Labs Inc. (www.powertechlabs.com) opened the session. The panel members were introduced, and then Dubois-Phillips drew the panel’s attention to Canada’s 2008-09 Technology Roadmap for Electric Vehicles in which 500,000 plug-ins were predicted to be on Canadian roads by 2018. On his left were Marcel Guay for Nissan Canada, Phil Petsinis for GM, Marc Belcourt for BMW, Andrew

McCredie of Vancouver Sun/Province Motoring as the moderator, Stephanie Janczak for Ford and Shawn Bryan for Mitsubishi.

McCredie moderated well and asked the panel to speak as if they were in 2018. As an aide-mémoire the screen portrayed the Toronto Maple Leafs surprising us all by winning the Stanley Cup. (This time shift offers a challenge to the reporter!) Moving into the future, Guay (Nissan Canada) said that in 2018 there were now only 50,000 plug in vehicles on the road in Canada. Further incentives could have taken the number to 100,000. Janczak (Ford) agreed with 50,000 number saying most of those units were plug-in hybrids while Bryan (Mitsubishi) said 35,000 was the number. On technology, Belcourt (BMW) said that a typical range was now 300km in 2018, and Byan (Mitsubishi) said Li-ion still prevailed. Guay (Nissan Canada) said the

battery cost was $300/kWh cost. Ford was still producing for multiple types of charger. Belcourt (BMW) and Petsinis (GM) said SAE level 3 chargers are increasingly available. Panel members said a federal incentive across Canada would have helped democratize EV access and that its absence had been a real handicap. In the U.S., even in 2014, there were states where the combined federal and state incentive was $10,000 to $ 12,000. Guay (Nissan Canada)

said a Canadian Federal incentive of $2,000 would have been a tipping point in Ontario and Québec.

Petsinis (GM) said HOV access in Québec had helped and Belcourt (BMW) commented that dealer awareness had increased sales. Janczak (Ford) mentioned PHEV inclusion, HOV access and free parking as helpful. The panel agreed that 2018 plug in vehicles were now well accepted and that

Kent Rathwell of Sun Country explains a charching point to BMW’s Marc Belcourt. (Courtesy of EMC.)

Marcel Guay for Nissan Canada, Phil Petsinis for GM, Marc Belcourt for BMW, Andrew McCredie as the moderator, Stephanie Janczak for Ford and Shawn Bryan for Mitsubishi. (Courtesy of EMC.)

Jeff Carter and Mark Dubois-Phillips besieged at the Powertech Labs stand. (Courtesy of EMC.)

George Tsaparis mentioned that Nissan was giving its own rebate on its 2014 Leaf.

Pat Whitten, director of Commercial & Industrial Market-Canada describes a Level 2 charger.

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U.S. BATTERY ANDFUEL CELL PATENTS

Compiled by Eddie T. Seoemail: seoeddie@gmail.com

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U.S. 8,820,132 (20140902), Method and facility for producing separator for use in polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Nobuhiro Tazoe, IHI Corp. (JP).

U.S. 8,820,569 (20140902), Fuel container, fuel residual amount measurement device, and fuel residual amount measurement method, Yasunari Kabasawa, Yoshihisa Suda, Takahiro Osada, Kozi Nishimura, and Toshimi Kamitani, Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (JP) and Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,821,763 (20140902), Active material and method of manufacturing active material, Atsushi Sano, Keitaro Otsuki, Yosuke Miyaki, Takeshi Takahashi, Tohru Inoue, and Akiji Higuchi, TDK Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,821,765 (20140902), Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, Ryuta Sugiura, Akira Urakawa, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, and Tsutomu Nanataki, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,821,766 (20140902), Lithium manganate for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, process for producing the same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Masayuki Uegami, Akihisa Kajiyama, Kazutoshi Ishizaki, and Hideaki Sadamura, Toda Kogyo Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,821,767 (20140902), Cathode active material, Kaoru Omichi, Yuji Isogai, and Yuki Ito, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,821,771 (20140902), Flame spray pyrolysis method for forming nanoscale lithium metal phosphate powders, Michael Edward Badding, Jacqueline Leslie Brown, Curtis Robert Fekety, and Zhen Song, Corning Inc.. U.S. 8,821,773 (20140902), Graphene composite electrodes for energy storage devices, Xin Zhao and Yu-Ming Lin. U.S. 8,821,832 (20140902), Fuel processor for use with portable fuel cells, Jennifer E. Brantley, Ian W. Kaye, Arpad Somogyvari, Gerry Tucker, and Fan Liang Chan, UltraCell, LLC. U.S. 8,821,834 (20140902), Hydrogen generator with aerogel catalyst, Michael Curello and Constance Stepan, Société BIC (FR). U.S. 8,821,968 (20140902), Process for making layer-structured catalysts at the electrode/electrolyte interface of a fuel cell, Xirong Jiang, Xu Tian, Friedrich B Prinz, Stacey F Bent, Joon Hyung Shim, Masayuki Sugawara, and Hong Huang, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,821,969 (20140902), Method for making modified current collector of lithium ion battery, Xiang-Ming He, Jian-Jun Li, Li-Chun Zhang, Wei-Hua Pu, Jian Gao, and Jian-Guo Ren, Tsinghua University (CN) and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW). U.S. 8,822,000 (20140902), Nanostructure and method for manufacturing the same, Hironori Kumagai, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shigeo Hayashi, Takuma Asari, and Toshiya Yokogawa, Panasonic Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,822,048 (20140902), Paste composition and printed circuit board, Hirofumi Ebe, Shinichi Inoue, and Yoshihiro Furukawa, Nitto Denko Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,822,049 (20140902), Battery unit and electrical device, Keiichi Tanii, Masatoshi Hashimoto, Kyohei Takeuchi, and Takahiro Shimada, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,050 (20140902), Electric storage apparatus, Nobuo Yamamoto, Mizuho Matsumoto, and Toru Nakai, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,822,051 (20140902), Protection circuit module including thermistor and secondary battery pack having the same, Martin Yoo, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,052 (20140902), Battery cartridge, Gwang Ho Yang and Yong Hyun Nam, LG Electronics Inc. (KR). U.S. 8,822,053 (20140902), Electrical energy storage device, Kyung-Sang Chun and Yuk-Seong Ryu, Nesscap Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,054 (20140902), Battery system for secondary battery comprising blended cathode material, and apparatus and method for managing the same, Won-Tae Joe, Geun-Chang Chung, and Sun-Young Cha, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,055 (20140902), Secondary battery, Ryuji Kohno, Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,057 (20140902), High surface area flow battery

electrodes, Steven L. Sinsabaugh, Gregory Pensero, Han Liu, and Lawrence P. Hetzel, Lockheed Martin Corp.. U.S. 8,822,058 (20140902), Thermally conductive member, and battery device using the same, Yoshio Terada, Akira Shouji, Kouki Tomioka, Kenji Furuta, Midori Tojo, Kazunori Hayashi, and Moriki Shoujirou, Nitto Denko Corp. (JP) [This patent was withdrawn prior to issue.]. U.S. 8,822,059 (20140902), Lithium ion battery, Jia-Ping Wang, Ke Wang, Kai-Li Jiang, and Shou-Shan Fan, Tsinghua University (CN) and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW). U.S. 8,822,061 (20140902), Battery module with plurality of batteries having bent terminal portions connected with fixing plate, Yong-Sam Kim, Sang-Won Byun, and Byung-Kyu Ahn, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,062 (20140902), Power-supply device with terminal clipping pieces, Tomohiro Ikeda and Keizo Aoki, Yazaki Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,822,063 (20140902), Battery, and method for the production of a battery, Dirk Oldenburg and Peter Streuer, Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGAA (DE). U.S. 8,822,064 (20140902), Modular battery with polymeric compression sealing, Duncan Culver, Christopher K. Dyer, and Michael L. Epstein, Lightening Energy. U.S. 8,822,065 (20140902), Rechargeable battery with current collector plate, Sang- Won Byun, Yong-Sam Kim, Dae-Won Han, Sung-Bae Kim, and Byung-Kyu Ahn, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,822,066 (20140902), Secondary battery, Sangwon Byun and Jeongwon Oh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,068 (20140902), Pouch type secondary battery, In-Won Hwang, Hyung-Bok Lee, Joong-Hun Kim, and Jae-Hoon Choi, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,069 (20140902), Battery pack, Woon-Seong Baek, Young-Ho Kim, and Kyung-Won Seo, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,070 (20140902), Battery with secure short-circuiting mechanism, Takeshi Meguro, Shinji Hatake, Masanori Anzai, Noriaki Kokubu, and Tsutomu Suehiro, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,822,071 (20140902), Active material for rechargeable battery, Masaki Matsui, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. U.S. 8,822,072 (20140902), Nonaqueous electrolyte and nonaqueous electrolyte battery, Ichiro Yamada, Shunsuke Saito, Haruo Watanabe, and Tadahiko Kubota, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,822,073 (20140902), Electrode with organic/inorganic composite and electrochemical device comprising the same, Sang-Young Lee, Dae-Jong Seo, Dong- Myung Kim, Seok-Koo Kim, and Hyun-Min Jang, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,074 (20140902), Electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery, Yasuhiro Wakizaka and Takumi Sugimoto, Zeon Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,822,075 (20140902), Si alloy negative electrode active material for electric device, Manabu Watanabe, Osamu Tanaka, and Takashi Miyamoto, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) [This patent was withdrawn prior to issue.]. U.S. 8,822,076 (20140902), Non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery and positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery, Takeshi Ogasawara, Kentaro Takahashi, and Naoki Imachi, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,077 (20140902), Lithium secondary battery and electrode for lithium secondary battery, Takashi Katoh,, Ohara Inc (JP). U.S. 8,822,078 (20140902), Freestanding carbon nanotube paper, methods of its making, and devices containing the same, Brian J. Landi, Ryne P. Raffaelle, and Cory D. Cress, Rochester Institute of Technology. U.S. 8,822,079 (20140902), Composite anode active material for lithium rechargeable battery, method of preparing the same and lithium rechargeable battery using the material, Gue-sung Kim,

