{"title":"Product lifecycle analysis and assessment of lithium-ion battery for prioritizing the factors of effective 5R: Case study","authors":"Bidwe Mandar Maruti, G. Kulkarni Swanad","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116469","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116469","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are recognized for their extended lifespan and impressive energy and power densities, making them a popular choice for electric vehicles. However, carefully managing these batteries is crucial, with a considerable amount of LIBs expected to spread at the end of their life and enter the waste stream soon. Extended battery life, resource conservation, and environmental protection may all be achieved by efficiently using retired LIBs, which still have between 70 and 80 % of their original capacity. This paper first examines the life cycle of a LIBs using End of Life (EOL) and Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prediction techniques. In accordance with the predicted RUL and EOL prediction, we suggest an efficient 5R strategy for lithium-ion battery recovery, reuse, repair, remanufacture, and recycling. Lastly, a thorough survey is conducted to predict the most effective recycling strategy, ensuring that waste and pollutants are successfully reduced during the recycling process. A case study at Electrifix, Kerala is studied in this work to illustrate that applying the 5R strategy significantly decreased the number of spent LIBs directed to recycling, demonstrating that a substantial portion can be repurposed through recovery, repair, reuse, and remanufacture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116469"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dejian Zhou , Alexandru Tatomir , Huhao Gao , Ke Li , Leonhard Ganzer , Gunther Brenner , Philip Jaeger , Martin Sauter
{"title":"Analysis of high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage system performances with heterogeneous permeability distribution, insights from a case study in Burgwedel, Germany","authors":"Dejian Zhou , Alexandru Tatomir , Huhao Gao , Ke Li , Leonhard Ganzer , Gunther Brenner , Philip Jaeger , Martin Sauter","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116467","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116467","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) system has the potential to balance the seasonal mismatch of energy supply and energy demand. Reservoir permeability heterogeneity is generally not considered in the investigation and design of ATES projects. In this case, this study investigated the influence of heterogeneous permeability fields on the performance of target HT-ATES, i.e., pressure, terminal production temperature, energy recovery rate, and levelized cost of heat. Results show that the heterogeneous permeability distribution slightly influences the terminal production temperature and energy recovery rate with the constant injection and production rate. However, the injection and production pressures are highly related to the standard deviation of unevenly distributed permeability but demonstrated to be independent of the correlation length. Compared to the heterogeneity of the permeability field, the reservoir energy recovery rate and terminal production temperature are more sensitive to the well spacing. In addition, energy loss due to the surrounding rocks only matters during the early times of the operation period and becomes less significant as the operation proceeds. Furthermore, the growth in injection/production pressures due to the permeability heterogeneity considerably increase the system levelized cost of heat by more than 25 % compared to the current operating ATES systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116467"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143760578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pengju Chen , Chenglong Wang , Abdelmalek Bouazza , Yachen Guo , Gangqiang Kong , Xuanming Ding
{"title":"Assessment of phase change material within hollow steel balls mixed with graphite powder-enhanced concrete for underground energy structures","authors":"Pengju Chen , Chenglong Wang , Abdelmalek Bouazza , Yachen Guo , Gangqiang Kong , Xuanming Ding","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116489","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116489","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Thermal energy storage using phase change materials (PCMs) offers great potential for improving energy efficiency and conservation. This paper explores a novel phase change energy storage concrete by encapsulating capric acid-myristyl alcohol (CA-MA) within hollow steel balls (HSB) to create PCM-HSB aggregates. Graphite powder (GP) was added as an admixture to enhance thermal conductivity. The thermal performance and mechanical properties of GP/PCM-HSB concrete were tested at various replacement ratios: PCM-HSB (10.0 %, 12.5 %, 15.0 %) and GP (2.5 %, 5.0 %, 7.5 %, 10.0 %). Results indicated that as the PCM-HSB replacement ratio increases to 15.0 %, the specific heat capacity of the concrete increases by 61.9 %, enhancing its heat storage capacity and enabling the concrete to better maintain a stable internal temperature as temperature changes. The addition of GP has a positive impact on the thermal conductivity. When the GP content increases to 5.0 %, the thermal conductivity of the concrete increases by 60.4 %, effectively solving the problem of the decrease in thermal conductivity