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We focus on understanding and exploiting materials properties to create efficient, long life, low cost energy storage and generation technologies such as:

Alkali-ion intercalation and alloy materials
High surface area/nano-structured materials
Catalyst/membrane materials and structures for fuel cells (PEM systems)
Solid State Ion conductors for batteries and photoelectrochemical cells

We also study the economic and policy implications involved with:

Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (including V2G scenarios)
Scaled energy storage for grid applications
Distributed energy generation and storage technologies
The development and entrepreneurship processes used to bring new technologies to Market

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
	2 New papers accepted to Journal of Power sources: "Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Degradation Resulting from Realistic Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Grid Utilization" and "The Economics of Using PHEV Battery Packs for Grid Storage" - By Scott Peterson, Jay Apt and Jay Whitacre - accepted in September 2009. Trip to Electrochemical Society Meeting, Vienna a Success! Two presentations/posters given by group members in week of October 4-10.
	New Industrial Grant Awarded: Recently funded proposal will allow for the investigation of low cost battery materials and systems. New DoE Grant Awarded: Funding is to support the effort in evaluating energy storage solutions for plug-in hybrid vehicles in the contect of vehicle - to - grid (V2G) load sharing (contract under negotiation)
	GM Grant Awarded: Work funded to examine methods for renewing electrode surfaces within electrochemical cells Toyota Award: In partnership with J. Michalek of Mechanical Engineering, Toyota has funded an in-depth study on PHEV performance and driver behavior. A 2009 Prius with an aftermarket 5 kWh Li-ion battery pack has been purchased and is being outfitted with sensors and computer equipment Scott Peterson Wins Dowd Fellowship: Graduaute student Scott Peterson has won the Carnegie Mellon Dowd Fellowship for his work focusing on battery/grid interactions.