car sharing businesses had contributed. Dubois-Phillips asked the panel how Canada compared with the rest of the world in 2018. Janczak (Ford) said the PHEV take up rate was high in Canada, while Petsinis (GM) noted Québec was already surpassing the U.S. in 2014. Guay (Nissan Canada) said Norway’s success suggested that, Federal support would have helped when Leaf sales had been doubling year over year in Ontario with the local incentive in 2014. Returning to 2014, the panel then answered questions from the floor. Aware they would have memories of 2018, Al Cormier (former EMC CEO) asked about standards. “Was progress made on needed standards such as, vehicle to grid (V2G) and vehicle to home (V2H)?” Janczak (Ford) replied, “Yes!” and went on to say these issues had been addressed by 2018. The panel gave examples of ongoing collaboration, such as V2G, and Ford actively meeting with Toyota. Seven OEM’s had collaborated with EPRI on vehicle communication with the Cloud. When asked, “Who are the OEM enemies?” there were smiles. Petsinis (GM) replied positively that the “take up” curve that was the challenge curve for plug-in hybrids was already outpacing the early curve for hybrids.

The panel and moderator were thanked. Then Dubois-Phillips handed a symbolic (and temporary) “torch” to David Swan, the organizing chair of the next year’s conference. Swan spoke of Nova Scotia’s strong move to tidal and wind energy and suggested that we drive electric vehicles to Halifax, just as he had driven to Vancouver across Canada with fellow organizer, David Stevenson http://emc-mec.ca/ev2014ve/EVCoast2Coast/ archives/43. Passing through the poster session, we adjourned to the trade show hall for a buffet lunch. There Ken

Rathwell the founder of Sun Country Highway (https://suncountryhighway.ca/) described the still ongoing electric vehicle race across Canada in which Swan and Stevenson had reached Vancouver.

Kindly driven home in an electric vehicle, I assembled notes for this report. Before a finger reached the keyboard, the United Nations had reported that carbon emissions need to be reversed by 2020 and then taken to net zero by the end of the century. While writing, the President of France, François Hollande, speaking of climate change in the Canadian Parliament, said, “We have to find an agreement within the coming months,” (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/nick-fillmore/climate-change-reputation_b_6111052.html). With a need to phase out fossil fuel, perhaps Canada will join other major countries and add Federal incentives for plug-in vehicles before EV2015VÉ in Nova Scotia next May. EV2015VÉ will be held May 25-27, 2015 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. For more information, visit http://evve.ca/ev2015ve/.

Mark Dubois-Phillips hands a symbolic (temorary) “torch” to David Swan for EV2015VÉ in Halifax next May. (Courtesy of EMC.)

George Roddan of Dynamic Energy Solutions and Lorne Gettel of ElectraMotor Corp. enjoyed the power session.

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Han-su Kim, and Dong-min Im, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,080 (20140902), Positive active material for lithium secondary battery, electrode for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery, Yukiko Fujino, Yoshinobu Yasunaga, Toru Tabuchi, Tokuo Inamasu, and Toshiyuki Nukuda, GS Yuasa International Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,081 (20140902), Electrode structure and electrochemical cell using the same, Hyun-Ki Park, Jeong-Doo Yi, Ju-Yong Kim, and Dong-Hee Han, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,082 (20140902), Separator for electrochemical device, electrode for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device, Hideaki Katayama, Yoshinori Sato, Toshihiro Abe, and Nobuaki Matsumoto, Hitachi Maxwell, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,083 (20140902), Negative electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery and manufacturing process for the same, Manabu Miyoshi, Hitotoshi Murase, Keiichi Hayashi, and Shinji Suzuki, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki (JP). U.S. 8,822,084 (20140902), Electrolyte for non-aqueous electrolyte batteries and nonaqueous electrolyte battery using the same, Shoichi Tsujioka and Aiichiro Fujiwara, Central Glass Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,085 (20140902), Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising the same, Ra-Young Hwang and Ji- Sang Yu, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,086 (20140902), Solvent for electrolyte solution, electrolyte solution, and gellike electrolyte, Tatsuo Fujinami, Yasutaka Tanaka, and Yasutoshi Iriyama, National University Corp. Shizuoka University (JP). U.S. 8,822,087 (20140902), Metal-air battery and method for manufacturing the metal-air battery, Yukinari Kotani and Fuminori Mizuno, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,822,088 (20140902), Power storage device, Ryota Tajima, Shunpei Yamazaki, Teppei Oguni, Takeshi Osada, Shinya Sasagawa, and Kazutaka Kuriki, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,089 (20140902), Method of operating fuel cell with high power and high power fuel cell system, Tae-Geun Noh and Won-Ho Lee, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,090 (20140902), Internally reforming fuel cell assembly with staged fuel flow and selective catalyst loading for improved temperature uniformity and efficiency, Zhiwen Ma, Mohammad Farooque, and Ramakrishnan Venkataraman, FuelCell Energy, Inc. U.S. 8,822,091 (20140902), Proton-conducting membrane and use thereof, Oemer Uensal, Gunter Christ, and Kathrin Wirth, BASF Fuel Cell GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,822,092 (20140902), Fuel cell system, Ikuhiro Taniguchi, Hiromasa Sakai, Kotaro Akashi, and Nobutaka Takahashi, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,822,094 (20140902), Fuel cell system operated on liquid fuels, Swaminathan Venkataraman, Arne Watson Ballantine, and David Weingaertner, Bloom Energy Corp.. U.S. 8,822,095 (20140902), Fuel cell system comprising a heat exchanger, Uwe Hannesen and Akinori Tsukada, Belenos Clean Power Holding AG (CH). U.S. 8,822,096 (20140902), Fuel cell electrical power source for a portable electronic device with thermoelectric module, David Gerard Rich and Lyall Kenneth Winger, BlackBerry Ltd. (CA). U.S. 8,822,097 (20140902), Slide valve for fuel cell power generator, Steven J. Eickhoff, Honeywell International Inc. U.S. 8,822,098 (20140902), Manufacturing/assembly of a fuel distributor assembly, Matthew T. Pernot, Roger M. Brisbane, Courtney E. Reich, and Edward D. Groninger, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,822,099 (20140902), Fuel cell separator with gasket and method for manufacturing the same, Sang Mun Chin, Sae Hoon Kim, Yoo Chang Yang, Suk Min Baeck, and Seong Il Heo, Hyundai

Motor Co. (KR). U.S. 8,822,100 (20140902), Method of controlling thickness of form-in-place sealing for PEM fuel cell stacks, Richard H. Blunk and Andrew P. Nowak, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,822,101 (20140902), Fuel cell mechanical components, Gilbert Richards, David Trevisan, Michael Lee, Jessica Mahler, Ross Parker, Alex Clarabut, Chad Pearson, Arne Ballantine, David Weingaertner, Jason Hixson, and Fred Mitlitsky, Bloom Energy Corp.. U.S. 8,822,102 (20140902), Manifold device for tube type solid oxide fuel cell, Jun-Won Suh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,822,888 (20140902), Fuel cartridge for fuel cells, Andrew J. Curello, Société BIC (FR). U.S. 8,823,317 (20140902), Circuits and methods for heating batteries in series using resonance components in series, Wenhui Xu, Yaochuan Han, Wei Feng, Qinyao Yang, Wenjin Xia, and Shibin Ma, BYD Co. Ltd. (CN). U.S. 8,823,321 (20140902), Single wire battery pack temperature and identification method, Elik Dvorkin and Tanmay P. Gajjar, The Gillette Co. – South Boston. U.S. 8,823,323 (20140902), Batteries, battery systems, battery submodules, battery operational methods, battery system operational methods, battery charging methods, and battery system charging methods, Russell M. Troxel and Joel E. Sandahl, Valence Technology, Inc. U.S. 8,823,324 (20140902), Staggered multi-battery battery charging, Michael J Brandon II, Eveready Battery Co., Inc. U.S. 8,823,325 (20140902), Method for checking and modulating battery capacity and power based on discharging/charging characteristics, Welkin Ling, Chein-Chung Sun, and Chiou-Chu Lai, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW). U.S. 8,823,326 (20140902), Method for determining the state of charge of a battery in charging or discharging phase, Remy Mingant, Christine Lefrou, and Yvan Reynier, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (FR) and Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble (FR). U.S. 8,823,328 (20140902), Charging apparatus that can recharge different types of batteries without overcharging them, Kikuo Utsuno, Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,823,329 (20140902), Discharging of batteries, Steven E. Sloop and Robert Parker. U.S. 8,823,382 (20140902), System and method for monitoring a power source of an implantable medical device, John C. Rondoni and Mukul Jain, Medtronic, Inc. U.S. 8,824,120 (20140902), Electrode for electric double layer capacitor and method for producing the same, Kenji Machida, Shunzo Suemastu, and Kenji Tamamitsu, Nippon Chemi-Con Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,825,417 (20140902), Battery health management and recording, Matthew Joseph Krolak and John Anthony Trela, The Boeing Co.. U.S. 8,828,102 (20140909), Method for manufacturing electrode sheets and apparatus therefor, Tsuyoshi Ito, Akiji Hayashi, Hiroki Ishida, Ichiro Shibata, and Keisuke Omori, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,828,103 (20140909), Process for the preparation of an electrode from a porous material, electrode thus obtained and corresponding electrochemical system, Karim Zaghib, Abdelbast Guerfi, Patrick Charest, Robert Kostecki, Kimio Kinoshita, and Michel Armand, Hydro-Quebec (CA). U.S. 8,828,108 (20140909), Apparatus, system, and method for producing energy using a stream of liquid alkali metal, Bruce McGill. U.S. 8,828,179 (20140909), Compound paper sticking process for lithium ion battery fuses, Johnny Wei, Skipper Zhu, and Hellen Zhou, Dongguan NVT Technology Co., Ltd. (CN). U.S. 8,828,196 (20140909), Composite glass seal for a solid oxide electrolyser cell stack, Nadja Lönnroth, Anne Hauch, Mogens Mogensen, and Ming Chen, Technical University of Denmark (DK).

