Fast and Cooperative Ion Transport in Polymer-Based Electrolytes

Fast and Cooperative Ion Transport in Polymer-Based Electrolytes (FaCT)

Energy Frontier Research Centers

Mission

To understand and control fast, correlated ion and proton transport at multiple length and time scales in polymer-based electrolytes to overcome the current limitations of energy storage and conversion technologies

Vision

The Center for Fast and Cooperative Ion Transport in Polymer-Based Electrolytes, or FaCT, was established as a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center in 2022. FaCT brings together a cross-cutting team of researchers from national laboratories and universities to develop a workflow to speed the design and discovery of materials that enable fast ion and proton transport, for batteries and fuel cells respectively. The project combines experimental and computational expertise across a broad range of length and timescales to collaborate on predictive modeling that will guide the design and synthesis of next-generation battery materials. 

Thrust 1: Unveil the mechanisms driving correlated alkali ion and proton transport in non-aqueous polymers.

Thrust 2: Elucidate the mechanisms controlling correlated ion transport at the polymer–ceramic interface and reducing interfacial ion transport barriers.

Crosscut: Design through computation, theory, and materials informatics.

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