Research

NREL's chemistry and nanoscience research develops and demonstrates the key enabling science and technology for functional materials and processing for clean energy as well as hydrogen at scale.

Primary Research Areas

NREL’s primary research in chemistry and nanoscience includes:

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

Photovoltaics

Solar Photochemistry

Quantum and Carbon Nanomaterials.

Crosscutting Research

We collaborate with other research areas across NREL, including:

Battery Materials Synthesis

Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing. 

The Chemistry and Nanoscience Center is part of the Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science directorate, led by Associate Laboratory Director Bill Tumas.