Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Research

Energy policy and research

Industry Association

Crystalline films grown by depositing one material's crystal layer over another, commonly used in semiconductor fabrication and energy applications. The discovery relates to defect-free formation of these films.

Devices that convert chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through an electrochemical reaction, producing minimal emissions.

A technology that combines hydrogen and oxygen in a clean, electrochemical process to generate power, releasing only water vapor as a byproduct.

United States

Eastern coastline

Tennessee

A research project led by Thomas Zawodzinski at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory focused on developing more efficient hydrogen fuel cells that produce hydrogen peroxide as waste instead of water.

A research project led by Feng Zhang at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory focused on developing super-thin electrode technology to reduce hydrogen fuel cell production costs.