caused by the addition of PCM-HSB. The advantage of GP/PCM-HSB is that it encapsulates the phase change material inside the hollow steel balls, which can effectively prevent the leakage of the phase change material and improve the stability and durability of the material. At the same time, it can store and release heat efficiently during the phase change process, enhancing the energy storage capacity of the concrete. The addition of graphite powder (GP) significantly increases the thermal conductivity of the concrete. The best-performing mix ratio was identified as 15.0 % PCM-HSB and 5.0 % GP. The GP/PCM-HSB composite phase change energy storage concrete demonstrated excellent thermal and mechanical properties, making it highly suitable for the future development of underground energy structures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116489"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChengMei Li , Hua Wang , Cheng Lei , HengRui Qiu , WenQuan Jiang , XueJiao Sun , Qi Liu , YongQiang Zhang , WenXiu He
{"title":"Preparation and study on the storage sodium performance of coumarone resin/petroleum asphalt composite hard carbon anode material","authors":"ChengMei Li , Hua Wang , Cheng Lei , HengRui Qiu , WenQuan Jiang , XueJiao Sun , Qi Liu , YongQiang Zhang , WenXiu He","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116477","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116477","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Petroleum asphalt has been regarded as a potential precursor for the preparation of hard carbon in sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to its advantages of abundant resources, low cost, and high carbon content. It is understood that the disordered carbon atoms (sp3 hybrid carbon) existing in the graphene plane in hard carbon will lead to 3D space defects, then cause 2D space deformities of the graphene layer, and hinder the expansion of the graphite carbon atoms (sp2 hybrid carbon) plane. In this work, we have developed a simple and commercially available hard carbon material based on petroleum asphalt. The asphalt is cross-linked with five-membered heterocyclic aromatic molecules, and a 3D cross-linked skeleton structure is formed locally in the hard carbon after pre-oxidation and high-temperature thermal polycondensation, thus expanding the distance between the graphite layers and forming a holding site. The experimental results show that the hard carbon (GPHC44–1300) obtained from the crosslinking treatment of five-membered hetero-rings shows a reversible specific capacity of 325.5 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at a current density of 15 mA g<sup>−1</sup>. Moreover, the reversible specific capacity of 287 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> level is maintained at a high current density of 0.3 A g<sup>−1</sup> for 100 cycles. These excellent rate performance and cycle stability indicate that the five-membered heterocyclic crosslinking treatment has a positive impact on the preparation of high-performance hard carbon.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116477"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xuan-Xi Liu , Zu-Tao Pan , Yao Xu , Hao-Peng Lu , Bo Li , Kun Yan , Fu-Ling Tang , Qi Zhou , Ling-Bin Kong
{"title":"W doping enhances rate and cycle performance of Na4VMn(PO4)3 in sodium-ion batteries","authors":"Xuan-Xi Liu , Zu-Tao Pan , Yao Xu , Hao-Peng Lu , Bo Li , Kun Yan , Fu-Ling Tang , Qi Zhou , Ling-Bin Kong","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116429","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116429","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>NASICON-type (Na<sup>+</sup> superionic conductor) Na<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> cathode is a promising cathode material for sodium-ion batteries because of its high operating voltage, stable structure, and fast Na<sup>+</sup> diffusion rate. However, due to the high cost and toxicity of vanadium, finding a low-cost and non-toxic element to replace it has become urgent. In this context, Na<sub>4</sub>VMn(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> has emerged as a widely recognized superior alternative. However, its practical application is severely limited by its low electronic conductivity and the unavoidable Jahn-Teller effect of Mn<sup>3+</sup> during cycling. This work prepared a tungsten-doped Na<sub>3.6</sub>VMn<sub>0.9</sub>W<sub>0.1</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>/C (VMW-0.1) cathode material by a facile sol-gel method, VMW-0.1 showed an excellent capacity of 74.7 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> at a discharge rate of 100C (1C = 117 mA g<sup>−1</sup>) and a capacity retention of 74.9 % after 10,000 cycles at 20C. Meanwhile, the electrochemical performance of VMW-0.1 is significantly better than that of Na<sub>4</sub>VMn(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> without W doping at extreme temperatures. Cyclic voltammetry and in situ X-ray diffraction revealed the sodium storage mechanism and kinetic behavior of VMW-0.1. Theoretical calculations showed that W doping significantly narrowed the bandgap of Na<sub>4</sub>VMn(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> and increased the local electron density. Meanwhile, four probe method showed that VMW-0.1 has very high electronic conductivity (4.27 × 10<sup>−3</sup> S cm<sup>−1</sup>). It will provide new insights into the application of manganese-rich phosphate cathodes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116429"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruiren Zhang , Huijuan Wang , Youtang Wang , Fang He , Frank Behrendt , Chengyu Li , Songying Zhao
