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Research Group of J. Cabana

@cabanachemistry.bsky.social

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We conduct research in inorganic solid-state chemistry at University of Illinois Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. Currently geeking about electrochemistry. Group posts, curated by Jordi.

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · Jun 13

You're looking at the future of #electrochemistry, the class of #NGenE2025. We conclude an intense week of discussions, networking and gelling of ideas. This group is ready to reach and conquer the frontiers. We can't wait to see what they do next! Huge thanks to ANL and UIC for the support.

Group photo of the participants of NGenE 2025

Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 13h

That’s because Inorganic Chemistry is… ahem… a Big Tent

Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 16h

Michel was integral to the energy storage department at BerkeleyLab when our group started there. He was a thoughtful and caring leader, and a strong advocate of early career scientists. He will be missed. Rest in peace

Brett Helms @bretthelms.bsky.social · 18h

It's with profound sadness to announce the passing of Michel Fouré--a great mentor and friend. Here's a photo of us in 2015, when we were exploring lab-to-market transitions for our microporous polymer membranes, leading to the creation of
Sepion Technologies

Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 1d

Inorganic Materials for the win! Congratulations!

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 1d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” Stay tuned for the full story to come! cen.acs.org/people/nobel...

#ChemNobel #Chem #Chemistry #chemsky 🧪

The 2025 chemistry Nobel goes to MOFs

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi win the prize for developing metal–organic frameworks

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 2d

And are we really going to use EV batteries for this? #battchat

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 8d

Is the R&D landscape in the US going through major organizational changes? Is blue-sky discovery shifting back to the private sector, after decades of dominance at universities and National Labs? The levels of investment in single SDL startups are impressive! 🧪

Ksenia Glusac @ksenia-glusac.bsky.social · 9d

Periodic Lab.

AI for chemistry experiments.

I love this!!!

#ChemSky

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Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 9d

“[T]hat […] used to be an argument against electric vehicles and saying, no, if you really let consumers pick, they won't pick these. And then now, it's an argument for, let the consumer decide, open it up, see what happens.” #battchat
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The extraordinary rise of electric cars in developing countries

Podcast Episode · Zero: The Climate Race · 09/25/2025 · 37m

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 10d

“They suggest that there is excessive concentration on testing and producing deliverables, neglecting the equally important process of being generative, open, interdisciplinary and improvisational”🧪

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The Night Science Institute Is Changing How Science Teaches Creativity

In this interview with Professors Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher, explore how night science brings creativity, ideation and collaboration back into the heart of modern science.

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to Neelam Sunariwal and the other winners of the poster awards at the 7th Battery and Energy Storage Conference by ⁦‪AIChE‬⁩! Take a look at her poster in the picture if you want to know more about her work, and reach out if you have questions

Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 12d

The biggest research questions in energy storage no longer have to do with EVs.

Unpopular opinion? #battchat

Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 14d

Don't sleep on the good news. This quarter, China will sell more electric cars than the US will sell all cars of any kind (EVs or gas-guzzling pick-up trucks).

The rise of EVs in developing countries from Nepal to Costa Rica is an extraordinary story. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Extraordinary Rise of Electric Cars in Developing Countries

Colin McKerracher, head of transport for BloombergNEF, joins Zero to discuss the latest global trends in electric-vehicle sales.

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 13d

New research by Pierre Azoulay, Danielle Li, Bhaven Sampat and me.

Earlier this year, the President’s budget proposed a 40% cut to the budget of the NIH. This motivated us to ask: what if the NIH had been 40% smaller?

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 15d

“Forced outages of gas and coal plants were 50-100% higher on a majority of days in July and August this summer compared to 2024.
Solar and a “higher discharge of Energy Storage Resources (ESRs)” filled most of the gap.”
#battchat

Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 15d

The ERCOT Board will hear today that solar and storage "made the summer uneventful." Of course, uneventful is good. "Events," in grid parlance, are usually major problems.

And there are a record 6 gigawatts of new resources coming in Q1. #txlege #txenergy 1/

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 17d

“Batteries push investment into flexibility, smooth demand peaks, and keep the grid stable at lower cost. They will be the foundation of a power system that can deliver abundant electricity, with reliability built in, rather than as an afterthought” #battchat
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The beauty of batteries

Keeping the grid stable requires overbuilding generation, driving up costs. Batteries fix that.

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations!! 🍾

Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 26d

H/t @bloomberg.com BNEF @electricfelix.bsky.social

Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 26d

Let’s take a step back and think about how we would have felt 10 years ago if we were told this was going to be possible:
“By Q4, China's EV sales will overtake total US vehicle sales of all types (gasoline, hybrid, battery electric combined).”
And with LFP batteries!
#battchat

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 27d

“Although administrative and regulatory compliance work can be vital aspects of research, the time spent by researchers on such activities continues to increase because of a dramatic rise in regulations, policies, and requirements over time.” 🧪

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Simplifying Research Regulations and Policies: Optimizing American Science

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 28d

More here

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/solar-wind...

Which countries are scaling solar and wind the fastest?

The leaderboard is quite different depending on what metric you look at.

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com

Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 28d

“What’s perhaps most interesting is that both China and the United States have slipped far down the list. Their change in per capita generation over those three years was basically equal”

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 29d

Some attempt at possible answers here. Do read the original article, though!

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Unbundling the University, Part 4 | Jordi Cabana

Are new forms of institution the only way forward to accelerate US research? Would we be leaving $20 bills on the sidewalk if that’s all we did? The “Unbundling the University” multi-part series make...

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · 29d

Are new forms of institution the only way forward to accelerate US research? Would we be leaving $20 bills on the sidewalk if that’s all we did?

goodscience.substack.com/p/unbundling...

Unbundling the University, Part 4

by Ben Reinhardt

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Expanding the Universal Marginal Energy Source

“It was not clear that solar PV could be inexpensive enough to be a base unit of energy until recently.”

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Expanding the Universal Marginal Energy Source

Solar PV is poised to change the global energy landscape.

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · Sep 6

“In its 2023 Impact Report, Tesla reported that after 200,000 miles of use, the batteries in a Model 3 and Model Y had lost just 15% of their capacity, on average. For the Model S and X, it was just 12%.”

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How much do electric car batteries degrade?

Many electric cars will still have more than 80% of their initial capacity after 200,000 miles.

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · Aug 30

Inspired by this series of posts

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Unbundling the University, Part 1

Guest post by Ben Reinhardt

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Research Group of J. Cabana @cabanachemistry.bsky.social · Aug 30

Could the funding crisis we’re all panicking about, weirdly, be the opening we’ve been waiting for to usher in new academic structures and research talent pipelines?

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Unbundling the University, Part 1 | Jordi Cabana

Could the funding crisis we’re all panicking about, weirdly, be the opening we’ve been waiting for to usher in new academic structures and research talent pipelines? The current academic crisis, wit...