U.S. 8,828,258 (20140909), Stainless steel separator for fuel cell and the manufacturing method thereof, Yoo Taek Jeon and Yeon Soo Jeong, Hyundai Hysco (KR). U.S. 8,828,481 (20140909), Method of depositing silicon on carbon materials and forming an anode for use in lithium ion batteries, David J. Burton, Max L. Lake, and Maryam Nazri, Applied Sciences, Inc. U.S. 8,828,567 (20140909), Microbial power generation device, Tetsuro Fukase and Nobuhiro Orita, Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,568 (20140909), Fuel cell system, Takahiko Hasegawa and Toshihiko Minamii, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,828,569 (20140909), Battery can for storage battery, Teruaki Yamada and Kohji Miyoshi, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,570 (20140909), Battery temperature sensor, Neel Banerjee, Andrew L. Van Brocklin, and Randy Hoffman, Hewlett-Packard Development Co., LP. U.S. 8,828,571 (20140909), Secondary battery, Dukjung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,828,573 (20140909), Electrode structures for aqueous electrolyte lithium sulfur batteries, Steven J. Visco, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Bruce D. Katz, Lutgard C. De Jonghe, Nikolay Goncharenko, and Valentina Loginova, PolyPlus Battery Co.. U.S. 8,828,574 (20140909), Electrolyte compositions for aqueous electrolyte lithium sulfur batteries, Steven J. Visco, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Bruce D. Katz, Lutgard C. De Jonghe, Nikolay Goncharenko, and Valentina Loginova, PolyPlus Battery Co.. U.S. 8,828,575 (20140909), Aqueous electrolyte lithium sulfur batteries, Steven J. Visco, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, Bruce D. Katz, Lutgard C. De Jonghe, Nikolay Goncharenko, and Valentina Loginova, PolyPlus Battery Co. U.S. 8,828,576 (20140909), Prismatic cell with integrated cooling plate, Vinod Kumar and Richard C. Deming Jr., GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,828,577 (20140909), Conduction and convection cooled energy storage system, Daniel J. Youngs, Kurt Biehl, Edward Bass, Eric D. Schneider, Felice E. Bailey, Steven T. Reyburn, Dean M. Ford, Richard Bletsis, Markus Naegeli, Jerry Wendling, Bruce E. Miller, and Derek A. Delrymple, Allison Transmission, Inc. U.S. 8,828,578 (20140909), Middle or large-sized battery module of improved safety, Jae Hun Yang, Jongmoon Yoon, Yongshik Shin, and Bum Hyun Lee, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,828,579 (20140909), Battery, Tadahiko Kubota, Momoe Adachi, and Shigeru Fujita, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,580 (20140909), Lithium battery having a protected lithium electrode and an ionic liquid catholyte, Steven J. Visco, Bruce D. Katz, Yevgeniy S. Nimon, and Lutgard C. De Jonghe, PolyPlus Battery Co.. U.S. 8,828,581 (20140909), Liquid battery formed from encapsulated components, Glenn Godden, Empire Technology Development LLC. U.S. 8,828,582 (20140909), Battery and assembly method, Peter Gustave Borden, Gridtential Energy, Inc. U.S. 8,828,583 (20140909), Battery module, Ryuichi Amagai, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,584 (20140909), Lithium-ion rechargeable battery module, vehicle with the battery module and generating system with the battery module, Akira Gunji, Shin Takahashi, Hiroshi Iwasawa, Shin Yamauchi, and Takefumi Okumura, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,585 (20140909), Equal distribution-typed connecting member, and battery pack employed with the same, Jin Woong Ha, Jae Seong Yeo, Yongshik Shin, and Jeeho Kim, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,828,586 (20140909), Rechargeable battery pack and connection tab used for the same, Sang-Hun Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR).

U.S. 8,828,588 (20140909), Battery module, Young-Bin Lim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,828,589 (20140909), Battery and method of manufacturing same, Kazuhide Tozuka, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Katsuhiko Okamoto, Yoshinori Tanaka, Shinsuke Yoshitake, and Takeshi Sasaki, GS Yuasa International Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,590 (20140909), Electric storage device provided with current collecting member, and method for manufacturing current collecting member, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Motoki Hoshino, Jun Nakamura, Shinsuke Yoshitake, Takeshi Sasaki, and Akihiko Miyazaki, GS Yuasa International Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,591 (20140909), External packaging material for battery device, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same, and battery pack, Kazuhito Hatta and Masato Sato, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,592 (20140909), Battery pack, Seok Koh, Jeongdeok Byun, and Kyungho Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,828,593 (20140909), Lithium ion battery having emergency rupture member, Yoontai Kwak, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,828,594 (20140909), Battery pack, Sangdo Heo and Woojin Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,828,595 (20140909), Sealing material composition for secondary battery, method for producing same, and secondary battery using same, Koichiro Maeda and Naoki Yoshida, Zeon Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,596 (20140909), Secondary battery including a lower terminal plate and an upper terminal plate, Sangwon Byun, Yongsam Kim, and Sooseok Choi, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,828,597 (20140909), Non-aqueous electrolyte battery wherein a battery case and a terminal are connected through a semiconductive resin packing, Hiroaki Yoshida and Nobutaka Imamura, GS Yuasa International Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,598 (20140909), Sealed-type cell, Toru Nakai, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,828,599 (20140909), Battery pack and battery-pack exterior casing, Tadashi Miebori, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,600 (20140909), Battery with reinforcing member for press-fitted terminal, Hiroyasu Kado, Shigeru Takashiro, Shigetaka Nagamatsu, Keigo Yamada, Kaori Ueda, and Takahiro Oshima, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,828,601 (20140909), Battery pack, Mieko Hara, Jiro Moriya, Tomomaru Ueda, Michihito Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Okada, and Hideki Kamiya, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,602 (20140909), Secondary battery with electrode leads at an outer side of a battery case, Changbum Ahn and Youngbae Sohn, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,828,603 (20140909), Secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, electric power storage system, power tool, and electronic appliance, Ichiro Yamada and Tadahiko Kubota, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,604 (20140909), Battery, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Takehiko Tanaka, and Masanori Soma, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,605 (20140909), Lithium-ion secondary battery, Christina M. Lampe-Onnerud, Boston-Power, Inc. U.S. 8,828,606 (20140909), Positive electrode active material, positive electrode using the same and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, Koji Morita, Satoshi Fujiki, and Hideki Nakai, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,828,607 (20140909), Cathode material, cathode, and lithium ion secondary battery, Hiroaki Konishi and Masanori Yoshikawa, Hitachi, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,608 (20140909), Secondary lithium batteries having novel anodes, Xueliang Sun, Xifei Li, Dongsheng Geng, and Quanmin Yang, Springpower International Inc. (CA). U.S. 8,828,609 (20140909), Method for preparing an electrochemical cell having a gel electrolyte, Karim Zaghib, Manabu

