Battery Materials

Battery materials research is driving the global energy transition toward a sustainable, electrified future. Faculty and researchers at the Institute for Materials and Sustainability are advancing next-generation energy storage by developing safer, cheaper, and more sustainable battery materials and chemistries. These efforts span a broad range of energy storage technologies, including metal-anode batteries such as anode-free sodium solid-state batteries; electrolyte platforms across the full spectrum from liquid electrolytes to inorganic solid-state and solid polymer electrolytes; all-organic batteries; and flow battery systems. By integrating advanced scanning transmission electron microscopy, electrochemical characterization, autonomous laboratories, and machine learning, PME is accelerating the discovery of earth-abundant materials for batteries that can power applications ranging from electric vehicles to long-duration grid storage.