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Better ways to store energy are critical to becoming more energy efficient. One of the keys to advances in energy storage lies in both finding novel materials and in understanding how current and new materials function. The Northeastern Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES) is an effort being led by Stony Brook University, and includes as partners Rutgers University, MIT, Binghamton University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the University of Michigan, and the University of California at San Diego. The Center will support basic research in the design of the next generation of lithium-ion batteries (LiBs), which requires both the development of new chemistries and the fundamental understanding of the physical and chemical processes that occur in these complex systems.

The mission of the Center is to identify the key atomic-scale processes which govern electrode function in rechargeable batteries, over a wide range of time and length scales, via the development and use of novel characterization and theoretical tools, and to use this information to identify and design new battery systems. Four thrust areas have been established, two cross-cutting (diagnostics and theory), and two systems (intercalation and conversion reactions), in order to achieve the Center's goals.

This website is based on research funded primarily by the EFRC program of the US Department of Energy (DOE) under Award Number DE-SC0001294 with additional support provided by the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), and New York State Energy Research Development Authority (NYSERDA). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of DoE, NYSTAR, or NYSERDA.

February 2012
NECCES's latest research on the use of MRI to show the inner workings of batteries (published in Nature Materials) was highlighted in the Engineer.

November 2011
NECCES announces change in directorship

October 2011
M. Stanley Whittingham was recently selected to receive the Yeager Award from the International Battery Materials Association (IBA) for his life-long contributions to new secondary battery and related materials research field, which have been recognized internationally. The award will be presented at the IBA meeting, which is being held jointly with the Pacific Power Source Symposium (PPSS), in Kona, Hawaii, in January 2012.

September 2011
Professor Clare Grey FRS has been awarded the 2011 Kavli Medal and Lecture for her pioneering work in solid state NMR uses in the field of lithium-ion batteries and will give her lecture on October 6, 2011. Read more about her talk here.

July 2011
Recent paper from the Ceder group Kinetics of non-equilibrium lithium incorporation in LiFePO₄. More...

May 2011
Clare P. Grey was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.

April 2011
Members of NECCES gathered together at the spring MRS meeting which took place in April 2011. Photo

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