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Kikuta, Martin Dontigny, Abdelbast Guerfi, and Michiyuki Kono, Hydro-Quebec (CA) and Dai-Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,610 (20140909), Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells, Yuriy V. Mikhaylik, Sion Power Corp.. U.S. 8,828,611 (20140909), Non-aqueous electrolyte and electrochemical device comprising the same, Su-Jin Yoon, Jeong-Ju Cho, and Ho-Chun Lee, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,828,612 (20140909), Fuel cell system, Keigo Ikezoe and Yasushi Ichikawa, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,828,613 (20140909), Membrane electrode assemblies and fuel-cell systems with surface-modified electrocatalysts and methods for electrocatalyst surface modification, Jingxin Zhang, Rohit Makharia, and Jeanette E. Owejan, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,828,614 (20140909), Fuel cell hybrid system having multi-stack structure, Nam Woo Lee, Sang Uk Kwon, Seong Pil Ryu, Jae Won Jung, and Sun Soon Park, Hyundai Motor Corp. (KR). U.S. 8,828,616 (20140909), Life extension of PEM fuel cell using startup method, Clark G. Hochgraf, Paul Taichiang Yu, Frederick T. Wagner, and Robert S. Foley, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,828,617 (20140909), Seal for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Keith M. Martin, Samira Barakat, and Emerson R. Gallagher, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA). U.S. 8,828,618 (20140909), High performance multilayer electrodes for use in reducing gases, Michael J. Day, Scott L. Swartz, Matthew M. Seabaugh, Paul H. Matter, and Jared R. Archer, NexTech Materials, Ltd. U.S. 8,828,619 (20140909), Proton exchange polymer membrane using surface treatment technique based on direct fluorination, membrane-electrode assembly, and fuel cell comprising the same, Young-Moo Lee, Chang-Hyun Lee, and Sang-Yun Lee, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Hanyang University (KR). U.S. 8,828,620 (20140909), Roll-good fuel cell fabrication processes, equipment, and articles produced from same, David Robert Mekala, Donald George Peterson, Dennis Earl Ferguson, and Duane Douglas Fansler, 3M Innovative Properties Co. U.S. 8,828,621 (20140909), Modularized fuel cell devices and fluid flow plate assemblies, Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Chun-Hsing Wu, Fanghei Tsau, and Wen-Chen Chang, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW). U.S. 8,828,622 (20140909), Separator for fuel cell and manufacturing method of the same, Shirou Fujimura and Takuma Watanabe, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,828,623 (20140909), Contact element for an electrically conductive connection between an anode and an interconnector of a high-temperature fuel cell, Ulf Waeschke and Mihails Kusnezoff, Plansee SE (AT). U.S. 8,829,854 (20140909), Secondary battery, Jongdoo Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,834,180 (20140916), Secondary battery, Seok-Gyun Woo and Sumihito Ishida, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,834,656 (20140916), Manufacturing method of porous composite film, Chien-Chih Chen, Yu-Wei Chang, Chia-Yin Yao, Jui-Lin Hsu, and Ming-Cheng Tsai, Entire Technology Co., Ltd. (TW). U.S. 8,834,700 (20140916), Method and apparatus for electro-chemical reaction, Stephen A. Marsh, Encite, LLC. U.S. 8,834,740 (20140916), Polycrystalline cobalt-nickel-manganese ternary positive material, preparation method thereof and lithium ion secondary battery, Qianxin Xiang and Xiaolian Zhao, Shenzhen Zhenhua New Material Co., Ltd. (CN) and Guizhou Zhenhua New Material Co., Ltd. (CN). U.S. 8,834,829 (20140916), Forming gas treatment of lithium ion battery anode graphite powders, Cristian Ion Contescu, Nidia C. Gallego, Jane Y. Howe, Harry M. Meyer III, Edward Andrew Payzant, David L Wood III, Sang Young Yoon, and Matthew R. Denlinger, UT-Battelle, LLC.

U.S. 8,835,024 (20140916), Method for operating fuel cells with passive reactant supply, Joy Roberts, Joerg Zimmermann, and Jeremy Schrooten, Société BIC (FR). U.S. 8,835,025 (20140916), Battery pack having a combined bare cell, protection circuit module and top case, Jeongdeok Byun and Suk Koh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,026 (20140916), Recovery and synthesis method for metaloxidic cathodic active material for lithium ion secondary battery, Kyung Yoon Chung, Hwa Young Lee, and Byung-Won Cho, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR). U.S. 8,835,027 (20140916), Positive electrodes for lithium batteries, Michael M. Thackeray, Sun-Ho Kang, and Christopher S. Johnson, UChicago Argonne, LLC. U.S. 8,835,028 (20140916), Rechargeable battery, Dukjung Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,835,029 (20140916), Fuse for three dimensional solid-state battery, John J. Ellis- Monaghan, Jeffrey P. Gambino, Kirk D. Peterson, and Jed H. Rankin, International Business Machines Corp.. U.S. 8,835,030 (20140916), Battery pack, Seok-Ryun Park and Seok Koh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,031 (20140916), Rechargeable battery, Chi-Young Lee, Joong-Heon Kim, Jong-Seok Moon, Jeong-Wan Haam, and Hui-Jun Lee, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,835,032 (20140916), Battery module, Hiroshi Takasaki, Naoto Hosotani, Yasuhiro Asaida, Tsuneyuki Ejima, and Takuya Nakashima, Panasonic Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,835,034 (20140916), Rechargeable battery and battery module, Ji-Hyoung Yoon, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,035 (20140916), Battery pack, Tae-Yong Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,835,036 (20140916), Battery pack, Kwon Sohn, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,835,037 (20140916), Battery cell carrier, Hoang Phu Nguyen, Johannes Christian Kruger, Brent Anthony Perry, and Colm Murphy, Corvus Energy Ltd. (CA). U.S. 8,835,038 (20140916), Battery cell cooler, Kenneth Abels, Alan Wu, John Burgers, Peter Zurawel, and Zia Shahidi, Dana Canada Corp. (CA). U.S. 8,835,039 (20140916), Battery cooling plate and cooling system, Ho Teng, Franz DeCarli, and Chris Hennessy, AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc. U.S. 8,835,040 (20140916), Separator for cylindrical cells, Djuro Slivar, Hibar Systems Ltd. (CA). U.S. 8,835,041 (20140916), Electrode materials for sodium batteries, Christopher S. Johnson, Sun-Ho Kang, Donghan Kim, and Mahalingam Balasubramanian, UChicago Argonne, LLC. U.S. 8,835,042 (20140916), Battery pack, Sangdo Heo, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,043 (20140916), Battery pack, Seok Koh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,044 (20140916), Secondary battery, Yong-Sam Kim, Sang-Won Byun, Sung-Bae Kim, and Byung-Kyu Ahn, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,835,045 (20140916), Battery pack and manufacturing method for the same, Kyung Rae Pyo, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,046 (20140916), Self assembled multi-layer nanocomposite of graphene and metal oxide materials, Jun Liu, Daiwon Choi, Rong Kou, Zimin Nie, Donghai Wang, and Zhenguo Yang, Battelle Memorial Institute. U.S. 8,835,047 (20140916), Negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery cell, non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery cell, battery pack and method for manufacturing the negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery cell, Tomokazu Morita, Norio Takami, and Takashi Kuboki, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP). U.S. 8,835,048 (20140916), Power storage device, Kazutaka Kuriki, Kiyofumi Ogino, Tomokazu Yokoi, Makoto Ishikawa, and Toshihiko Takeuchi, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 8,835,049 (20140916), Negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, Kyoung-Han Yew, Nam-Soon Choi, Sung-Soo Kim, and Su-Yeong Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,050 (20140916), Anode substrate, Koichi Misumi, Mitsuhiro Watanabe, and Hideo Honma, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (JP) and Kanto Gakuin University Surface Engineering Research Institute (JP). U.S. 8,835,051 (20140916), Negative active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method for preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same, Goo-Jin Jeong, Min-Sook Sung, Sang-Min Lee, Yong-Mook Kang, Wan-Uk Choi, and Sung- Soo Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,052 (20140916), Si alloy negative electrode active material for electric device, Manabu Watanabe and Osamu Tanaka, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,835,053 (20140916), Negative active material containing an intermetallic compound of silicon and a first metal and a metal matrix containing copper and aluminum for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery containing the negative active material, Min-Seok Sung, Goo-Jin Jeong, Yong-Mook Kang, Sang-Min Lee, Wan-Uk Choi, and Sung-Soo Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,055 (20140916), Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, Sung Kyun Chang, Seung Tae Hong, Hyeong Jin Kim, Duk Hyun Ryu, Eun Young Goh, Ho Chun Lee, Jun Yong Jeong, Jin Hee Yeon, and Hyung Keun Lee, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,056 (20140916), Lithium ion secondary battery electrode and method of forming same, Xinran Xiao, Adam T. Timmons, and Stephen J. Harris, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,835,057 (20140916), Anode for secondary battery and secondary battery having the same, Yo-Han Kwon, Byung-Hun Oh, Dong-Sub Jung, and Je-Young Kim, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,058 (20140916), Battery separators with variable porosity, Hamid G. Kia, Xiaosong Huang, and Mark W. Verbrugge, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,835,059 (20140916), Lithium rechargeable battery, and separator for lithium rechargeable battery, Jin-Hee Kim, Won-Chull Han, and Jae-Yun Min, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,060 (20140916), Silicon-air batteries, Yair Ein-Eli and Digby Donald MacDonald, Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd. (IL) and The Penn State Research Foundation. U.S. 8,835,061 (20140916), Metal oxygen battery, Satoshi Nakada, Yuji Isogai, Kiyoshi Tanaami, Takuya Taniuchi, and Taichi Goto, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,835,062 (20140916), Enclosed separator unit for a gas supply of a fuel cell system, Thomas Baur, Werner Englert, Dietmar Mirsch, and Hans-Joerg Schabel, Daimler AG (DE). U.S. 8,835,063 (20140916), Evaporative humidifier for fuel cell system, Dae-Young Lee, Hoe-Woong Kim, Seo-Young Kim, and Yoon-Pyo Lee, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR). U.S. 8,835,064 (20140916), Fuel battery, Keiji Hashimoto, Kousuke Kawajiri, and Satoshi Futami, Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,835,065 (20140916), Fuel cell startup method for fast freeze startup, Steven D. Burch, Bruce J. Clingerman, Abdullah B. Alp, David A. Arthur, Dirk Wexel, and Martin Fasse, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,835,066 (20140916), Circulation system for a fuel cell, Yoshiaki Naganuma, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,835,067 (20140916), Saturated vapor block for frozen fuel cell power plant, David G. Converse and Fortunat J. Mueller, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA). U.S. 8,835,068 (20140916), Fuel cell, Hiroyuki Hasebe, Nobuyasu Negishi, Koichi Kawamura, Shigeo Fukuda, and Motoi Goto, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (JP).

