ISTD’s Materials and Energy Branch develops new materials and engineers new approaches to improve energy conversion, storage, and efficiency. Innovations focus primarily on electrochemical systems (e.g., advanced batteries and fuel cells systems) but also target other advanced energy systems designs. Contributions range from novel materials fabrication and application methods to cyberphysical (i.e., hybrid computational and experimental) design and simulations of scaled power plants.
About this Core Competency
- Material development for high-efficiency energy conversion systems
- Material design for advanced electrochemical energy storage systems
- Cyberphysical simulation for advanced energy systems development
- Advanced thermal system design, analysis, and management
- Advanced energy efficiency practices
Application Areas for this Core Competency
- Fuel cells and electrolyzers
- High-power/energy batteries
- All solid state batteries
- Portable/mobile power
- Advanced energy storage/conversion
- Food processing
