When we moved into our new home, every conversation started with the word "Where." Where is the coffee maker? Where should we put the couch? Where is the fusebox? For scientists, the word that focuses their research is often "How." How do bacteria turn dim light into fuel? How can we mimic that reaction to create solar fuels on cloudy days or even moonlit nights? How can we design catalysts to wring more energy from plant matter? How can we change batteries to avoid issues with overheating?

At the Energy Frontier Research Centers, teams of scientists are working together to answer many such "how" questions. These teams include experts in their respective fields and others who have less experience, but no less drive and desire to learn.

Together, they are getting answers and pushing back the frontiers of energy research. Learn how in this latest issue...
 

Editorial Board and Writers

Editorial Board

• Kirsten Chojnicki, Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security
• Jennifer Esbenshade, Center for Electrochemical Energy Science
• Laura E. Fernandez, Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center
• Lauren Garten, Center for Next Generation of Materials by Design: Incorporating Metastability
• Nare Janvelyan, Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis
• Ke Jin, Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution
• Zachary Morseth, Center for Solar Fuels
• Ryan Patet, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation
• Sameer Patwardhan, Argonne-Northwestern University Solar Energy Research Center
• Tim Plett, Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage Energy Frontier Research Center
• Garrett Williams, Center for Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis

Kristin Manke, Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, Editor-in-Chief

Guest Writers

• Michelle Harris, Argonne-Northwestern University Solar Energy Research Center
• Emily Sahadeo, Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage Energy Frontier Research Center