{"title":"Experimental study on energy pile thermal-structure response during high temperature heat storage","authors":"Ruiren Zhang , Huijuan Wang , Youtang Wang , Fang He , Frank Behrendt , Chengyu Li , Songying Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116458","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116458","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The combination of energy pile and underground heat storage is expected to be an effective way of clean urban heat supply in the future. High-temperature underground heat storage (circulation fluid temperature >50 °C) can further enhance heat transfer efficiency. However, this mode increases thermal-structural safety risks in energy pile. The novelty of this study is the exploration on the mode of “energy pile + high-temperature heat storage” and the feasibility of a short-term cooling method to mitigate pile thermal-structural response. In this study, an experimental system for high-temperature heat storage of energy pile (end-bearing pile) was built. The thermal-structural responses of energy pile under intermittent heat storage were investigated. The results showed that, during the process of five intermittent heat storage cycles, the pile top extended upward, the additional compressive axial force was exerted on each part of the pile, and the pressure between pile and soil increased. The rest period in the cycle could alleviate the thermal-structural responses. However, the alleviating effect was gradually weakened. The addition of active cooling could bring a beneficial effect on the thermal-structure responses of the pile in at least two subsequent cycles. A small amount of heat storage loss could reduce more thermal-structural safety risks for energy pile.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116458"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiacheng Rong , Shuyong Liang , Xicheng Gao , Lulin Xie , Chen Liu , Chengjiao Che , Zhen Liang , Jianqiang Bi
{"title":"Boosting interfacial charge transfer and inspiring new insights into the α-Ni(OH)2 anode via novel double heterostructures in Li-ion batteries","authors":"Jiacheng Rong , Shuyong Liang , Xicheng Gao , Lulin Xie , Chen Liu , Chengjiao Che , Zhen Liang , Jianqiang Bi","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116484","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116484","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Heterostructure materials are expected to promote the development of high-performance Li-ion batteries (LIBs) to alleviate the increasingly serious energy crisis. For MXene-based composites with double heterostructures, however, simple and effective synthesis strategies are scarce. Herein, based on the layered Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub><em>x</em></sub> MXene (denoted as T-MX), α-Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub>@T-MX double heterostructures is architected via a one-step solvothermal method. As anodes for LIBs, the composite electrodes are equipped with fast interfacial charge transfer and deliver considerable cycling performance (602.4 mAh g<sup>−1</sup> after 480 cycles at 0.1 A g<sup>−1</sup>). Specially, inspired by the lithium storage behavior of α-Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub>@T-MX anode, for the first time, the hidden electrochemical mechanism of α-Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> anode-stepwise and reversible conversion reactions to α-NiOOH and further to NiO<sub>2</sub>-are clearly revealed by various ex situ techniques and the characterizations for cycled electrodes. Moreover, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, combined with experimental results, confirm the charge redistribution arising from the construction of double heterostructures, which enhances the interfacial charge transport and the multi-step conversion reaction of α-Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub>. This work offers unique insights into the design of MXene-based heterostructures and the studies of multiphase transformation mechanisms of composite electrodes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116484"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mikołaj Bartłomiejczyk , Leszek Jarzebowicz , Mirza Khalid Baig , Ibrahim Diab , Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli , Pavol Bauer
{"title":"Comparison of battery technologies, size, and charging strategies for inter-city in–motion-charging buses","authors":"Mikołaj Bartłomiejczyk , Leszek Jarzebowicz , Mirza Khalid Baig , Ibrahim Diab , Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli , Pavol Bauer","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116463","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116463","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growth of suburbs is a challenge for public transport, and new tools are needed to electrify suburban and intercity bus lines sustainably. In-motion-charging (IMC) buses combine the advantages of both trolleybuses and electric buses. This paper analyses a case of using IMC buses on a 17-km-long intercity route service between Arnhem and Wageningen in the Netherlands. The analysis covers different traction battery technologies, sizes, and charging strategies to find the economically optimal solution. The study was carried out using a numerical model of an IMC bus, which was validated and tuned based on year-round experimental recordings obtained from Arnhem trolleybuses. The model outputs were next used to analyse the batteries ageing under specific charging-discharging current profiles. The analysis shows that the most long-term cost-effective solution for the considered case consists of using merged IMC and opportunity charging as well as a 90 kWh LTO battery, whose expected lifetime would be more than 14 years.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116463"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143748248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kuo Wang , Dongxu Ouyang , Shuai Yuan , Dejian Wu , Jianqi Zhang , Chongye Chang , Ke Yan , Haoshi Sun , Xinming Qian