U.S. 8,835,069 (20140916), Fuel cell system having controllable water feed flow rate, Toshiharu Ooe, Kiyotaka Nakano, Yoshiyuki Kawamura, Katsuhisa Tsuchiya, and Tsukasa Shigezumi, Toto Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,835,070 (20140916), Fuel cell header wedge, Thomas Alan Wagner, Ronald David Brost, and Shinichi Hirano, Ford Motor Co.. U.S. 8,835,071 (20140916), Fuel cell system including oxidation gas supply pipe integrated with coolant supply pipe, Atsushi Imamura, Hiroshi Koide, and Yasunari Arai, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,835,072 (20140916), Solid oxide fuel cell stacks and fuel cell module having the same, Kwang-Jin Park, Jun-Won Suh, and Sang-Jun Kong, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,835,073 (20140916), Polymer membrane for battery, method of preparing same and battery including same, Sang-Il Han, Hee-Tak Kim, Dae-Young Lim, Jung-Nam Im, Guk-Hwan An, and Ki-Young Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KR). U.S. 8,835,074 (20140916), Solid oxide fuel cell having metal support with a compliant porous nickel layer, Justin R. Hawkes, Sergei F. Burlatsky, Sunil G. Warrier, Shubhro Ghosh, and Jean Colpin, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (CA). U.S. 8,835,075 (20140916), Fuel cells with hydrophobic diffusion medium, Chunxin Ji and Vinod Kumar, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,835,076 (20140916), Electrolyte membrane and fuel cell using the same, Kyojiro Inoue and Shinya Takeshita, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,835,077 (20140916), Electrode material and solid oxide fuel cell containing the electrode material, Ayano Kobayashi, Shinji Fujisaki, and Makoto Ohmori, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,835,078 (20140916), Proton selective membrane for solid polymer fuel cells, Yanxiu Zhou. U.S. 8,835,079 (20140916), Fuel cell separator plate surface treatment by laser ablation, David A. Smiljanich and Reena L. Datta, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,835,080 (20140916), Electrolyte mebrane formation method, membrane-electerode assembly, and membrane-electrode assembly manufacturing method, Naoki Ito, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,835,344 (20140916), Fuel cell electrode and method for manufacturing membrane-electrode assembly using the same, Jae Seung Lee, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR). U.S. 8,836,168 (20140916), Remaining capacity equalizing device and method, and remaining capacity equalizing device set, Kouichi Yamanoue, Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. U.S. 8,836,280 (20140916), Method and system for determining a state of charge of a battery, Brian J. Koch, Robert S. Conell, Mark W. Verbrugge, and Gregory P. Meisner, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,836,284 (20140916), Device and method for calculating value of rechargeable battery, Kenji Takahashi, Nobuyasu Haga, and Shuji Tomura, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,836,285 (20140916), Power management system, Ken Yamada, Takeshi Nakashima, Hayato Ikebe, Souichi Sakai, Yasuo Okuda, Takuji Sugata, Toshiya Iwasaki, and Youichiro Nishikawa, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,836,286 (20140916), Storage battery charge circuit, Jun-Wei Zhang, Shih-Fang Wong, Tsung-Jen Chuang, Jun Zhang, Chia-Hung Chien, and Chung-Jen Wang, Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (CN) and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (TW). U.S. 8,836,290 (20140916), Battery cell monitoring and balancing circuit, Liusheng Liu and Guoxing Li, O2MIcro International Ltd. (KY). U.S. 8,838,401 (20140916), Apparatus and method for accurate energy device state-ofhealth (SoH) monitoring, Shawn P. Kelly, Ultrasonic Energy Efficiency Solutions LLC.

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U.S. 8,839,660 (20140923), Liquid water protected implementation of a gas quality hydrogen sensor into a fuel cell exhaust system, Oliver Maier, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,840,686 (20140923), Method of direct encapsulation of a thin-film lithium-ion type battery on the substrate, Pierre Bouillon, Patrick Hauttecoeur, Benoit Riou, and Laurent Barreau, STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS (FR). U.S. 8,840,687 (20140923), Dual-layer method of fabricating ultracapacitor current collectors, Kishor Purushottam Gadkaree, Felipe Miguel Joos, James Robert Lim, and Kamjula Pattabhirami Reddy, Corning Inc.. U.S. 8,840,688 (20140923), Chemical protection of metal surface, Kurt Star, John Muldoon, Filippo Marchioni, Fred Wudl, Bruce Dunn, Monique N. Richard, and Kimber L. Stamm Masias, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc and The Regents of the University of California. U.S. 8,840,815 (20140923), Composite cathode active material having improved power characteristics, and secondary battery, battery module, and battery pack including the same, Min Hee Lee, Jung Hwan Park, and Ki Young Kwon, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,010 (20140923), Secondary battery pack and PTC element having excellent production process property, Dongcheol Lee, Jeong Ho Lee, and Heegyu Kim, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,011 (20140923), Secondary battery, Youngcheol Jang, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,013 (20140923), Battery pack having reinforcement member, Yeonseok Choo, Chae Ho Chung, and Ye Hoon Im, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,014 (20140923), Liquid metal electrodes for rechargeable batteries, Rutooj D. Deshpande, Juchuan Li, and Yang-Tse Cheng, University of Kentucky Research Foundation. U.S. 8,841,015 (20140923), Battery pack, Ji-Hyoung Yoon, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,841,016 (20140923), Battery thermal system with interlocking structure components, Alastair Gordon Anderson, Reiner Essinger, Peter Gross, Axel Heise, Joachim Lauk, Ralf Lerch, Manfred Mohr, and Stefan Toepfer, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,841,017 (20140923), Cell tab and interconnect assembly for a battery pack, Alexander D. Khakhalev and Leo Canale, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,841,018 (20140923), Battery pack, Masaya Nakano, Osamu Inaoka, Takao Takatsu, and Haruhiko Yoneda, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,020 (20140923), Electrochemical cell with a direct connection between a feedthrough pin and an electrode stack, Joseph Viavattine, Medtronic, Inc. U.S. 8,841,021 (20140923), Secondary battery, Hwa-Il Uh, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,022 (20140923), Terminal of secondary battery and method of assembling the same, Dukjung Kim and Minhyung Guen, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,841,023 (20140923), Multi-component-system lithium phosphate compound particle having an olivine structure and lithium secondary battery employing the lithium phosphate compound particle as a positive electrode material, Hidetoshi Abe, Tomonori Suzuki, Takashi Eguro, Kiyoshi Kanamura, and Mitsumasa Saito, The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd. (JP), Tokyo Metropolitan University (JP), and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,024 (20140923), Electrode for secondary battery, slurry for secondary battery electrode, and secondary battery, Yasuhiro Wakizaka, Kei Kobayashi, and Toshiyuki Sekine, ZEON Corp. (JP) [This patent was withdrawn prior to issue.]. U.S. 8,841,025 (20140923), Positive electrode with heteropoly and phosphorous additives and nonaqueous electrolyte battery, Haruo Watanabe, Tomoyo Ooyama, Shunsuke Saito, Yosuke Hosoya, and Shigeru Fujita, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,841,026 (20140923), Cathode, method of preparing

