This page provides a list of external organizations, standards bodies, and academic platforms that serve as valuable sources of information on battery technology and energy storage. zemky is not affiliated with any of these entities. This list is provided for educational purposes only.
Research Organizations and Government Labs
- National Research Council Canada (NRC): The NRC conducts research in various fields, including advanced materials and energy storage technologies relevant to the Canadian context.
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories: A network of laboratories such as Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are at the forefront of battery research in the United States.
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany): One of Europe's leading organizations for applied research, with multiple institutes specializing in battery production, materials, and systems.
- Faraday Institution (UK): The UK's independent institute for electrochemical energy storage research, skills development, market analysis, and early-stage commercialization.
Standards and Safety Organizations
- SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers): Develops global technical standards for the mobility industry, including numerous standards for electric vehicle batteries (e.g., SAE J1772 for charging, SAE J2929 for safety).
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL): A global safety certification company that develops standards and provides testing for battery safety, including UL 2580 for vehicle batteries and UL 1973 for stationary energy storage.
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC): Creates international standards for all electrical, electronic, and related technologies, including the IEC 62133 series for rechargeable cell safety.
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE): Develops UN Regulations for vehicles, including UN R100, which specifies safety requirements for rechargeable energy storage systems (REESS).
Academic and Educational Platforms
- arXiv e-Print Archive: An open-access archive for scholarly articles in physics, mathematics, computer science, and related fields, often featuring pre-print research papers on battery science.
- Google Scholar: A freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
- MIT OpenCourseWare: A web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content, offering access to materials from courses on materials science and electrochemistry.