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The Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division (ESDR) works on developing advanced batteries and fuel cells for transportation and stationary energy storage, grid-connected technologies for a cleaner, more reliable, resilient, and cost-effective future, and demand responsive and distributed energy technologies for a dynamic electric grid.
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We work closely with academic, government and industry partners to conduct foundational and applied research that provides the groundwork for the development of transformative new energy technologies in the areas of energy storage and conversion, electrical grid, advanced materials for the energy infrastructure, science of manufacturing and water-energy nexus.

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2025

Bird, Ashley, Yonsoo Kim, Sarah A Berlinger, Adam Z Weber, and Ahmet Kusoglu."PFSA‐Ionomer Dispersions to Thin‐Films: Interplay Between Sidechain Chemistry and Dispersion Solvent."Advanced Energy Materials (2025). DOI

2024

Berlinger, Sarah A, Xiong Peng, Xiaoyan Luo, Peter Dudenas, Guosong Zeng, Haoran Yu, David A Cullen, Adam Z Weber, Nemanja Danilovic, and Ahmet Kusoglu."Iridium Surface Oxide Affects the Nafion Interface in Proton-Exchange-Membrane Water Electrolysis."ACS Energy Letters (2024) 4792-4799. DOI

2022

Berlinger, Sarah A, Anamika Chowdhury, Tim Van Cleve, Aaron He, Nicholas Dagan, Kenneth C Neyerlin, Bryan D McCloskey, Clayton J Radke, and Adam Z Weber."Impact of Platinum Primary Particle Loading on Fuel Cell Performance: Insights from Catalyst/Ionomer Ink Interactions."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14.32 (2022) 36731 - 36740. DOI

2021

Berlinger, Sarah A, Samay Garg, and Adam Z Weber."Multicomponent, multiphase interactions in fuel-cell inks."Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 29 (2021) 100744. DOI

Berlinger, Sarah A, Bryan D McCloskey, and Adam Z Weber."Probing Ionomer Interactions with Electrocatalyst Particles in SolutionProbing Ionomer Interactions with Electrocatalyst Particles in Solution."ACS Energy Letters (2021) 2275 - 2282. DOI

2020

Berlinger, Sarah A, Peter Dudenas, Ashley Bird, Xunkai Chen, Guillaume Freychet, Bryan D McCloskey, Ahmet Kusoglu, and Adam Z Weber."Impact of Dispersion Solvent on Ionomer Thin Films and Membranes."ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2.12 (2020) 5824 - 5834. DOI

2018

Berlinger, Sarah A, Bryan D McCloskey, and Adam Z Weber."Inherent Acidity of Perfluorosulfonic Acid Ionomer Dispersions and Implications for Ink Aggregation."The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122.31 (2018) 7790 - 7796. DOI

2017

Hatzell, Kelsey B, Marm B Dixit, Sarah A Berlinger, and Adam Z Weber."Understanding inks for porous-electrode formation."J. Mater. Chem. A 5.39 (2017) 20527 - 20533. DOI

Berlinger, Sarah A, Bryan D McCloskey, and Adam Z Weber."Understanding Binary Interactions in Fuel-Cell Catalyst-Layer Inks."ECS Transactions 80.8 (2017) 309 - 319. DOI