Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.
Combining gasification with fuel-cell technology could boost efficiency of coal-powered plants.
Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage brings together researchers from MIT and two Russian institutes to develop advanced batteries and fuel cells.
Service to faculty, collaboration with industry are hallmarks of campus-based Materials Processing Center at MIT.
Cullen Buie manipulates micro-scale phenomena to optimize energy conversion devices.
Yan Chen’s work on fuel cell catalysts could help integrate new power solutions.
New MIT analysis probes charge transfer in porous battery electrodes for the first time.
New field of "strain engineering" could open up areas of materials research with many potential applications.
Design may support widespread use of solar and wind energy.
Controlling spin state through strain could lead to better cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells
‘Superlattice’ structure could give a huge boost to oxygen reaction in fuel cells, increasing their power potential.
Implantable fuel cell built at MIT could power neural prosthetics that help patients regain control of limbs.
Toyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.
