title: The path towards sustainable energy.
abstract: Civilization continues to be transformed by our ability to harness energy beyond human and animal power. A series of industrial and agricultural revolutions have allowed an increasing fraction of the world population to heat and light their homes, fertilize and irrigate their crops, connect to one another and travel around the world. All of this progress is fuelled by our ability to find, extract and use energy with ever increasing dexterity. Research in materials science is contributing to progress towards a sustainable future based on clean energy generation, transmission and distribution, the storage of electrical and chemical energy, energy efficiency, and better energy management systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.|Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.|Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.|Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Nian
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu