On a special episode (first released on August 14, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Many of today’s gadgets are powered by lithium-ion batteries, but that could be changing. Shirley Meng, a University of ...

"Soft metals like lithium and sodium have excellent properties for being batteries' negative electrodes, with lithium considered as an ultimate anode material for future high-energy rechargeable ...

Innovative battery technologies are key to bridging the gap between energy storage needs and current production capabilities, enhancing performance and safety. In this interview with Dr. Y Shirley ...

New research from the lab of UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering Y. Shirley Meng raises the benchmark for sodium-based all-solid-state ...

A recent study by industry partner Thermo Fisher Scientific and Professor Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion, published in Joule, found that modifying the texture of metal can ...

Watch! Dr. Shirley Meng and her team of material engineers are racing to create affordable and efficient batteries that can store solar and wind energy. The cells they’re building are so sensitive ...

A new paper from the lab of UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion and industry partner Thermo Fisher Scientific ...