Materials Science Program seminar by Michael Thackeray, Argonne Nat'l. Lab

Energy storage represents an enormous challenge and opportunity for scientific research to cross technological boundaries in bringing energy independence to the United States. One hundred years ago, electric vehicles were in vogue but soon gave way to gasoline-powered automobiles that were less expensive and offered extended range and quicker refueling times. Now, one hundred years later, an overpopulated and technologically-driven world suffers the consequences of....