Sustainable Energy Technology: Solar Photovoltaic Energy and Electric Mobility

A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105).

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CARISSMA Institute of Electric, Connected and Secure Mobility (C-ECOS), Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Esplanade 10, D-85049 Ingolstadt, Germany
Interests: electric vehicles; electric vehicle batteries; electric vehicle and battery safety; battery development; renewable, eco-friendly and sustainable materials; project management
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Dear Colleagues,

The global demand for sustainable energy and technology is rapidly increasing due to the current era facing the challenge of responsible usage of energy resources. To keep the world safe and to counter potential environmental threats, sustainable and pollutant-free energy technology is essential. The future of sustainability relies heavily on the deployment of solar photovoltaic energy and electric mobility. Both of these areas deal with current issues and the needs of tomorrow’s world, such as the development of smart cities, alternative fuel transport, green energy generation and pollution control. Therefore, this Special Issue is focused on the progress and the development of solar energy and electric mobility.

The present Special Issue invites researchers, academicians and professionals to submit original experimental research and reviews with future perspectives on the following mentioned topics (but not limited to):

  • Role of solar photovoltaic in energy transition;
  • Challenges faced by solar photovoltaic energy and technology;
  • Solar photovoltaic materials and device development;
  • Deployment and feasibility studies of solar photovoltaic technology;
  • Role of electric mobility in energy transition;
  • Issues and challenges of electric mobility;
  • Electric mobility battery technology;
  • Electric vehicle and battery standards and regulations development;
  • Hybrid technology: solar photovoltaic and electric mobility;
  • Electric vehicle powered with solar photovoltaic energy.
Dr. Yash Kotak
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Solar photovoltaic energy
  • Solar photovoltaic challenges
  • Photovoltaic materials
  • Feasibility studies
  • Electric mobility
  • Electric vehicles
  • Electric mobility issues
  • Battery technology
  • Standards and regulations
  • Hybrid technology.

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Battery Crush Test Procedures in Standards and Regulation: Need for Augmentation and Harmonisation
by Bhavya Kotak, Yash Kotak, Katja Brade, Tibor Kubjatko and Hans-Georg Schweiger
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 63; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/batteries7030063 - 16 Sep 2021
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Abstract
Battery safety is a prominent concern for the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs). The battery powering an EV contains highly energetic active materials and flammable organic electrolytes. Usually, an EV battery catches fire due to its thermal runaway, either immediately at the time [...] Read more.
Battery safety is a prominent concern for the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs). The battery powering an EV contains highly energetic active materials and flammable organic electrolytes. Usually, an EV battery catches fire due to its thermal runaway, either immediately at the time of the accident or can take a while to gain enough heat to ignite the battery chemicals. There are numerous battery abuse testing standards and regulations available globally. Therefore, battery manufacturers are always in dilemma to choose the safest one. Henceforth, to find the optimal outcome of these two major issues, six standards (SAE J2464:2009, GB/T 31485-2015:2015, FreedomCAR:2006, ISO 12405-3:2014, IEC 62660-2:2010, and SAND2017-6295:2017) and two regulations (UN/ECE-R100.02:2013 and GTR 20:2018), that are followed by more than fifty countries in the world, are investigated in terms of their abuse battery testing conditions (crush test). This research proves that there is a need for (a) augmenting these standards and regulations as they do not consider real-life vehicle crash scenarios, and (b) one harmonised framework should be developed, which can be adopted worldwide. These outcomes will solve the battery manufacturers dilemma and will also increase the safety of EV consumers. Full article
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