Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES)
Director
Héctor Abruña
Lead Institution
Cornell University
Class
2018-2022
Mission
To achieve a detailed understanding of the nature, structure, and dynamics of electrocatalysis in alkaline media.
Research Topics
catalysis (heterogeneous), electrocatalysis, hydrogen and fuel cells, charge transport, membranes, water, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials)
Materials Studied
Materials: metal, oxide, polymer, electrolytes, porous
Interfaces: gas/solid, liquid/solid
Nanostructured Materials: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray imaging, X-ray spectroscopy, electron microscopy, ultrafast science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), dynamical mean field theory (DMFT), monte carlo (MC), continuum modeling, multiscale modeling, machine learning
Partner Institutions
- Binghamton University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Cornell University
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Wisconsin
- Yale University
