Clean Energy Institute
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Accelerating the adoption of a scalable and equitable clean energy future at the University of Washington // cei.washington.edu
Honored to welcome His Excellency Tumisang Mosotho, Ambassador of Lesotho to the U.S., to the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds last week! 🇱🇸🇺🇸☀️🔋⚡
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November 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Honored to welcome His Excellency Tumisang Mosotho, Ambassador of Lesotho to the U.S., to the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds last week! 🇱🇸🇺🇸☀️🔋⚡
@uofwa.bsky.social @uwengineering.bsky.social @uwartsci.bsky.social
@uofwa.bsky.social @uwengineering.bsky.social @uwartsci.bsky.social
Nov 6, 4 pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Alex Gagnon, associate professor of oceanography @uwenvironment.bsky.social and co-founder/CEO of Banyu Carbon @uwcomotion.bsky.social — a UW spinout using sunlight to power marine #carbonremoval #CCUS ☀️🌊🧪
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Nov 6, 4 pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Alex Gagnon, associate professor of oceanography @uwenvironment.bsky.social and co-founder/CEO of Banyu Carbon @uwcomotion.bsky.social — a UW spinout using sunlight to power marine #carbonremoval #CCUS ☀️🌊🧪
Thu Oct 30, 4 pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Dr. Geri Richmond, Presidential Chair of Science and Professor of Chemistry @uocas.bsky.social (U.S. DOE Undersecretary for Science and Innovation 2021–25) 🐾🦆💡⚡🇺🇸
"Research and innovation needed for the nation's energy security"
"Research and innovation needed for the nation's energy security"
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thu Oct 30, 4 pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Dr. Geri Richmond, Presidential Chair of Science and Professor of Chemistry @uocas.bsky.social (U.S. DOE Undersecretary for Science and Innovation 2021–25) 🐾🦆💡⚡🇺🇸
"Research and innovation needed for the nation's energy security"
"Research and innovation needed for the nation's energy security"
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SPEED printing quantum dots: how IMOD is enabling next-generation electronic and optical devices with nanoscale additive manufacturing 🧪🖨️🚦 @uwengineering.bsky.social @uwartsci.bsky.social advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
SPEED printing quantum dots: how IMOD is enabling next-generation electronic and optical devices with nanoscale additive manufacturing 🧪🖨️🚦 @uwengineering.bsky.social @uwartsci.bsky.social advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Sep 25, 4pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Mike Scarpulla, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering + Materials Science & Engineering @price.utah.edu
Learn why defects in #semiconductors are key for next-gen #cleanenergy tech — from high-voltage #powerelectronics to thin-film #solar cells! 🙌⚡☀️
Learn why defects in #semiconductors are key for next-gen #cleanenergy tech — from high-voltage #powerelectronics to thin-film #solar cells! 🙌⚡☀️
September 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Sep 25, 4pm @ NanoES 181: CEI Seminar w/ Mike Scarpulla, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering + Materials Science & Engineering @price.utah.edu
Learn why defects in #semiconductors are key for next-gen #cleanenergy tech — from high-voltage #powerelectronics to thin-film #solar cells! 🙌⚡☀️
Learn why defects in #semiconductors are key for next-gen #cleanenergy tech — from high-voltage #powerelectronics to thin-film #solar cells! 🙌⚡☀️
New paper by CEI Grad Fellows Zach Wylie, Kevin Lee (ChemE) on a simple, scalable way to make Sb₂S₃ nanoparticles — a promising anode material for high-power, fast-charging batteries! 🔋🐾
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Synthesis, assembly, and electrochemical performance of ultrasmall Sb2S3 nanoparticles
A synthetic pathway to ultrasmall antimony(iii) sulfide nanoparticles is demonstrated using scalable, room-temperature, and open-atmosphere procedures that only requires commonly available precursors....
