New technology could wean the battery world off cobalt by Brett Israel April 11, 2018 Lithium batteries use more than 50 percent of all cobalt produced globally. This is because lithium ions are stored in cathodes which are layered structures. Cobalt is crucial to maintaining this layered structure.  Now, a research team led by scientists at UC…

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Novel Charge Storage Mechanism in Lithium-ion Batteries Revealed by Daisy Hernandez May 31, 2016 Materials Science & Engineering Professor Oscar Dubón has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor for Equity & Inclusion at UC Berkeley. He previously served as Associate Dean for Equity & Inclusion and Student Affairs for the College of Engineering. As Vice Chancellor for Equity…

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Professor Ceder in the Economist by Daisy Hernandez December 8, 2015 Professor Ceder is quoted in an article entitled “New Materials for Manufacturing” in the December Technology Quarterly section of the Economist.  The article discusses how materials science is “rapidly transforming the way that everything from cars to lightbulbs is made” and the Materials Project…

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