PNNL Physicist to Support OSU Professor in EPSCoR Energy Research Award
PNNL and Oklahoma State University join forces to understand the chemistry of sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries thanks to an award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
PNNL Wins R&D 100 Awards
PNNL has received 119 R&D 100 Awards since 1969, when the laboratory began submitting entries in the contest that recognizes top 100 inventions each year.
Compound Commonly Found in Candles Lights the Way to Grid-Scale Energy Storage
A compound used in candles offers promise for a modern energy challenge—storing massive amounts of energy to be fed into the electric grid as the need arises.
Energy Technologies Move Closer to Commercial Use
Federal and industry-matched funding will move 11 technologies closer to commercialization where they could one day help bolster U.S. competitiveness.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Discovery in Action
Discovery in action. These words describe what we do at PNNL. For more than 50 years, we have advanced the frontiers of science and engineering in the service of our nation and the the world.
High-Throughput Experimentation Accelerates Energy Storage Materials Discovery
Energy storage researchers at PNNL have turbocharged their materials discovery research with the addition of high-throughput experimentation (HTE) equipment.
Design, Construction to Begin on $75 Million Grid Energy Storage Research Facility
New facility that will accelerate energy storage innovation and make the nation’s power grid more resilient, secure and flexible has been given the green light to proceed by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Energy Storage Materials Initiative (ESMI)
PNNL’s ESMI is a Laboratory-funded research and development (R&D) program focused on transforming and accelerating materials development processes for next-generation energy storage technologies.
Houston Partnership Selected to Design, Construct New $75 Million Grid Storage Launchpad at PNNL
New facility will accelerate energy storage innovation, increase clean energy adoption and grid resilience.
Scientists Learn More about the First Hours of a Lithium-ion Battery’s Life
Scientists have witnessed the formation of the solid-electrolyte interphase, a critical component in lithium-ion batteries.