Description

Energy storage is a research area whose time has come—particularly in California. Rapidly-expanding companies like Maxwell (the world’s leading supercapacitor company) and Tesla Motors are already based in California. In addition, Governor Brown’s pledge to have California generate 50% of its electrical power from renewables by 2030 suggests a huge and imminent need for stationary electrochemical storage. Despite widespread and untapped expertise at UCSB, there are currently no multi-PI grants at UCSB on the theme of electrochemical energy storage. Similarly, CNSI-UCLA and UCSD have battery electrochemistry experts who do not yet collaborate with the materials synthesis, characterization, and modeling expertise currently at UCSB.

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