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Researchers at Stanford and SLAC are working on ways to convert waste carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemical feedstocks and fuels, turning a potent greenhouse gas into valuable products. The process is called electrochemical conversion. When powered by renewable energy sources...

Diagram with icons depicting how X-ray studies, machine learning and lab work (left) were used to study electrode nanoparticles (center) for batteries used in electric vehicles, consumer electronics and solar power (right).

Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen holds a single Tesla battery cell inside the Battery Informatics Lab at SLAC.

Staff engineer Bruis van Vlijmen demonstrates how he works in the Battery Informatics Lab at SLAC. 

Stanford postdoctoral researcher Stephen Dongmin Kang, left, demonstrates how he works at a modular glovebox workstation while Stanford postdoc Jungjin Park works at a neighboring computer in a SLAC battery lab.

This photo shows a small fuel cell inside of a sample chamber at SLAC's SSRL. This experimental station allows scientists to study fuel cells under more realistic conditions. 

A muon, center, spins like a top within the atomic lattice of a thin film of superconducting nickelate.

Energy science directorate (ESD) team 

PULSE graduate student Jian Chen in a laser lab at SLAC.

The new SLAC-Stanford Battery Center aims to bridge the gaps between discovering, manufacturing and deploying innovative energy storage solutions.