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Materials play a critical role in energy production, storage, utilization, and sustainability. These include high-temperature alloys for power plants, semiconductor materials for solar panels, magnetic materials for wind turbines, battery materials for energy storage, and optoelectronic materials for energy-efficient data centers, to name a few. Through the investigation of structure-property relationship, fundamental materials science leads to the discovery of new materials that boost the efficiency of energy systems and the deployment of renewable energy sources.
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Research Subfields
Energy storage, harvesting, and conversion
High-temperature materials
Magnetic materials
Nuclear fuel materials
Optoelectronic/nanophotonic materials
Solar and thermophotovoltaic cells
Thermoelectric materials