The Layered Look of Lithium Sulfur
Detailed view of a troubling layer offers insights for a better battery.
Energy Earthshot Research Centers
PNNL leads two of DOE's multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary EERCs: the Center for Understanding Subsurface Signals and Permeability (CUSSP) and Addressing Challenges in Energy: Floating Wind in a Changing Climate (ACE-FWICC).
Tackling One of the Most Extreme Environments on Earth: Nuclear Waste
New funding spurs a new approach to researching the effective retrieval and processing of legacy radioactive waste. Four-year focus of the IDREAM EFRC will link attosecond timescales to decades-long chemical processes.
Paving the Way for Fusion Commercialization
PNNL researchers co-organized a workshop on fusion commercialization with partners from industry and academia
Open Circuit Potential Plays a Critical Role in Controlling the Hydrogenolysis of Benzyl Alcohol in Water
In a water-containing system, the open circuit potential stabilizes positively charged species and lowers the energy barrier of the reaction.
University of Utah Joins IDREAM EFRC Institutional Partners
The PNNL-led research partnership focused on the chemistry of nuclear waste also announced new leadership roles for representatives of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Colorado State University, and the University of Washington.
Energy on Demand: Learning from Nature’s Catalysts
With quantum chemistry, researchers led by PNNL computational scientist Simone Raugei are discovering how enzymes such as nitrogenase serve as natural catalysts that efficiently break apart molecular bonds to control energy and matter.
Vrabie Co-Organized Workshop on AI for Isotopes
Vrabie co-organized the 2022 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Isotope R&D and Production for the Department of Energy Isotope Program.
Getting Clear about Clean Air
Nitrogen oxides, also known as NOx, form when fossil fuels burn at high temperatures. When emitted from industrial sources such as coal power plants, these pollutants react with other compounds to produce harmful smog.
Ion Strength in Zeolite Pores Controls Rates of Dehydration
New research finds that reaction rates for cyclic alcohol dehydration increase as ionic strength increases, independent of reaction mechanism.