This LLNL invention details a unique approach that involves the incorporation of a new geometry of spherical shine shields, which occupy a small...
Energy and Environment
Leverage high-performance computing (HPC) modeling / simulation capabilities, hydro-cryo testing facility, method and system packets for fusion energy, novel materials, patents for energy storage, processes for electrochemical manufacturing and more. Collaborate to de-risk and scale energy security and critical infrastructure through unique approaches to energy technology.
People
Capabilities
Laboratory for Energy Applications for the Future
- Batteries
- Carbon
- Degradation and supply risk
- Hydrogen
- Advanced modeling and simulation for material discovery and degradation
Cryogenic Hydrogen Test Facility
- Assess the performance of hydrogen storage systems and components
- 3,000-gallon liquid hydrogen storage tank
- Cryo-pump capable of supplying hydrogen at 120 kilograms per hour, 80 grams per liter, and 875 bar
- Sealed containment vessel capable of cycle and burst testing pressure systems
Battery Chemistry Lab
- Solid state-selective laser sintering, cold spray technology, and 3D printing
- Long Duration Energy Storage-Iron-based redox flow (IRFB) batteries
- Thermal Batteries
Minerals to Materials Supply Chain Research Facility
- Alloy Development and Advanced Manufacturing
- Critical Materials Innovation Hub
Facilities
Explore Technologies
2025-171
Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE)
IL-13681
High-resolution, high-fidelity sensor measurements can be used to detect unique signatures of electric power grid equipment malfunction and anomalies...
Electric Grid
IL-12745
Lab researchers have developed a radiovoltaic battery that contains a microstructured platform made of a semiconducting material that interacts with...
2025-116
LLNL inventors have developed a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) architecture employing a multi-stack design. The first layer consists of a physical...
Carbon Utilization
IL-13834 and IL-13951
LLNL inventors have developed an electrochromic device containing Vertically Aligned single walled CNTs (VACNTs) with a range of diameters. The...
2025-018
LLNL researchers has developed a composite copper current collector formulation readily used in DIW 3D printing to guide lithium-ion plating...
3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Microfabrication
IL-13985
LLNL researchers have developed an artificial protective layer fabricated through a scalable and low-cost process, that can serve as a protective...
IL-13994
LLNL researchers have developed additive manufactured fuel targets for IFE. They have been successful in using TPL to fabricate low density (down to...
Additive Manufacturing, Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE)
IL-13957
LLNL researchers have developed a novel method of making a GDE that starts with a porous, conductive structural framework made from metallic materials...
IL-13647
LLNL researchers have developed a passive cooling system which is (1) infrared transparent in the 8-13 um wavelength range, (2) optically reflective...
IL-13539
LLNL researchers have developed a self-supporting structural material that promises more efficient carbon capture specifically from air, but generally...
Direct Air Capture
IL-13819
LLNL researchers have designed and produced, both conductive and non-conductive porous electrode components manufactured for improved metal deposition...
Additive Manufacturing
IL-13912
LLNL researchers have developed a method to enhance the performance of polyelectrolyte membranes by using a humidity-controlled crosslinking process...
Materials for Energy Products, Membranes
IL-13868
LLNL’s researchers use physical vapor deposition (sputter deposition or electron beam deposition) to coat an inert gasket material (i.e. PTFE) with a...
Carbon Utilization
IL-13456
LLNL researchers have developed a method for enhancing the photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants in water through the incorporation of...
IL-13842 and IL-13843
This invention solves a limitation in the current practice of adding hydroxyl functional groups to the aminopolymer through the use of an alternative...
Direct Air Capture
IL-13879
LLNL researchers have developed a fabrication process for creating 3D random interdigitated architectures of anodes and cathodes, eliminating the need...
3D Printing
IL-13490
Using their computational design optimization, LLNL researchers have developed copper-based dilute alloy catalysts (contains <10 at.% of the minority...
Carbon Utilization
IL-13603
The two primary methods for actuating triboelectric (mechanical/friction) devices are contact separation and lateral sliding. Rather than an air gap...
IL-13634, IL-13805
A thyristor will stay conducting until the current through the device is zero (“current zero”) or perhaps slightly negative. LLNL’s approach is to use...
