Energy Materials

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  Rapid reduction of fossil fuels and increasing environmental concerns make energy one of the extreme challenges facing civilization in the 21st century. The Clean Energy Materials Thrust is focused on the design and progress of high performance materials for alternative energy technologies and developing an important understanding of their structure-property-performance relationships. Thrust includes materials for fuel cells, supercapacitors, lithium ion batteries, solar energy conversion, photovoltaics, hydrogen production and storage, and thermoelectric. Growing energy needs of the country require improved efforts on developing materials and technologies which focuses on energy generation, energy harvesting, energy conversion and energy storage. Currently energy materials personify wide selection of novel and advanced materials for the generation and storage of electric power. Energy Materials includes fuel cells, batteries, photovoltaics, thermo-electrics, super-capacitors, hydrogen technologies, photo-catalysis, solar power technologies, magnetic refrigeration and piezoelectric materials. Energy generation, distribution and management are the quickest evolving industries of recent times. The demand to develop parts and sub-assemblies for novel product across the energy sector is increasing.