Emerging Materials and Nanotechnology

Emerging Materials for Energy Storage

As the world-wide demand for energy is predicted to still increase at a rapid rate, it's critical that improved technologies for sustainably producing, converting and storing energy are developed. Materials are key roadblocks to improved performance during a number of important energy technologies including energy storage in batteries and supercapacitors and energy conversion through solar cells, fuel cells, and thermoelectric devices. The University of Texas at Austin is an internationally recognized leader within the development of unpolluted energy materials.