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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina).

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM). Study complex material structures on the nanoscale to identify key features for their potential use as materials to convert solar energy and heat to electricity. University of North Carolina. Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics. University of Michigan.

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