From materials discovery to optimizing the performance and manufacturing of energy-active devices and supporting materials, our research is leading the field of materials for energy. We’re advancing the materials used for photovoltaics for enhanced lifetime performance, developing new thin films, optimizing the way solar power is concentrated, advancing energy storage needs with improvements to Lithium ion and flow batteries, enhancing the reliability of fuel cells, developing ceramic materials for improved energy efficiency, updating the use of natural gas for energy-efficient systems, advancing fabrication techniques to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles, leveraging the properties of new materials such as magnets for their potential role in energy devices, and more.

We’re also incorporating modern data analytical tools to improve the energy efficiency, sustainability and functionality of all the materials systems embedded in modern living. We’re assessing the abilities of materials designed to convert energy, and making structural materials more capable of functioning in extreme environments such as on wind turbines and in nuclear reactors. From the specifics of one material used in one energy device to the whole power generation system, we’re engaged in the full spectrum of materials energy advancements.