Electric Grid, Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches (PCSS)
IL-13882, IL-13883
This invention configures multiple spherical substrate targets to roll independently of one another. The spheres’ rolling motion is deliberately...
Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE)
IL-13453
LLNL researchers have developed a Li-Sn-Zn ternary alloy and its method of production. Instead of traditional alloying techniques, the alloy was...
Synthesis and Processing
IL-12929, IL-13124, IL-13168, IL-13316, IL-13553
Facing these challenges, LLNL researchers focused on ceramic material as it is inherently inert and developed a host of inventions where porous...
IL-13594
The heart of this LLNL invention lies in combining existing concepts for absorber intercooling and packing geometry into a novel configuration that...
IL-13446
LLNL researchers have developed novel catalytic electrodes for energy storage applications from inexpensive starting materials. The LLNL team are...
IL-13367, IL-13588, IL-13748
LLNL has co-developed a number of technologies thatuse cold spray deposition that enable new designs for functional materials with low waste. The...
IL-13812
LLNL’s novel approach is to use separators based on a bilayer structure that consists of a self-formed skin layer on a microporous membrane. The...
IL-13806
The approach is to leverage the fact that a momentary “load” equal to the power transmission line impedance, (Z0), during the transient can suppress...
Electric Grid, Power Electronics
IL-13772, IL-13910 and IL-13911
LLNL’s novel approach is to use diamond substrates with the desired donor (nitrogen) and acceptor (boron) impurities. In order to optically activate...
Power Electronics, Semiconductors
IL-13462
LLNL researchers have developed a novel technique of flow-through electrode capacitive deioinization (FTE-CDI) which can be tailored for selective ion...
IL-13454
LLNL inventors have devised a solely pressure-based method for producing Li3P and Na3P using a diamond anvil cell at room temperature. By applying...
IL-13380
LLNL’s novel approach to enable MVDC power systems to operate safely is to develop a wide band gap bulk optical semiconductor switch (WBG BOSS)...
Electric Grid
IL-13799
LLNL researchers has developed an approach to mitigate HER on the ‘plating’ electrode, which uses a sub-device as a rebalancing cell to restore...
Electric Grid
IL-13383
LLNL’s innovation offers an alternate synthetic route to graphite at lower cost using a molten salt mixture of CaCl2-CaCO3-CaO. The synthetic...
Carbon Utilization
IL-11117
LLNL has developed a novel methodology for using commercially available automated sensors and actuators which can be deployed at scale in large...
Electric Grid
IL-13684 and IL-13714
Improving the active material of the Zn anode is critical to improving the practicality of Zn-MnO2 battery technology. LLNL researchers have developed...
3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Electric Grid
IL-13815
The approach developed by LLNL researchers is to use computer-aided design and advanced manufacturing methods to fabricate two or more continuous...
IL-13078, 13233, 13315, 13447, 13574, 13578, 13605, 13622, 13638, 13671, 13717, 13724
CMI—a DOE Energy Innovation Hub—is a public/private partnership led by the Ames Laboratory that brings together the best and brightest research minds...
Materials for Energy Products, Synthesis and Processing
IL-13434, IL-13534, IL-13712
To address many of the aforementioned challenges of manufacturing LIBs and SSBs, LLNL researchers have developed a number of inventions that offer...
Electric Grid
IL-13222
LLNL researchers have developed a new 3D printable lithium-air battery that uses a novel thin solid state ceramic electrolyte. LLNL’s invention...
Materials for Energy Products
IL-13816
This technology can replace combustion heat with renewable energy in the form of electricity from variable renewable energy (VRE), such as...
IL-13778
The novel LLNL approach is to use projection microstereolithography (LAPµSL), starting with a photocurable methacrylate resin formulation consisting...
Carbon Utilization
IL-13747
The inventors have developed a 3% Yttria partially-stabilized Zirconia (3YZ) ceramic ink that produces parts with both nano and microporosity and is...
Carbon Utilization
IL-13577
This invention describes a multiple nozzle microfluidic unit that allows simultaneous generation streams of multiple layered coaxial liquid jets...
