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 One of the most urgent challenges of our time is discovering how to generate the energy and products we need sustainably – in a way that doesn’t compromise the well-being of future generations by depleting limited resources or accelerating climate change.

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How electrons flow in the oxygen-evolving complex of Photosystem II.
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In this Q&A, Arianna Gleason discusses the technologies needed to make commercialized fusion energy a reality and how SLAC is advancing this energy frontier. 

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Developed at SSRL, the method could help make those electrochemical conversions more robust and efficient.

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Advanced imaging technique reveals catalyst degradation processes, addressing a key barrier to converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel.

Walter Drisdell and Aidan Coffey of Berkeley Lab’s Chemical Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab’s LiSA research facility adjusting a pump that flows liquid through the electrochemical cell
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Nickel dopants could improve sustainable production of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in industrial manufacturing.

An illustration of purple balls (oxygen) gather near a nickel atom embedded in a sheet of silver.
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Supported by SLAC’s catalysis group, researchers have discovered a promising method to remove contaminants during the making of polymers.

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SSRL scientists have figured out how platinum electrodes dissolve, potentially paving the way for renewable energy improvements.

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As a member of a collaborative team led by General Atomics, SLAC will help bridge basic research programs with the growing fusion industry. 

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A market and supply chain analysis for sodium- and lithium-ion batteries is the first by STEER, a new Stanford-SLAC energy technology analysis program.

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LCLS X-rays allowed researchers to connect the molecular dynamics of supercritical carbon dioxide, used in industrial and environmental applications, with its unique properties.

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Consumers’ real-world electric vehicle driving benefits batteries more than the steady use simulated in almost all laboratory tests of new battery designs, a Stanford-SLAC...

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A SLAC study shows a process called atomic relaxation offers a new way to explore quantum states in these puzzling materials.

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SLAC partners with five national labs and eight universities seeking to increase the supply diversity of EV batteries and relieve supply chain concerns.

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