the same, and lithium battery including the cathode, Kyu-sung Park and Seung-sik Hwang, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,027 (20140923), Power storage device, Mikio Yukawa and Tamae Moriwaka, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,028 (20140923), Lead acid storage battery, Yoshikazu Hirose, Shinichi Sano, Katsura Mitani, and Hiroyuki Wakatabe, Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,029 (20140923), Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, method for producing carbon-based negative electrode active material, lithium secondary battery and use thereof, Chiaki Sotowa, Akinori Sudoh, and Masataka Takeuchi, Showa Denko KK (JP). U.S. 8,841,030 (20140923), Microstructured electrode structures, Ashok Lahiri, Robert Spotnitz, Nirav Shah, Murali Ramasubramanian, Harrold J. Rust III, James D. Wilcox, Michael J. Armstrong, Brian E. Brusca, Christopher G. Castledine, and Laurie J. Lauchlan, Enovix Corp.. U.S. 8,841,031 (20140923), Surface-treated microporous membrane and electrochemical device prepared thereby, Seok Koo Kim, Sang Young Lee, Soon Ho Ahn, Jung Don Suk, and Hyun Hang Yong, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,032 (20140923), Microporous membranes, methods for making such membranes, and the use of such membranes as battery separator film, Takeshi Ishihara and Satoshi Miyaoka, Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,033 (20140923), Ceramic material and preparation method therefor, Yoshihiko Yamamura, Tatsuya Hattori, Toshihiro Yoshida, Akihiko Honda, and Yosuke Sato, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,034 (20140923), Electrolyte for electrochemical device, electrolyte solution using same, and non-aqueous electrolyte battery, Shoichi Tsujioka, Toshinori Mitsui, Yuki Kondo, and Aiichiro Fujiwara, Central Glass Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,035 (20140923), Flame retardant electrolyte solution for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including the same, Nam-Soon Choi, Irina Profatilova, Sung-Soo Kim, Eui-Hwan Song, and Young-Mi Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,036 (20140923), Flexible fuel cell, Shuji Fujita, Takaaki Nakagawa, Ryuhei Matsumoto, Hideyuki Kumita, and Daisuke Yamaguchi, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,841,037 (20140923), Fuel cell system with burner, Sascha Kuehn, Katrin Klein, and Gerhard Matthias Buchinger, eZelleron GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,841,038 (20140923), Fuel cell system having unreacted gas discharge pipeline, Jefferson Y. S. Yang and Feng-Hsiang Hsiao, Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd. (TW). U.S. 8,841,039 (20140923), Indirect internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell system, Yukihiro Sugiura, Nippon Oil Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,841,040 (20140923), Method to cold-start fuel cell system at sub-zero temperatures, Uwe Limbeck, NuCellSys GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,841,041 (20140923), Integration of an organic rankine cycle with a fuel cell, Bruce P. Biederman, Lili Zhang, John Ferro, and Paul R. Margiott, United Technologies Corp.. U.S. 8,841,042 (20140923), Serial connected fuel cell stack module assembly, Niels Erikstrup, Harald Usterud, and Sune Danø, Topsoe Fuel Cell A/S (DK). U.S. 8,841,043 (20140923), Interconnector material, intercellular separation structure, and solid electrolyte fuel cell, Kazuhide Takata and Michiaki Iha, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,841,044 (20140923), Solid oxide fuel cell, Jong Ho Chung, Jai Hyung Gil, Kyong Bok Min, Jong Sik Yoon, and Eon Soo Lee, Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,841,045 (20140923), Method for fabricating bi-polar plate of fuel cell, Wen-Lin Wang, Chun-Hsing Wu, Kan-Lin Hsueh, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Wen-Chen Chang, Fang-Hei Tsau, and Lung-Yu Sung,

Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW). U.S. 8,841,552 (20140923), Hermetically-sealed feed-through device and method of assembly, Michael J. Pollack, Branson J. Darnell, Mary Ann Kessler, William J. Zoll, and Richard A. DiDomizio, Pollack Laboratories, Inc. U.S. 8,841,567 (20140923), Compact and mechanical inertial igniters for thermal batteries and the like for munitions with short duration firing setback shock, Jacques Fischer and Jahangir S. Rastegar, Omnitek Partners LLC. U.S. 8,841,877 (20140923), Power supply system and method for controlling electrochemical cell charging, Claude Chanson and Antoine Juan, Saft Groupe SA (FR). U.S. 8,841,883 (20140923), Battery heating circuits and methods with resonance components in series using energy transfer and voltage inversion, Wenhui Xu, Yaochuan Han, Wei Feng, Qinyao Yang, Wenjin Xia, and Shibin Ma, BYD Co. Ltd. (CN). U.S. 8,841,884 (20140923), Battery charging method and system with three-stage temperature-compensated charge profile, Frank J. Bourbeau and James T. Matherly, Enerpro, Inc. U.S. 8,841,888 (20140923), Individual cell voltage detection circuit for charge and discharge control in a battery pack, Guoxing Li, O2Micro, Inc. U.S. 8,841,915 (20140923), Battery voltage monitoring apparatus, Tomomichi Mizoguchi, DENSO Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,842,416 (20140923), Graphene integrated energy storage devices having capacitive-like properties, Sung-wei Chen and Chris Rothfuss, Empire Technology Development LLC. U.S. 8,843,333 (20140923), Nonaqueous electrolyte solution type lithium ion secondary battery system, method for determining lithium deposition in that system, and vehicle provided with that system, Takayoshi Tezuka, Teruo Ishishita, Ryo Mano, and Junichi Matsumoto, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,843,355 (20140923), Method of controlling fuel cell using the method of predicting degradation of fuel cell catalyst, Hiroko Kimura, Naoki Takehiro, Manabu Kato, and Kazutaka Kimura, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,844,795 (20140930), Electrode plate wrapping device and method of wrapping electrode plate with separators, Yasuhiro Yano, Manabu Yamashita, Hiroshi Yuhara, Takahiro Yanagi, and Yasufumi Okazaki, Kyoto Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (JP) and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,845,762 (20140930), Batteries and components thereof and methods of making and assembling the same, Derek R. Weber, Alastair Gordon Anderson, Steven J. Spencer, and Paul F. Spacher, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,845,763 (20140930), Method for manufacturing a flat-plate battery, Chungpin Liao, iNNOT BioEnergy Holding Co (KY). U.S. 8,845,764 (20140930), Power storage device comprising solid electrolyte layer over active material and second electrolyte and method of manufacturing the same, Kazutaka Kuriki, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,845,994 (20140930), Electrode active material having high capacitance, method for producing the same, and electrode and energy storage device comprising the same, Ick Jun Kim, Sun Hye Yang, Seong In Moon, Hyun Soo Kim, and Min Jae Jeon, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institution (KR). U.S. 8,846,133 (20140930), Method for producing a proton-conducting membrane, Klaus Leitner, BASF SE (DE). U.S. 8,846,135 (20140930), Process for the preparation of conductive carbon layers on powdered supports, Marcin Molenda, Roman Dziembaj, Andrzej Kochanowski, Edgar Bortel, Marek Drozdek, and Zofia Piwowarska, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (PL). U.S. 8,846,220 (20140930), Microbial fuel cell cathode assembly, Vyacheslav Viktorovich Fedorovich, Power Knowledge Ltd. (GB). U.S. 8,846,221 (20140930), Battery pack, Tae-Won Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,222 (20140930), Battery pack, Woonseong Baek

and Jeongdeok Byun, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,223 (20140930), Battery pack, Kwang-Young Park, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,224 (20140930), High power secondary battery system comprising asymmetric charged cells, Jens M. Paulsen, Songhun Yoon, and Hong-Kyu Park, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,225 (20140930), Reintroduction of lithium into recycled battery materials, Steven E. Sloop. U.S. 8,846,226 (20140930), Electric storage device and electric storage apparatus, Hiroshi Tasai and Seiji Nemoto, Lithium Energy Japan (JP). U.S. 8,846,227 (20140930), Cooling/heating element for a rechargeable battery, Gert Krammer, Magna Steyr Battery Systems GmbH & Co. OG (AT). U.S. 8,846,228 (20140930), Cover for an electrochemical accumulator and accumulator having such a cover, Peter Streuer, Anne-Laure Ledoux, Karsten Strassburg, and Julius Martin Schwab, Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGaA (DE). U.S. 8,846,229 (20140930), Nonaqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack, Tetsuya Sasakawa, Takashi Kishi, Takuya Iwasaki, Hiroki Inagaki, and Norio Takami, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (JP). U.S. 8,846,230 (20140930), Rechargeable battery with a jelly roll having multiple thicknesses, Ramesh C. Bhardwaj, Taisup Hwang, and Richard M. Mank, Apple Inc. U.S. 8,846,231 (20140930), Battery assembly with temperature control device, Derrick S. Buck, Robert N. Fattig, and Bruce J. Silk, EnerDel, Inc. U.S. 8,846,232 (20140930), Flash cooling system for increased battery safety, David Yuan Jei Tse, Atieva, Inc. U.S. 8,846,233 (20140930), Battery module assembly of improved cooling efficiency, Jin Kyu Lee, Yongshik Shin, Hee Soo Yoon, Bum Hyun Lee, Dal Mo Kang, Jongmoon Yoon, and Jaeseong Yeo, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,234 (20140930), Battery cartridge having elastic pressing member, and battery module containing the same, Jin Kyu Lee, Hee Soo Yoon, Bum Hyun Lee, Dal Mo Kang, and Jaeseong Yeo, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,235 (20140930), Battery module, Tomohiko Yokoyama, Masato Fujikawa, Keisuke Shimizu, Shunsuke Yasui, and Daisuke Kishii, Panasonic Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,236 (20140930), Battery holding frame and assembled battery, Takehito Yoda and Kazuya Matsushita, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) and Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,846,237 (20140930), Electrode assembly and secondary battery having the same, Jong-Ku Kim and Yoo-Eup Hyung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,238 (20140930), Battery module, Kang-Sik Jung, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,846,239 (20140930), Battery module, Shi-Dong Park, Tae-Yong Kim, and Myung-Chul Kim, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,846,240 (20140930), Battery cell interconnect and voltage sensing assembly and method of manufacturing the assembly, Robert Merriman and Bryan Symons, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,241 (20140930), Rechargeable battery, Sangwon Byun, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,846,242 (20140930), Rechargeable battery, Sangwon Byun, Yongsam Kim, and Sooseok Choi, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR) and Robert Bosch GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,846,243 (20140930), Electrode assembly having electrode tabs of the same size in joint portion thereof and electrochemical cell containing the same, Ji Heon Ryu, Eun Ju Lee, Jeong Hee Choi, and Youngjoon Shin, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,244 (20140930), Explosion protection for starter batteries, Heinz Wenzl and Gerd Niemeyer, Froetek Vermoegensverwaltung GmbH (DE). U.S. 8,846,245 (20140930), Insulatable battery pack for

