HydroGEN steering committee members Huyen Dinh and Eric Miller have organized a two-day symposium at the 231st Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Symposium on Crosscutting Metrics and Benchmarking of Transformational Low-Carbon Energy-Conversion Technologies on May 30–31, 2017, brings together materials experts and stakeholders from multiple sectors covered in the current U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Materials Network (EMN) portfolio. This includes world class leaders with multi-physics and multi-scale expertise from the EMNs as well as leaders of other high-impact materials initiatives in clean energy applications. Novel materials and manufacturing processes are critical to the development of clean energy technologies and to ensuring the competitiveness of the U.S. economy in the 21st century. DOE launched the EMN in 2016 to accelerate the process of materials discovery, characterization, scale-up, and commercial deployment. Consistent with the EMN vision, moving transformational energy technologies forward will require an honest discussion of the challenges and opportunities in critical materials R&D. Some common material challenges across all EMNs include interfaces, corrosion, performance, benchmarking, analysis, and computational modeling. It is expected that cross-cutting conversations at this session will foster synergy for future collaborations.

View the detailed symposium schedule to see the list of speakers and topics. For registration information, visit the 231st ECS Meeting website.