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News·Apr 28, 2026

ETN Newsletter Spring 2026

Advancing Innovation Through Collaboration and Impact  The Energy Transition Network (ETN) continues to bring together leaders across industry, academia, and national laboratories to accelerate the translation of cutting-edge research into scalable, real-world energy and sustainability solutions. This quarter highlights key...
News·Apr 17, 2026

Researchers combine carbon dioxide capture and conversion into one system

The new approach, developed by UChicago PME and Argonne National Laboratory researchers, offers a streamlined and cost-effective pathway toward decarbonization.
News·Mar 10, 2026

ARPA-E Selects Xanadu, UChicago Partnership to Advance Next-Generation Battery Technologies Using Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

via UChicago PME
Led by Xanadu, in partnership with the University of Chicago, the three-year project will focus on developing quantum algorithms to study key processes of defect formations in battery materials.
News·Mar 2, 2026

“Milestone” findings call for a closer look at battery microscopy

Imaging both reactive lithium and sodium battery materials with an electron microscope causes worse damage than previously thought, highlighting a need for new lab standards
News·Feb 27, 2026

Cracking the code on sulfur-based cathodes

Changing techniques, not materials, is unlocking sulfur’s potential in solid-state batteries, paving the road for EVs to travel longer distances
News·Feb 23, 2026

Prussian blue goes from pigment to purification

Applying analogs of the paint that made Hokusai’s wave, researchers achieved 99.9% lithium purification
News·Feb 18, 2026

Major advance in dry-electrode EV batteries

via UChicago PME
A new dry-processed electrode architecture shows how skipping the slurry is not only better for the environment and wallet, but for battery performance as well
News·Feb 17, 2026

Chibueze Amanchukwu Named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow

via UChicago PME
ETI Scholar Chibueze Amanchukwu has been selected as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow, one of the most prestigious honors available to early-career scholars in the social sciences and sciences.
News·Jan 20, 2026

Researchers use failed batteries to fight “forever chemicals”

via UChicago PME
Studying how battery components degrade created a powerful new way to destroy PFAS
News·Jan 6, 2026

Predictive “mismatch” leads to carbon capture breakthrough

via Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Work revealing how water impacts carbon dioxide capture from air named Journal of the American Chemical Society “Editor’s Choice”