Materials for sustainable energy

Solar Panels outside in desert

CAMBR researchers are developing materials for energy devices such as solar cells, fuel cells, and batteries, as well as new composites that will enable more efficient use of energy.

With the global consumption of energy continually growing, the environmental impact and sustainability of our energy supply is increasingly becoming a critical issue. As the use of sustainable, low-carbon energy sources increases, there is a growing need for improved energy storage (e.g., batteries) and energy conversion technologies (e.g., fuel cells) in order to lower their costs and increase their efficiencies.

To address these needs, foundational breakthroughs in energy materials and energy devices are required. Our researchers are working on innovative strategies to control the synthesis and production of nanostructured materials that are used in energy devices and are using these materials to design, develop and test new energy devices including fuel cells, solar cells, and Li-ion batteries. We are able to bring to this highly competitive field unique strengths in the in situ characterization of these materials and devices by employing synchrotron radiation light beams from the Canadian Light Source and ion beams from Western’s Tandetron Accelerator.

CAMBR Faculty

Boutilier, Michael
Charpentier, Paul
Denniston, Colin
Ding, Zhifeng
Fanchini, Giovanni
Gilroy, Joe B.

Henning, Frank
Hrymak, Andrew
Jiang, L.
Johlin, Eric
Liu, Lijia

Rohani, Sohrab
Sham, T.K.
Sun, Andy (Xueliang)
Wood, Jeffrey
Yang, Jun