Jun Liu Keynote Speaker at Nanotechnology Seminar at International Conference
(June 2009)
A noted speaker on self-assembly approaches for energy storage, Dr. Jun Liu gave the keynote speech at the Engineering at the Nano-Scale and Nano-Technology III Seminar, June 18, 2009. The seminar was part of the 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science and the 83rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. » More
Vanadium Batteries Promising for Large-Scale Energy Storage Materials
(June 2009)
Because most people are unwilling to run the dishwasher or drive the car only when the wind blows, scientists are examining ways of storing electricity generated by wind turbines. Dr. Maria Skyllas-Kazacos from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, along with her husband and sons have devised second generation vanadium redox batteries to solve these and other energy storage problems. » More
Xiao-Dong Zhou Leads Organization of Important Symposium at Electrochemical Meeting
(May 2009)
Dr. Xiao-Dong Zhou of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Transformational Materials Science Initiative is organizing a symposium on Advanced Materials and Concepts for Energy Harvesting.
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Yuehe Lin Co-Edits Nanotechnology Book
(May 2009)
Congratulations to Dr. Yuehe Lin, a Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, on his role as primary editor of the Handbook of Electrochemical Nanotechnology. » More
Building Better Batteries Today for a Greener Tomorrow
(May 2009)
High capacity, safe batteries are needed for efficient hybrid or electrical vehicles and for storing and releasing electricity from intermittent power sources like wind turbines and solar panels. That's where an innovation by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Princeton University comes in. » More
A Jolt of Energy Use
(May 2009)
Advanced battery constructions have appeared since the 1980s, and are making great strides in research today according to Dr. Anil Virkar, an internationally recognized researcher in the field of solid oxide fuel cell technology and ceramic materials at the University of Utah. » More