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August 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New paper by CEI Grad Fellows Zach Wylie, Kevin Lee (ChemE) on a simple, scalable way to make Sb₂S₃ nanoparticles — a promising anode material for high-power, fast-charging batteries! 🔋🐾
@lilopozzo.bsky.social
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@uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social
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This May, Big Bend Community College students visited the Testbeds for a battery fabrication workshop, exploring slot-die coating, coin cell assembly, and battery testing with staff scientists!
Full story: www.cei.washington.edu/charging-up-to-build-batteries/
@uwengineering.bsky.social #UWserves
Full story: www.cei.washington.edu/charging-up-to-build-batteries/
@uwengineering.bsky.social #UWserves
Charging up to build batteries - Clean Energy Institute
Big Bend Community College students explore battery fabrication at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, an open-access lab operated by the University of Washington Clean Energy Institute.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This May, Big Bend Community College students visited the Testbeds for a battery fabrication workshop, exploring slot-die coating, coin cell assembly, and battery testing with staff scientists!
Full story: www.cei.washington.edu/charging-up-to-build-batteries/
@uwengineering.bsky.social #UWserves
Full story: www.cei.washington.edu/charging-up-to-build-batteries/
@uwengineering.bsky.social #UWserves
New this year: the Torrance Advanced Experience Program in Clean Energy (AXP) is open to MS and PhD students! @uwgradschool.bsky.social students in STEM can perform climate tech due diligence or science policy analysis. Application deadline extended to Aug 18! www.cei.washington.edu/education/uw...
August 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New this year: the Torrance Advanced Experience Program in Clean Energy (AXP) is open to MS and PhD students! @uwgradschool.bsky.social students in STEM can perform climate tech due diligence or science policy analysis. Application deadline extended to Aug 18! www.cei.washington.edu/education/uw...
UW doctoral students in STEM: apply by Aug 8 for the 2025–26 Advanced Experience Program in Clean Energy!
Evaluate climate tech for local angel investors E8, or write technical policy briefings + white papers for state gov + community orgs w/ WA State Academy of Sciences.
www.cei.washington.edu/axp
Evaluate climate tech for local angel investors E8, or write technical policy briefings + white papers for state gov + community orgs w/ WA State Academy of Sciences.
www.cei.washington.edu/axp
July 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
UW doctoral students in STEM: apply by Aug 8 for the 2025–26 Advanced Experience Program in Clean Energy!
Evaluate climate tech for local angel investors E8, or write technical policy briefings + white papers for state gov + community orgs w/ WA State Academy of Sciences.
www.cei.washington.edu/axp
Evaluate climate tech for local angel investors E8, or write technical policy briefings + white papers for state gov + community orgs w/ WA State Academy of Sciences.
www.cei.washington.edu/axp
Join us tomorrow for our last CEI seminar of the year! Professor @kelseyhatzell.bsky.social from @acee.princeton.edu will discuss solid-state batteries + advanced synchrotron techniques to understand their interfaces. 🔋
Student career/coffee chat 9:30–10:30 am @ NanoES 291
Seminar 4pm @ NanoES 181
Student career/coffee chat 9:30–10:30 am @ NanoES 291
Seminar 4pm @ NanoES 181
June 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Join us tomorrow for our last CEI seminar of the year! Professor @kelseyhatzell.bsky.social from @acee.princeton.edu will discuss solid-state batteries + advanced synchrotron techniques to understand their interfaces. 🔋
Student career/coffee chat 9:30–10:30 am @ NanoES 291
Seminar 4pm @ NanoES 181
Student career/coffee chat 9:30–10:30 am @ NanoES 291
Seminar 4pm @ NanoES 181
This week's CEI seminar will be presented by Jonathan Phillips, director of the Energy Access Project at Duke University! @nichinstitute.bsky.social
"Energy in Transition: The end of aid and what it means for achieving modern energy systems in emerging economies"
Thurs May 15, 4 pm @ NanoES 181
