BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a07e485d-5597-47d6-9cf4-cf416a3d6f67.213115@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20210115T144325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T144325Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:PAMS Seminar: "Nickel-Zinc Battery Research Opportunities" by Dr. Michael Gordon (Æsir Technologies) DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michael GordonÆsir Technologies\, a spin-off company from ZAF ENergy Systems.\n\n\nAbstract:Æsir Technologies\, a company that has developed a Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery chemistry to address a broad range of industries including defense\, data center\, and automotive.     The NiZn chemistry has a variety of advantages over lead acid and Li-ion batt eries.  Æsir’s production G31 battery has 1.5 times the capacity\, 3 time s the cycle-life\, and two-thirds the mass of the top-of-the-line G31 lea d acid AGM battery.  Additionally\, the NiZn chemistry is aqueous making it inherently safer and less expensive than Li-ion.     NiZn chemistry wa s first patented by Thomas Edison in 1901\, but the technology remained m ostly idle for 100 years due to low cycle life.  Æsir has made significan t progress over the past 10 years and is now scaling up production of its 140 Ah G31 battery capable of over 800 cycles at 100% DOD.  However\, th ere is still ample room for improving the performance for the NiZn chemis try.  The amount of research resources put into the NiZn chemistry is min iscule compared that of lead-acid and li-ion chemistries.     This presen tation will review the history of nickel-zinc batteries\, recent advances made by Æsir\, and areas of future research.\n\n\nThis seminar will be h eld exclusively on Zoom (955 5209 1021). Please visit the Physics Seminar s page for a link. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Dr .&nbsp\;Michael Gordon<br>Æsir Technologies\, a spin-off&nbsp\;company fr om ZAF ENergy Systems.</p>\n<p>Abstract:<br>Æsir Technologies\, a company that has developed a Nickel Zinc (NiZn) battery chemistry to address a b road range of industries including defense\, data center\, and automotive .<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;The NiZn chemistry has a variety of advantage s over lead acid and Li-ion batteries.&nbsp\; Æsir’s production G31 batte ry has 1.5 times the capacity\, 3 times the cycle-life\, and two-thirds t he mass of the top-of-the-line G31 lead acid AGM battery.&nbsp\; Addition ally\, the NiZn chemistry is aqueous making it inherently safer and less expensive than Li-ion.<br>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;NiZn chemistry was first patented by Thomas Edison in 1901\, but the technology remained mostly i dle for 100 years due to low cycle life.&nbsp\; Æsir has made significant progress over the past 10 years and is now scaling up production of its 140 Ah G31 battery capable of over 800 cycles at 100% DOD.&nbsp\; However \, there is still ample room for improving the performance for the NiZn c hemistry.&nbsp\; The amount of research resources put into the NiZn chemi stry is miniscule compared that of lead-acid and li-ion chemistries.<br>& nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;This presentation will review the history of nickel -zinc batteries\, recent advances made by Æsir\, and areas of future rese arch.</p>\n<p>This seminar will be held exclusively on Zoom (955 5209 102 1). Please visit the&nbsp\;<a href="https://physics.missouristate.edu/sem inars.htm">Physics Seminars page</a> for a link.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210128T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210128T170000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://physics.missouristate.edu/seminars.htm CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR