University of Maryland Energy Frontier Research Center
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The Challenge
The severity of the world energy shortage demands far more efficient ways to store energy, particularly from renewable sources like solar and wind. With capability for storing much more energy, delivering higher power, and recharging faster, next-generation electrical energy storage (EES) systems will enable new, green solutions to energy storage in smaller, lighter packages.
A schematic diagram of the proposed nanostructure energy storage device.
Our Vision
We believe that nanostructures are the key to next-generation EES. By creating structures at the nanoscale, we can design and exploit the energy storage capacity of optimized nanomaterials while also combining different materials in geometries that speed up movement of charge (electrons and ions) to and from the storage nanomaterials.
Science is Needed
Understanding how to fabricate such nanostructures and make them perform well poses profound new challenges, from the design and construction of nanomaterials as multicomponent structures for rapid charge transfer to the stability of the structures as charge is cycled in and out.








