Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES)

Director

Héctor Abruna

Lead Institution

Cornell University

Class

2018-2026

Mission

To advance the scientific understanding of the fundamental factors governing electrocatalysis and electrochemical energy conversion in alkaline media.

Partner Institutions

Cornell University
Carnegie Mellon University
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Wisconsin

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https://cabes.cornell.edu/

BES Staff Contact

Viviane Schwartz

Grand Challenges Addressed

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Transformative Opportunities Addressed

Mastering Hierarchical Architectures and Beyond-Equilibrium Matter

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Understanding the Critical Roles of Heterogeneity, Interfaces, and Disorder

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Revolutionary Advances in Models, Mathematics, Algorithms, Data, and Computing

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Exploiting Transformative Advances in Imaging Capabilities across Multiple Scales

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BES Reports Addressed

Highlights

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Illustration showing a crystal structure, with balls connected by lines and a blue ball increasing in size moving above the structure

Thin Materials and Fat Electrons: A Recipe for New Quantum Phenomena

The 2D material cerium silicon iodide contains the same heavy electrons responsible for heavy fermion physics, something so far seen only in 3D materials.

Applying a voltage to lanthanum strontium manganite (LSMO) can cause it to separate into distinct regions with dramatically different magnetic properties, as illustrated by the red and blue colors in the above figure.

Tuning Magnetism With Voltage Opens a New Path to Neuromorphic Circuits

Experiments show that applied voltage can dramatically alter the magnetic properties of quantum materials.