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Stories of Discovery & Innovation: Preventing Laptop Fires and Thermal Runaway

Researchers point to “self-healing” materials as a potential means of improving lithium ion battery safety. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported in part by the Center for Electrical Energy Storage (CEES), an EFRC led by Michael Thackeray at Argonne National Laboratory.

Stories of Discovery & Innovation: Profiting from Waste?

Researchers fashion a record-breaking material to recycle waste heat into electricity. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported in part by the Revolutionary Materials for Solid State Energy Conversion (RMSSEC), an EFRC led by Donald Morelli at Michigan State University.

October 2012 EFRC Newsletter

The 6^th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on October, 2012.

Stories of Discovery & Innovation: Just One Word—Plastics

In Focus: Dented Diamonds, Carbon Cages, and Exceptional Potential

Stories of Discovery and Innovation: Could Cheaper Gasoline be "in the Cards"?

July 2012 EFRC Newsletter

The 5^th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on July 11, 2012.

Stories of Discovery & Innovation: A Nanoscale "Tune-Up" for Fuel Cells

April 2012 EFRC Newsletter

The 4^th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on April 6, 2012.