The collaboration was led by co-senior authors Debdeep Jena and Huili Grace Xing, both professors in electrical and computer engineering and in materials science and engineering. The team also included David Muller, the Samuel B. Eckert Professor in Applied and Engineering Physics, who specializes in electron microscopy, and Darrell Schlom, the Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor of Industrial Chemistry, who grows oxide materials for electronic uses.

Liang, Y., Dong, H., Aurbach, D. et al. Current status and future directions of multivalent metal-ion batteries. Nat Energy (2020). 

Researchers have made a potentially vital breakthrough in the search for renewable energy storage.

Energy storage is becoming increasingly important as production of renewable energy rises, because the wind might not blow or the sun shine during the peak hours when most consumers turns on their lights and appliances.

NEWSWISE | January 1, 2018