The Energy Nanostructure Laboratory (E-Nano), directed by BEST member Donghai Wang, focuses on nanomaterial development for clean energy technologies, such as batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, and environmental remediation. The experimental research includes nanomaterial synthesis, characterization and device fabrication and evaluation. Nanomaterials are made by a variety of methods, including sol-gel method, high temperature synthesis, templating approach, and self-assembly. Material characterizations are performed using state-of-the-art techniques. The nanomaterials are evaluated in fabricated devices such as batteries, solar cells, fuel cells and reactors for clean energy application. Researchers in the E-Nano Lab aim to develop new materials to improve the performance of clean energy techniques and guide the development of advanced energy techniques.

The E-Nano facilities have all the equipment needed to test the synthesized materials for energy storage application including electrode coating equipment, vacuum ovens, two Ar-filled glove boxes, coin cell assembly setup, and hundreds of channels for battery cell testers.

For more information on the E-Nano lab, visit me.psu.edu/dwang/.