"Energy in Transition: The end of aid and what it means for achieving modern energy systems in emerging economies"
Thurs May 15, 4 pm @ NanoES 181
May 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This week's CEI seminar will be presented by Jonathan Phillips, director of the Energy Access Project at Duke University! @nichinstitute.bsky.social
"Energy in Transition: The end of aid and what it means for achieving modern energy systems in emerging economies"
Thurs May 15, 4 pm @ NanoES 181
"Energy in Transition: The end of aid and what it means for achieving modern energy systems in emerging economies"
Thurs May 15, 4 pm @ NanoES 181
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So much going on this week for #UWInnovationMonth2025! From art, to jazz, from physics to clean tech, entrepreneurship, science in medicine lectures and more! See the full schedule: bit.ly/UWInnovMo25 @uwartsci.bsky.social @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social @uw-cei.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So much going on this week for #UWInnovationMonth2025! From art, to jazz, from physics to clean tech, entrepreneurship, science in medicine lectures and more! See the full schedule: bit.ly/UWInnovMo25 @uwartsci.bsky.social @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social @uw-cei.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social
May 19: Join CEI, @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social, and the CleanTech Alliance at Founders Hall for Carbon X Change: an educational event across UW departments!
Learn about PNNL CO₂-to-product research, climate tech startups, and UW resources for deep tech innovation 🐾🤝🌎
RSVP below — free for students!
Learn about PNNL CO₂-to-product research, climate tech startups, and UW resources for deep tech innovation 🐾🤝🌎
RSVP below — free for students!
May 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
May 19: Join CEI, @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social, and the CleanTech Alliance at Founders Hall for Carbon X Change: an educational event across UW departments!
Learn about PNNL CO₂-to-product research, climate tech startups, and UW resources for deep tech innovation 🐾🤝🌎
RSVP below — free for students!
Learn about PNNL CO₂-to-product research, climate tech startups, and UW resources for deep tech innovation 🐾🤝🌎
RSVP below — free for students!
Support our K-14 education and engagement programs and inspire future clean energy leaders!
Apply by May 15 for the 2025–26 CEI Education & Training Fellowship — open to all UW doctoral students in science, engineering, education, or clean energy-related fields 🐾 💡
cei.washington.edu/etf
Apply by May 15 for the 2025–26 CEI Education & Training Fellowship — open to all UW doctoral students in science, engineering, education, or clean energy-related fields 🐾 💡
cei.washington.edu/etf
May 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Support our K-14 education and engagement programs and inspire future clean energy leaders!
Apply by May 15 for the 2025–26 CEI Education & Training Fellowship — open to all UW doctoral students in science, engineering, education, or clean energy-related fields 🐾 💡
cei.washington.edu/etf
Apply by May 15 for the 2025–26 CEI Education & Training Fellowship — open to all UW doctoral students in science, engineering, education, or clean energy-related fields 🐾 💡
cei.washington.edu/etf
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Professor Xiaodong Xu will be presented with his NAS Award for Scientific Discovery this Sunday, April 27, at 11:30 a.m. Pacific. Register for the live webcast and cheer him on! nasonline.swoogo.com/nas162_award...
#NASaward #nas162
#NASaward #nas162
Congratulations to Prof. Xiaodong Xu, winner of the 2025 NAS Award for Scientific Discovery for his experimental observation of the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect! 🎖️ Read all about it: www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw...
April 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Professor Xiaodong Xu will be presented with his NAS Award for Scientific Discovery this Sunday, April 27, at 11:30 a.m. Pacific. Register for the live webcast and cheer him on! nasonline.swoogo.com/nas162_award...
#NASaward #nas162
#NASaward #nas162
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It was an honor to visit UW (Clean Energy Institute) in Seattle (and this city). Beautiful campus. Wonderful colleagues.
