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News·Jun 25, 2025

Amanchukwu Lab: Creating better energy storage systems

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University of Chicago electrochemist Chibueze Amanchukwu is working to create a more sustainable future. The goal is to create energy storage systems that are cheap, safe and can perform well over time.
News·Jun 4, 2025

The University of Chicago and South Korea’s Gachon University Form Partnership to Advance Battery Research

The partnership aims to encourage research and educational collaboration between the two universities.
News·Jun 2, 2025

Coalition to Advance Battery Technologies Adds New Industry Members

Ensurge Micropower, UNIGRID Battery and South 8 join Thermo Fisher Scientific, SES AI, and MTI Corporation as members of the Energy Transition Network.
News·May 6, 2025

A Big Data approach for battery electrolytes

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A new paper outlines a path for AI and machine learning to help build tomorrow’s batteries
News·Apr 16, 2025

Thermodynamics-defying materials could revolutionize EVs, buildings and more

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In Nature, a UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering-led team finds materials that shrink when heated, expand when crushed – and represent a revolution in fundamental science.
News·Mar 10, 2025

Next-gen batteries without “forever chemicals”

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In two recent papers, researchers in the lab of Asst. Prof. Chibueze Amanchukwu at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering designed two new families of PFAS-free solvents that make ideal components for next-generation batteries.
News·Mar 6, 2025

New “one-pot” technique a breakthrough for material synthesis

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A new paper from the lab of Asst. Prof. Chibueze Amanchukwu of the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering demonstrates a new technique for building inorganic and polymer electrolytes at the same time and in the same vessel.
News·Feb 10, 2025

Better texture for better batteries

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A new battery innovation looks at an overlooked attribute – the texture of metal – to improve performance
News·Feb 5, 2025

Finding a better path to lithium

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PME Asst. Prof. Chong Liu looks for novel, environmentally friendly solutions to power the world.
News·Jan 30, 2025

Lithium-Metal Batteries Charge Forward

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How charge and discharge rates chart a path for a powerful but problematic battery