Energy Storage: Current and Future

Electrochemistry is used widely today, spanning from production of hydrogen and metals such as aluminum and Li-ion batteries. We will discuss current and future opportunities in using electrochemistry to power cars and buildings, and to make chemicals and fuels with energy from the Sun. Research towards establishing design principles in controlling reaction kinetics at the interface, and ion mobility in ion conductors, central to the functions of electrochemical devices, will be presented.

Speaker: Yang Shao-Horn, MIT