Clean Energy Materials
At CMI, we are investigating a range of battery materials to address challenges in energy storage. Our focuses include: (1) solid-state batteries (new electrolyte, new battery structures); (2) nanomaterials to enable fast yet safe battery charging; and (3) novel battery materials that can outperform the current state-of-the-art. Toward these aims, CMI has invented an ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) method that can fabricate ion conductive membranes in just ~10 seconds. The center is now expanding this technique to a range of new battery materials (e.g., electrodes, electrolytes, and coatings).