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secondary battery, Kazuya Iwamoto and Taisuke Yamamoto, Panasonic Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,247 (20140930), Non-aqueous electrolyte for secondary battery and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery employing the same, Yasuyuki Shigematsu, Masamichi Onuki, and Kunihisa Shima, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,248 (20140930), Metal-sulfur electrode for lithium-sulfur battery and preparing method thereof, Hee Yeon Ryu and Hee Jin Woo, Hyundai Motor Co. (KR). U.S. 8,846,249 (20140930), Lithium ion secondary battery, Kensuke Nakura, Panasonic Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,250 (20140930), System of lithium ion battery containing material with high irreversible capacity, Eun Young Goh and Seung Tae Hong, LG Chem, Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,846,251 (20140930), Preloading lithium ion cell components with lithium, Yi Cui, Song Han, and Mark C. Platshon, Amprius, Inc. U.S. 8,846,252 (20140930), Battery electrode and method for manufacturing same, Dennis A. Wetzel, Ramachandran Subbaraman, Christopher P. Kaniut, William J. Ross, Annette Holbrook, Jerome R. Heiman, Eric A. Sattler, Derrick L. Jennings, and Donald Hennessey Jr., Johnson Controls Technology Co.. U.S. 8,846,253 (20140930), Microporous membranes, methods for making these membranes, and the use of these membranes as battery separator films, Takeshi Ishihara, Satoshi Miyaoka, Koichi Kono, and Patrick Brant, Toray Battery Separator Film Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,846,254 (20140930), Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueouselectrolyte battery, Yumiko Nakagawa, Minoru Kotato, Daisuke Noda, and Shinichi Kinoshita, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,255 (20140930), Fuel cells used to supplement power sources for aircraft equipment, Thomas D. Dineen, Honeywell International Inc. U.S. 8,846,256 (20140930), Selectively oxygen-permeable substrate, metal-air battery positive electrode and metal-air battery, Toshihiro Tomita, NGK Insulators, Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,846,257 (20140930), Fuel cell system and electronic device, Jusuke Shimura and Yoshiaki Inoue, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,258 (20140930), Fuel cell system, Kota Manabe, Hiroyuki Imanishi, and Tomoya Ogawa, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (JP). U.S. 8,846,259 (20140930), Method of controlling output of fuel cell system and vehicle with fuel cell system, Shinsuke Shimoda, Tomoyoshi Iino, Hibiki Saeki, and Hiroshi Morikawa, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,846,260 (20140930), Fuel cell stack, Hideharu Naito, Norihisa Kobayashi, Ryoichi Yoshitomi, Masaaki Sakano, Keisuke Suda, and Yasuhiro Watanabe, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,846,261 (20140930), System for controlling temperature in a fuel cell, Jeremy Schrooten, Jean-Louis Iaconis, Paul Sobejko, Benjamin Tam, and Gerard F. McLean, Société BIC (FR). U.S. 8,846,262 (20140930), Reactive compressor surge mitigation strategy for a fuel cell power system, Joseph Mussro and Yanyan Zhang, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,846,263 (20140930), Housing assembly for a fuel cell stack, Uwe Hannesen, Belenos Clean Power Holding AG (CH). U.S. 8,846,264 (20140930), Fuel cell comprising offset connection channels, Kentaro Ishida, Shuhei Goto, Narutoshi Sugita, and Tetsuya Nakamura, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,846,265 (20140930), Membrane with optimized dimensions for a fuel cell, Matthew J. Beutel, Saurabh Vyas, Ronald L. James, and Steven G. Goebel, GM Global Technology Operations LLC. U.S. 8,846,266 (20140930), Carbohydrate anode for fuel cell and battery applications, Daniel Marin Scott and Bor Yann Liaw,

University of Hawaii. U.S. 8,846,267 (20140930), Membrane electrode assemblies, Donald James Highgate, Jonathan Anthony Lloyd, Simon Bourne, and Rachel Louise Smith, ITM Power (Research) Ltd. (GB). U.S. 8,846,269 (20140930), Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and fuel cell stack comprising the same, Takeou Okanishi, Naotsugu Koashi, and Yoichiro Tsuji, Panasonic Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,270 (20140930), Titanate and metal interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells, Yeshwanth Narendar, Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. U.S. 8,846,271 (20140930), Electrode material, Kenzo Oshihara, Katsuo Suga, Masahiro Kishida, and Sakae Takenaka, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (JP) and Kyushu University, National University Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,846,272 (20140930), Anode for fuel cell, membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell including same, and fuel cell system including same, In-Hyuk Son, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,847,550 (20140930), Control device and method and power supply device, Kazuharu Yanagihara and Akira Sanpei, Sony Corp. (JP). U.S. 8,847,551 (20140930), Discharging batteries, Carlos Coe and Aeron Hurst, Younicos, Inc. U.S. 8,847,552 (20140930), Battery pack and method of controlling the same, Hun-Tae Ro, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (KR). U.S. 8,847,785 (20140930), Method and apparatus for reducing battery passivation in a meter-reading module, Nicholas Heath, Sensus USA Inc. U.S. 8,848,338 (20140930), Electric double layer capacitor, Hiroyuki Norieda and Kotaro Kobayashi, W L Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd. (JP). U.S. 8,848,339 (20140930), Capacitor and manufacturing method thereof, Hsieh-Ho Tsai, Yu-Lin Hsin, Yu-Ming Lin, Li-Key Chen, Mei-Hua Wang, and Chih-Kuang Chang, Industrial Technology Research Institute (TW). U.S. 8,849,598 (20140930), In-situ battery diagnosis method using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Remy Mingant, Julien Bernard, and Valérie Sauvant-Moynot, IFP Energies nouvelles (FR).

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authors are Bryan Laulicht, a former IMES postdoc, and Giovanni Traverso, a research fellow at the Koch Institute and a gastroenterologist at MGH. Quantum tunneling composite (QTC), an off-the-shelf material commonly used in computer keyboards and touch screens, fit the bill perfectly. QTC is a rubberlike material, usually made of silicone, embedded with metal particles. Under normal circumstances, these particles are too far apart to conduct an electric current. However, when squeezed, the particles come closer together and start conducting. This allows QTC to switch from an insulator to a conductor, depending on how much pressure it is under.

Breakthrough Batteries Last 20 Years Researchers at Nanyang Technology University say they’ve discovered a way to build a better battery, one that

charges in mere minutes and lasts 20 years. Specifically, the NTU researchers claim this new battery technology has a whopping 10,000-cycle lifespan, meaning you can charge a battery 10,000 times before its max charge starts to reduce. Using tiny titanium dioxide nanotubes rather than graphite also speeds how quickly electrons and ions flow in and out of the battery, by ditching an energy-slowing additive needed in today’s batteries. The NTU researchers say their battery charges far faster than traditional Li-ion batteries, going from empty to a 70% charge in just two minutes.

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First 60’ Battery/Fuel Cell Bus Will Roll Soon in U.S. CALSTART, a leading U.S. clean transportation consortium, has received approval from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to develop North America’s first-ever fuel cell/battery combination zero emission 60-foot electric bus. New Flyer Industries will build the bus that will operate in daily urban service using a unique combination of a fuel cell and batteries. The propulsion system will include a combination of batteries, a fuel cell, and hydrogen storage. The bus will allow the fuel cell to operate at a relative steady-state, while the batteries will capture braking energy and provide power

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Call for Papers

Deadline: November 14 227th ECS Meeting, May 24-26, Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Submit a one-page maximum abstract describing the proposed paper’s main points, conclusion, title and contact information electronically at www.electrochem.org. Please use the preformatted two column template at: http://www.electrochem.org/meetings/assets/ abs_template.doc. Contact The Electrochemical Society, 65 South Main St., Pennington, Building D, New Jersey, 08534-2839, phone: (609) 737-1902, fax: (609) 737-2743, or visit www.electrochem.org/meetings/biannual/227/

Deadline: December 19 Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo, June 23-25, Venue TBA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Submit 500-word abstract describing the proposed paper’s main points, conclusion, title and contact information electronically at www.electricandhybridmarineworldexpo.com/call_for_papers.php. Contact Samuel Gee, program director, at phone: +44 1306 871209 or email samuel.gee@ukipme.com.

Deadline: January 15 Battcon, May 12-16, Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Florida. Submit a brief abstract describing the proposed paper’s main points, conclusion, title and contact information with

a biography as a Word file attachment to Michael Salokar at jack.mack@alber.com. Contact Jack Mack, Albercorp, 3103 N. Andrews Ave. Ext., Pompano Beach, FL 33064, (954) 623-6660, or visit www.battcon.com.

Meetings and Symposia

November 10-13 – Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition, Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles, California. Includes fuel cell development; commercialization, development technology and validation of all types of fuel cell applications; industry status and analysis; and fuels and renewable energy. Demonstrations and Ride-and-Drive are planned. Info: Visit www.fuelcellseminar.com.

