The development of the battery industry is crucial to the development of the whole NEV industry, and many countries have listed battery technologies as key targets for support at a national strategic level, which means that the NEV battery industry as a new industry has stepped on the stage of the development of this era. .
Empirically, we study the new energy vehicle battery (NEVB) industry in China since the early 2000s. In the case of China's NEVB industry, an increasingly strong and complicated coevolutionary relationship between the focal TIS and relevant policies at different levels of abstraction can be observed.
Backed by research at NREL, the next generation of battery storage looks promising. The laboratory's research not only focuses on improving industry-favored Li-ion batteries, but simultaneously continues to explore new opportunities in battery designs.
Sustainability is another concern at the forefront for NREL researchers. As such, research teams are prioritizing material and product designs that reduce the use of rare critical materials, such as cobalt, currently used in Li-ion batteries.
As the largest developing country, China has been adhering to the spirit of “pursuit of excellence” and has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in science and technology innovation, and the NEV battery industry is just one of the projects. The Chinese government has introduced support policies to develop this industry successively.
Emerging battery technologies must focus on reducing costs, while maintaining lifetime and density performance. Using ultramodern capabilities and world-class laboratory facilities, NREL's energy storage researchers continue to push battery boundaries with materials development, thermal management, diagnostics, and modeling.