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A recent work from our group studies rapid heating strategies for the cold-start of Li-ion batteries under subzero temperatures. The paper is titled "Thermal System Simulation of Heating Strategies for 21700 Lithium-Ion Battery Modules Under Cold-Start Conditions" and is available in Batteries with open-access. 

Congratulations, Grace and Hanieh!

Greener Production Group members presented in 2025 IEEE the 13th International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE 2025) on August 18- 20, 2025 at Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Canada.

Greener production group members presented at the 2025 CSME Congress

Fuel cell electric vehicles can work as distributed generators to produce electricity during peak demand hours, a.k.a. fuel cell electric vehicle to grid (FCEV2G). In our recent paper, we found that FCEV2G is currently suitable in a volatile and carbon-intense electrical grid, as it can generate profits while reducing carbon emissions. But in a stable and clean grid, technical improvements, e.g., higher fuel cell efficiency and lower clean hydrogen costs, are needed to make FCEV2G economic viable. You can read the paper for more information.

We are happy to share Carlo's new paper "Cost benefit analysis of grid-based electrolytic ammonia production across Canadian provinces," which is published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. In this paper, we compare the costs and benefits of three ammonia production pathways: electrolytic ammonia production, and methane-based ammonia production with and without carbon capture. Social costs of carbon were considered in our analyses, and we concluded that blue ammonia is very cost-effective in reducing carbon emissions, while electrolytic ammonia production is competitive only when low-cost and low-carbon electricity is readily available. 

Congratulations to Carlo and Pengcheng on finishing their MASc theses!

1. Entry of the Electrolytic Ammonia Industry: Incentives and Effects, Carlo Cunanan
2. Fabrication of Proton Conducting Electrochemical Half-cell Based on Perovskite Structure Material, Pengcheng Zhao

We calculated how much it costs to reduce one ton CO₂ emissions by using a novel electrolytic ammonia production technology to replace conventional ammonia production in three different sectors in Canada, i.e., fertilizer, hydrogen domestic use and hydrogen export. The work is now open-access in Applied Energy.

We studied the potential economic and environmental benefits of using idling fuel cell electric trucks to generate electricity in the peak demand hours. Learn about our work about FCEV to grid.

Daniel has successfully finished his MASc thesis. You can read his thesis "Analysis of the Economic and Carbon Emission Reduction Potential of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle-to-Grid in Alberta and Ontario."

Waterloo News featured our group's work on hydrogen and ammonia. You can find more information in the full article.