November 11-12 – Lithium Battery Power, Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. Explores new ideas for battery design, battery trends and chemistries; novel materials and components to systems design and integration; electrode and electrolyte materials and technologies; Li-ion; lithium-air/lithium oxygen; lithium-sulphur; metal air; and EV to stationary applications. Info: Craig Wohlers, Knowledge Foundation, phone: 1-617-232-7400 ext. 205, or visit www.knowledgefoundation.com.

November 13-14 – Battery Safety Conference, Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. Includes impact of battery materials on safety; internal shorts, thermal runaway and stability, aging, and catastrophic failure; abuse tolerance and advanced testing procedures and protocols; cell research and safety, Li-based battery safety at systems level; and safety standards and regulatory issues. Info: Craig Wohlers, Knowledge Foundation, phone: 1-617-232-7400 ext. 205, or visit www.knowledgefoundation.com.

2015

January 26-29 – 2015 European Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, Rheingoldhalle, Mainz, Germany A European-focused advanced automotive and utility-stationary battery conference with international participation. New this year – a symposium on the emerging market for energy storage systems in utility applications and an OEM battery pavilion in the exhibit area. Info: Contact Jo Anna Mortensen, phone: 1-530-692-1040 ext. 102 or visit http://advancedautobat.com/ conferences/automotive-battery-conference-Europe-2015/ index.html.

February 16-19 – NAATBatt 2015 Annual Meeting and Conference, Wigwam Resort, Phoenix, Arizona. The title of the meeting is “Energy Storage: Electrifying the Future.” Focuses on innovation in the technology, manufacture and applications of electrochemical energy storage.

Info: Visit www.naatbatt.org.

March 9-12 – 32nd International Battery Seminar & Exhibit, Broward County Convention Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Ideal for battery and small fuel cell manufacturers, users, OEMs, product designers, component, equipment and material suppliers, applications engineers, marketing analysts, patent attorneys, investors and those interested in the battery and small fuel cell industries. Info: Craig Wohlers, Knowledge Foundation, phone: 1-617-232-7400 ext. 205, or visit www.powersources.net.

April 27-29 – 7th Advanced Battery Power Conference, Eurogress Aachen, Aachen, Germany. Topics include Li-ion materials and improvements on properties; battery systems; production of battery systems and cells; stationary battery systems; and automotive and mobile applications. Also includes an exhibition. Info: Contact Haus der Technik E.V., phone: +49 20118031 or visit www.battery-power.eu.

May 3-6 – 127th Battery Council Convention + Power Mart Expo, Savannah Westin Hotel, Savannah, Georgia. Dedicated to advancing the lead-acid battery industry’s products and companies successfully into the future. Keep up with emerging technologies and changing regulations to do business more effectively in the global marketplace. At the expo, meet people and learn about the tools that can improve your products, streamline your processes and drive profit margins. Info: Battery Council International, 330 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611, phone: 1-312-644-6610, or visit www.batterycouncil.org.

May 3-6 – 28th International Electic Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition, KINTEX, Goyang, South Korea. Themed “e-Motional Technology for Humans,” EVS28 discusses the next steps needed to make the automobile industry “green” and “sustainable.” Drawing boards showcase innovations from low speed battery electric vehicles to fuel cell electric buses. Includes exhibition, Drive & Ride and technical visit. Info: Visit www.evs28.org.

May 12-16 – Battcon, Hilton Bonnet Creek, Orlando, Florida. Noncommercial, technical event for storage battery users from the power, telecom, UPS and other industries. End-users, engineers, battery and battery test equipment manufacturers, installers, and standards and safety experts gather to discuss storage battery innovations and solutions for existing systems; everyday applications; technical advances; and industry concerns. A trade show features storage power related vendors. Info: Jennifer Stryker, Albercorp, 3103 N. Andrews Ave. Ext., Pompano Beach, FL 33064, (954) 623-6660 ext 23806, or visit www.battcon.com.

May 24-26 – 227th ECS Meeting, Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Sponsored by the Electrochemical Society, topics

for acceleration. Ballard will supply a next-generation fuel cell power plant that is lower in cost, smaller and lighter than existing models. CALSTART is managing the project for the FTA. New Flyer Industries is teaming with Ballard Power Systems and the electric powertrain manufacturer Siemens to build, test and deliver the bus. Funding came in part from the FTA’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program. New Flyer Industries plans to put the bus into commercial production. The completion of a full Altoona Durability and Performance test, part of the FTA’s Bus Testing Program, will be a key step to commercialization.

BYD Electric Buses with Vast Battery Capacity China’s BYD Motors – a wholly owned subsidiary of storage giants BYD Co. – has electric buses that can drive vast distances on a single battery charge. The Lancaster

eBus is able to drive 170+ miles with a passenger load of up to 120; 60-foot long; running entirely off battery power that lasts up to 24 hours on a single charge, and boasting a single off-peak charging time of 2-4 hours. It was named after the city of Lancaster, California, where BYD Motors has been working on the prototype since 2011. The company also unveiled the smaller, 40-foot battery-electric Transit bus from Antelope Valley Transit Authority (ACTA). Both buses were unveiled to showcase the transformative impact that clean energy technologies can have on society’s day-to-day existence, and as a tangible challenge to the status quo of fossil fuel-driven transportation methods and networks. “BYD’s mission is to create safer and more environmentally friendly battery technologies,” says BYD Motors fleet sales VP Brendan Riley. “This has resulted in the BYD Iron-Phosphate Battery: a fire-safe, completely

rechargeable and incredibly long-cycle technology, and the foundation of BYD’s electric buses.”

Firms Develop Graphene Batteries for Electric Buses Graphene NanoChem, a Malaysia-based graphene company, has a product development agreement with Sync R&D for graphene-enhanced Li-ion batteries for use in electric buses. As part of the Electric Bus 1 Malaysia program, Graphene NanoChem and Sync R&D will jointly develop a graphene-enhanced Li-on battery for a prototype electric shuttle bus in Malaysia designed and developed by Sync R&D. Graphene NanoChem’s Platinum Nanochem subsidiary will design and produce the battery. The Li-ion battery is anticipated to be a critical component for electric vehicles as a fully charged battery will enable the bus to travel between 180 and 200km before requiring to be recharged. A graphene-enhanced anode in the Li-on battery is claimed to provide 10 times more power storage and significantly reduces the time required to recharge the battery. The first prototype of the graphene-enhanced Li-on battery is expected to be completed in 2016.

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June 16-19 – International Advanced Automotive & Stationary Battery Conference, Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan. International forum for automakers and energy-storage system developers discuss the recent progress in advanced battery technology and its implementation in automotive, stationary, and industrial applications. New this year – a symposium on the emerging market for advanced batteries in utility, telecom and industrial applications, an OEM battery pavilion in the exhibit hall, and Ride & Drive with the latest xEVs! Info: Contact Jo Anna Mortensen, phone: 1-530-692-1040 ext. 102 or visit http://advancedautobat.com/ conferences/automotive-battery-conference-2015/ index.html.

June 23-25 – Electric & Hybrid Machine World Expo, Venue TBA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Topics include battery safety, integration, and charging technologies as well as fuel cells. With about 70 speakers, open panel sessions, a free technology demonstration area and free exhibition with over 120 exhibits the show attracts over 3,000 attendees. Info: Visit www.electricandhybridmarineworldexpo.com.

June 30 - July 3 – 11th European SOFC Forum, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum, Lucerne, Switzerland. Includes hydrogen fuel cells (PEFC, PEM, AFC, PAFC), direct alcohol fuel cells (DMFC), microbial fuel cells, and hydrogen production, storage and infrastructure. Engineering, materials, systems, testing, applications and markets include catalysts and membranes; durability and mitigation; diagnostics and modeling; stack and system integration; and electrolysis techniques. Info: Visit www.efcf.com.

June 30 - July 3 – 11th European SOFC Forum, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum, Lucerne, Switzerland. Includes hydrogen fuel cells (PEFC, PEM, AFC, PAFC), direct alcohol fuel cells (DMFC), microbial fuel cells, and hydrogen production, storage and infrastructure. Engineering, materials, systems, testing, applications and markets include catalysts and membranes; durability and mitigation; diagnostics and modeling; stack and system integration; and electrolysis techniques. Info: Visit www.efcf.com.

August 5-6 – Battery Power, Hyatt Denver Tech Center, Denver,

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September 8-11 – 16th Asian Battery Conference, Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre , Bangkok, Thailand. Technical and scientific format also addresses the commercial and socio economic aspects of a growing, developing battery industry. Designed for battery industry executives, customers, marketers, academia, researchers, sales teams, reseller networks and suppliers. Info: Visit http://16abc.conferenceworks.com.au/ asian-battery-conference/about-the-conference/

October 11-16 – 228th ECS Meeting, Hyatt Regency Phoenix & Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona. Cancun, Mexico. Sponsored by the Electrochemical Society, topics include batteries and energy storage; corrosion; electrodeposition for micro-and nano-battery materials; electrochemical engineering; fuel cells, electrolyzers and energy conversions; and durability in low temperature fuel cells. Info: The Electrochemical Society, 65 South Main St., Pennington, Building D, New Jersey, 08534-2839, phone: 1-609-737-1902, fax: 1-609-737-2743, or visit www.electrochem.org.

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