IUCRC Phase I: Northeastern University: Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage (CEPS)

NSF固态电力存储产学研合作研究中心（CEPS）由三所大学组成：南达科他州矿业与技术学院（SD Mines）作为牵头大学，合作大学包括东北大学（NU）和锡拉丘兹大学（SU）。 CEPS的成立旨在提供学术界和工业界之间的整合，以追求以研究为重点的储能创新。该中心使行业，政府和国家实验室能够通过采用关键的固态能源系统来应对安全，高效和环保的能源存储挑战，并在上游基础研究的推动下将其转化为工业用途。 作为一个多学科的合作财团，CEPS将通过利益相关者的大力支持和利用州和国家层面的伙伴关系来获得长期的可持续性。CEPS的智力价值在于解决能源储存方面的重大挑战。该中心旨在创造和提供美国在与绿色技术和环境可持续性密切相关的储能研究方面的领导地位。东北大学（NU）的网站带来了CEPS独特的能力（a）在原位和operando光谱使用同步加速器X射线设施和方法研究机制在固态界面;（B）材料加工和复合材料的固态化学是感兴趣的CEPS行业合作伙伴，例如，锂金属阳极和硫基电解质;（c）分子动力学计算研究和蒙特卡罗方法，探索锂离子嵌入的界面方面，以及（d）电源管理系统的设计，考虑在固态范围内具有不同化学物质的异构储能解决方案界面，以满足所需的能量和功率密度以及必要的寿命。CEPS的这些能力将用于开发和商业化安全可靠的固态电池技术。CEPS旨在培养一个包容性的学习环境，教师，员工和学生，无论种族，民族和性别，都可以成长和成功。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage (CEPS) is comprised of three university sites: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SD Mines) as the lead university and partner universities: Northeastern University (NU) and Syracuse University (SU). CEPS is established to provide integration between academia and industry in the pursuit of research focused energy storage innovations. The Center enables industries, government, and national laboratories to meet the challenges of safe, efficient, and environmentally-friendly energy storage by adopting critical solid-state energy systems and enabling translation into industrial use driven by upstream basic research. As a multi-disciplinary collaborative consortium, CEPS will acquire long-term sustainability through strong support from stakeholders and leveraging partnerships at the state and national level. CEPS's intellectual merit is in addressing significant challenges in energy storage. The Center seeks to create and provide U.S. leadership in energy storage research closely linked to green technologies and environmental sustainability. The Northeastern University (NU) Site brings to CEPS unique capabilities of (a) in situ and operando spectroscopy using synchrotron X-ray facilities and methods for investigating mechanisms at solid-state interfaces; (b) materials processing and composites for solid-state chemistries that are of interest to CEPS industry partners, e.g., lithium metal anodes and sulfur-based electrolytes; (c) computational research in molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo approaches probing the interfacial aspects of lithium-ion intercalation, and (d) design of power management systems that consider heterogeneous energy storage solutions with varied chemistries within the ambit of solid-state interfaces to meet the desired energy and power density with requisite lifetimes. These capabilities of CEPS will be used to develop and commercialize safe and reliable solid-state battery technologies. CEPS seeks to cultivate an inclusive learning environment where faculty, staff, and students, regardless of race, ethnicity, and gender, can grow and succeed.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.