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Li-Bridge is focused on bringing key stakeholders together to improve the lithium battery supply chain and marks the first collaboration of its kind in the U.S. battery industry.

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A Science-to-Systems Approach

At Berkeley Lab’s Energy Storage Center, more than 100 researchers are conducting pioneering work across the entire energy storage landscape, from discovery science to applied research, to deployment analysis and policy research. Our approach includes:

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Electrochemical Energy Storage

Materials discovery, synthesis, characterization, and diagnostics to develop next-generation batteries (including solid state) and flow batteries

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Chemical Energy Storage

Hydrogen and storage of hydrogen

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Thermal Energy Storage

Exploring low- and high-temperature materials and systems involving the subsurface, buildings, and the manufacturing sector

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Mechanical Energy Storage

Compressed air storage in porous media

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Systems, Analysis, and Markets

Researching policy and market factors that affect widespread energy storage adoption

   

 

Explore the facilities and research groups across Berkeley Lab that play a key role in advancing the mission of the Energy  Storage Center. 

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