How can we make better batteries? | Dr. Shirley Meng | TEDxChicago

Dr. Shirley Meng makes the case for hope by demonstrating some of the exciting technologies and new batteries her lab is developing that could close the energy storage gap we need to create a democratization of energy that also enables a fully renewable energy grid. Learn more: Website: lescmeng.ai #Energy, #Batteries, #Innovation, #ArgonneNationalLab, #UniversityofChicago, #Sustainability, #MaterialsScience, #ClimateChange, #Earth, #EnergyGrid, #RenewableEnergy #EnergyStorage Dr. Y. Shirley Meng is a professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, and the Chief Scientist at the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Sciences (ACCESS). Her research focuses primarily on energy storage materials and systems – including rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and heavy-duty trucks, power sources for Internet of Things (IOTs), and grid-scale storage for deep renewable energy penetration. She is a member of scientific advisory boards to SES AI, LG Energy Solution, Shell and Ionblox. In addition, Dr. Meng is the principal investigator of Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC), from which startup companies such as South 8 Technologies, UNIGRID and ExPost are spun out. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Research Society MRS Energy & Sustainability. She has authored over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, two book chapters, and holds eight issued patents. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx