The Center for Electrocatalysis, Transport Phenomena, and Materials for Innovative Energy Storage (CETM) is an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded by the Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science. Forty-six EFRCs have been identified to conduct fundamental research that is critical to solving some of the biggest energy challenges in the U.S.
The focus of GE’s EFRC-CETM will be on advanced energy storage technologies and the pursuit of a zero carbon emissions solution for both transportation and stationary power applications. The EFRC-CETM is made up of a multidisciplinary team representing industry, academia and national laboratories, and is responsible for investigating electocatalysis and transport phenomena that will ultimately lead to a new paradigm in energy storage: high-density energy storage organic fuel cells/flow batteries.
Participating organizations include GE Global Research, Yale University–Crabtree Group, Yale University–Batista Group, Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. GE Global Research has the distinction of being the only corporate research laboratory chosen to lead an EFRC.