{"title":"Experimental study on inhibition effect of Novec-1230 on thermal runaway fire of lithium-ion battery packs induced by overcharging","authors":"Kuo Wang , Dongxu Ouyang , Shuai Yuan , Dejian Wu , Jianqi Zhang , Chongye Chang , Ke Yan , Haoshi Sun , Xinming Qian","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116451","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116451","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Thermal runaway (TR) is the main safety issue of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), especially for large-scale LIB packs which are composed of multiple modules in series and parallel combinations. Considering TR of LIB packs would be much more serious, effective prevention and control measures are urgently needed. This work investigates the suppressive effect of Novec-1230 on the fire induced by overcharging in a 3P4S lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery module. The surface temperature, module voltage, temperature rise rate, temperature distribution in pack, total voltage, extinguishing process, battery wreckage, and real-time changes in gas concentration were determined. During the suppression process, Novec-1230 can effectively reduce the surface temperature of the battery without TR, and the cooling rate is up to −0.39 °C/s. For the battery that has started the TR, Novec-1230 cannot inhibit the chain reaction inside the battery. When Novec-1230 is released, the battery temperature still initially rises, but the temperature rise rate is significantly reduced. Once the heat generation of the battery gradually reaches a balance point with the heat absorption from the vaporization of Novec-1230 in its liquid state, the battery temperature begins to decline, the entire fire suppression process lasted for 81 s. After the flame is extinguished, the concentration of combustible gases begins to rise sharply, with the concentrations of H<sub>2</sub> and CO reaching 1078 ppm and 164 ppm, respectively. Under the inducement of an external igniter, the battery reignites. But the TR does not continue to propagate ultimately, and six batteries do not undergo TR. This work confirms the suppressive effect of Novec-1230 on large LIB packs, effectively mitigating the TR of batteries induced by overcharging.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116451"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Md Jaynul Abden , Zhong Tao , Mohammad A. Alim , Jannatul Dil Afroze , Vivian W.Y. Tam
{"title":"Enhancing building energy performance and climate resilience with phase change materials and reflective coatings","authors":"Md Jaynul Abden , Zhong Tao , Mohammad A. Alim , Jannatul Dil Afroze , Vivian W.Y. Tam","doi":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116422","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.est.2025.116422","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Enhancing energy efficiency in residential buildings is essential for reducing CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and meeting the growing demands of global energy standards. This study investigates the impacts of retrofitting existing Australian houses with phase change materials (PCMs) and reflective coatings on annual energy savings, star ratings and performance during heatwaves. Experimental results demonstrate that applying PCM boards to walls, ceilings or both resulted in a maximum reduction of peak indoor air temperature by 5.8 °C when both surfaces were treated, allowing a peak load shift of up to 71 min into the off-peak period. The study evaluates the energy performance of retrofitted houses in Sydney, Alice Springs, and Darwin. Using experimental data and validated EnergyPlus simulations, optimal retrofit configurations achieved annual energy savings of 31.9 kWh/m<sup>2</sup>·y in Sydney, 60.6 kWh/m<sup>2</sup>·y in Alice Springs, and 85.6 kWh/m<sup>2</sup>·y in Darwin, corresponding to improved star ratings of 7.0, 7.1, and 7.6, respectively. During heatwaves, retrofitted houses experienced significant reductions in thermal discomfort, achieving 100 % in Sydney, 86.7 % in Alice Springs and 92.6 % in Darwin. Economic analysis revealed payback periods ranging from 5.3 to 24 years, depending on local climate conditions. These findings underscore the feasibility and effectiveness of retrofitting strategies to enhance energy efficiency, improve thermal comfort and achieve Australia's 7-star energy standard.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15942,"journal":{"name":"Journal of energy storage","volume":"120 ","pages":"Article 116422"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143748241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}