Thanks for hospitality to: Eden , @velian-lab.bsky.social , Daniel Gamelin, @brandicossairt.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social and their students, @uw-cei.bsky.social
Thanks for hospitality to: Eden , @velian-lab.bsky.social , Daniel Gamelin, @brandicossairt.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social and their students, @uw-cei.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It was an honor to visit UW (Clean Energy Institute) in Seattle (and this city). Beautiful campus. Wonderful colleagues.
Thanks for hospitality to: Eden , @velian-lab.bsky.social , Daniel Gamelin, @brandicossairt.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social and their students, @uw-cei.bsky.social
Thanks for hospitality to: Eden , @velian-lab.bsky.social , Daniel Gamelin, @brandicossairt.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social and their students, @uw-cei.bsky.social
Thanks for coming @maksymuki.bsky.social!
April 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Thanks for coming @maksymuki.bsky.social!
This week's CEI seminar will be presented by Dr. Maksym Kovalenko from ETH Zurich! @maksymuki.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social 🇺🇦🇨🇭
"My quantum dot journey: from water to infrared, and finally to luminescent salts" 🧪💡
Thurs Apr 10, 4:00 pm @ NanoES 181
@gingerchem.bsky.social @imod-stc.bsky.social
"My quantum dot journey: from water to infrared, and finally to luminescent salts" 🧪💡
Thurs Apr 10, 4:00 pm @ NanoES 181
@gingerchem.bsky.social @imod-stc.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This week's CEI seminar will be presented by Dr. Maksym Kovalenko from ETH Zurich! @maksymuki.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social 🇺🇦🇨🇭
"My quantum dot journey: from water to infrared, and finally to luminescent salts" 🧪💡
Thurs Apr 10, 4:00 pm @ NanoES 181
@gingerchem.bsky.social @imod-stc.bsky.social
"My quantum dot journey: from water to infrared, and finally to luminescent salts" 🧪💡
Thurs Apr 10, 4:00 pm @ NanoES 181
@gingerchem.bsky.social @imod-stc.bsky.social
Starting soon at #S25MRS: CEI Distinguished Postdoc Rachel Woods-Robinson's tutorial in Materials for Sustainability! @rachelectron.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social
"From Formula to Footprint — Integrating Sustainability Assessment and Life Cycle Thinking into Materials R&D"
Summit 321 @ 10:15
"From Formula to Footprint — Integrating Sustainability Assessment and Life Cycle Thinking into Materials R&D"
Summit 321 @ 10:15
April 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Starting soon at #S25MRS: CEI Distinguished Postdoc Rachel Woods-Robinson's tutorial in Materials for Sustainability! @rachelectron.bsky.social @gingerchem.bsky.social
"From Formula to Footprint — Integrating Sustainability Assessment and Life Cycle Thinking into Materials R&D"
Summit 321 @ 10:15
"From Formula to Footprint — Integrating Sustainability Assessment and Life Cycle Thinking into Materials R&D"
Summit 321 @ 10:15
Congrats to EnviroTect, our Climate Action Prize winners at the @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social Environmental Innovation Challenge! @uwbioe.bsky.social MAB students created a filtering device to capture volatile gases from anesthesia machines during surgeries before they are expelled into the environment
April 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Congrats to EnviroTect, our Climate Action Prize winners at the @uwbuerkcenter.bsky.social Environmental Innovation Challenge! @uwbioe.bsky.social MAB students created a filtering device to capture volatile gases from anesthesia machines during surgeries before they are expelled into the environment
Welcome Distinguished Postdocs!
Akash Dasgupta: perovskite PV w/@gingerchem.bsky.social @uwchemistry.bsky.social via @ox.ac.uk Snaith lab
Yi-Fan Zhao: 2D materials w/ Xiaodong Xu @uwartsci.bsky.social via Kavli ENSI @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov + @pennstatescience.bsky.social
Akash Dasgupta: perovskite PV w/@gingerchem.bsky.social @uwchemistry.bsky.social via @ox.ac.uk Snaith lab
Yi-Fan Zhao: 2D materials w/ Xiaodong Xu @uwartsci.bsky.social via Kavli ENSI @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov + @pennstatescience.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Welcome Distinguished Postdocs!
