CETM

Center for Electrocatalysis, Transport Phenomena and Materials for Innovative Energy Storage (CETM)

Director(s):

Grigorii Soloveichik
 

Lead Institution:

General Electric Global Research
 

Years:

2009-2014


Mission:

To develop the fundamental basis for an entirely new high-density energy storage system that combines the best properties of a fuel cell and a flow battery.
 

Research Topics:


catalysis (homogeneous), catalysis (heterogeneous), energy storage (including batteries and capacitors), hydrogen and fuel cells, charge transport, membrane, synthesis (novel materials)
 

Materials Studied:


MATERIALS: metal, polymer, ionic liquid
 
INTERFACES: organic/metal, liquid/solid
 
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 1D, 3D, nanocomposites
 

Experimental and Theoretical Methods:


surface science, density functional theory
 

Map of institutions in EFRC

Partner Institutions:


  • General Electric Global Research
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Stanford University
  • Yale University

 

 

 


BES Staff Contact:

Craig Henderson