Akash Dasgupta: perovskite PV w/@gingerchem.bsky.social @uwchemistry.bsky.social via @ox.ac.uk Snaith lab
Yi-Fan Zhao: 2D materials w/ Xiaodong Xu @uwartsci.bsky.social via Kavli ENSI @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov + @pennstatescience.bsky.social
Akash Dasgupta: perovskite PV w/@gingerchem.bsky.social @uwchemistry.bsky.social via @ox.ac.uk Snaith lab
Yi-Fan Zhao: 2D materials w/ Xiaodong Xu @uwartsci.bsky.social via Kavli ENSI @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov + @pennstatescience.bsky.social
Congrats to 2025 Testbeds Undergrad Research Award winners: Tristan Angeles, Dijia Bao, Andrea Guiley, and Gabby Zaher! These projects advance generative AI for battery datasets, 2D materials for water treatment, battery characterization, and perovskite solar.
www.cei.washington.edu/2025-testbed...
www.cei.washington.edu/2025-testbed...
March 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Congrats to 2025 Testbeds Undergrad Research Award winners: Tristan Angeles, Dijia Bao, Andrea Guiley, and Gabby Zaher! These projects advance generative AI for battery datasets, 2D materials for water treatment, battery characterization, and perovskite solar.
www.cei.washington.edu/2025-testbed...
www.cei.washington.edu/2025-testbed...
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Xiaosong Li, the Larry R. Dalton Endowed Chair in
@uwchemistry.bsky.social and associate dean for research
@uwartsci.bsky.social, has been named an @aaas.org Fellow!
@uwchemistry.bsky.social and associate dean for research
@uwartsci.bsky.social, has been named an @aaas.org Fellow!
Five @uofwa.bsky.social researchers have been named
@aaas.org Fellows. They are among 471 newly elected fellows from around the world, who are recognized for their “scientifically and socially distinguished achievements” in science and engineering.
@aaas.org Fellows. They are among 471 newly elected fellows from around the world, who are recognized for their “scientifically and socially distinguished achievements” in science and engineering.
Five UW researchers named AAAS Fellows
Five University of Washington researchers have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a March 27 announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 471 newly...
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March 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Xiaosong Li, the Larry R. Dalton Endowed Chair in
@uwchemistry.bsky.social and associate dean for research
@uwartsci.bsky.social, has been named an @aaas.org Fellow!
@uwchemistry.bsky.social and associate dean for research
@uwartsci.bsky.social, has been named an @aaas.org Fellow!
This summer, CEI is partnering with UW UPWARDS to offer Research Experiences for Teachers! Instructors work with expert UW faculty + trainees on cutting-edge research + curriculum development in semiconductor manufacturing. ($8k stipend)
Apply by March 31: www.cei.washington.edu/community-en...
Apply by March 31: www.cei.washington.edu/community-en...
March 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This summer, CEI is partnering with UW UPWARDS to offer Research Experiences for Teachers! Instructors work with expert UW faculty + trainees on cutting-edge research + curriculum development in semiconductor manufacturing. ($8k stipend)
Apply by March 31: www.cei.washington.edu/community-en...
Apply by March 31: www.cei.washington.edu/community-en...
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 CEI Graduate Fellowship! UW PhD students receive support to conduct research on clean energy adoption and participate in professional development + K-12 engagement activities. RA salary + tuition provided for 1–3 quarters between Sep 16, 2025–June 15, 2026.
March 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 CEI Graduate Fellowship! UW PhD students receive support to conduct research on clean energy adoption and participate in professional development + K-12 engagement activities. RA salary + tuition provided for 1–3 quarters between Sep 16, 2025–June 15, 2026.