Carbon Utilization, Direct Air Capture
CRETIN is a 1D, 2D, and 3D non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) atomic kinetics/radiation transport code which follows the time evolution of...
Simulation
41619
Using native bacterial regulatory systems, LLNL researchers have developed whole-cell biosensors that can be used in aqueous samples for sensitive and...
37318
LLNL has a patented process to produce colloidal silica directly from geothermal fluids. Livermore’s process uses membranes to produce a mono-dispense...
Geologic Storage
24912 (IL-12018, 12043 & 12086), IL-12817, IL-13576
Nanomaterials that are emerging out of cutting edge nanotechnology research are a key component for an energy revolution. Carbon-based nanomaterials...
Materials for Energy Products
20309
A ceramic HEPA filter designed to meet commercial and DOE requirements, as well as to minimize upgrade installation logistics for use in existing...
19008
LLNL has developed a noble gas mass spectrometry facility that houses a state-of-the-art water-gas separation manifold and mass spectrometry system...
IL-11293, 12928, 12932, 13143, 13311, 13394
LLNL has developed an innovative technology known as flow-through electrode capacitive desalination (FTE-CDI) that promises to unlock an almost...
Stories
LLNL partners with Inertia to develop fusion energy technology
Scientists from LLNL are partnering with San Francisco Bay Area fusion energy startup Inertia Enterprises Inc. to advance fusion laser technology, as well as inertial fusion target manufacturing and designs.
LLNL and Fraunhofer ILT partner on next-generation fusion lasers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) are joining forces to transition laser-ignited inertial fusion from experiments to industrial applica
LLNL and Verne demonstrate highly efficient hydrogen-densification pathway with less required energy
Focused Energy and LLNL Sign Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
Focused Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced the signing of a Cooperative Research and Develop
The Fire That Powers the Universe: Harnessing Inertial Fusion Energy
It was a laser shot for the ages. By achieving fusion ignition on December 5, 2022, LLNL proved that recreating the “fire” that fuels the sun and the stars inside a laboratory on Earth was indeed scientifically possible.
Longview-LLNL partner on fusion modelling
US-based Longview Fusion Energy Systems and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have entered into a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) to develop a comprehensive performance and economic model tailored to optimise the Longview fusion power plant designs.
LLNL signs MOU with Korean research institution to explore hydrogen and low-carbon technology
Leaders from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), as they seek to expand collaborations related to their shared research inter
Chemical and transportation industries could get a boost with new catalyst coating
Coupling electrochemical conversion of the greenhouse gas CO2 with renewable electricity sources — such as solar and wind — promises green production of high-demand chemicals and transportation fuels.
New technique converts excess renewable energy to natural gas
LLNL researchers have partnered with Los Angeles-based SoCalGas and Munich, Germany-based Electrochaea to develop an electrobioreactor to allow excess renewable electricity from wind and solar sources to be stored
Hydrogen storage demonstrated for semi trucks
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Verne, a San Francisco-based startup, have demonstrated a cryo-compressed hydrogen storage system of suitable scale for heavy-duty vehicles. This is th
LLNL-led team receives DOE Award to establish inertial fusion energy hub
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a four-year, $16 million project to a multi-institutional team led by LLNL to accelerate inertial fusion energy (IFE) science and technology.
LLNL receives four 2023 TCF grants
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have racked up another top-notch year for securing grants through the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) program.
An Open-Source, Data-Science Toolkit for Energy Grids
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has developed GridDS — an open-source, data-science toolkit for power and data engineers that will provide an integrated energy data storage and augmentation infrastructure, as well as a flexible and comprehensive set of state-of-the-art machine-learning mod
HPC4Energy Innovation initiative launches new call for proposals
The Department of Energy launched the spring 2022 solicitation for the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative, seeking proposals from industry that address key energy and decarbonization-related challenges in domestic manufacturing.
LLNL Wins Three R&D 100 Awards
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and engineers have collected three R&D 100 Awards. Often called the “Oscars of invention", the R&D 100 Awards recognize the top 100 industrial inventions worldwide.
LLNL-Patented Power Grid Technology Could Reduce Global CO2 Eemissions By 10% or More
To address inefficiencies in transmitting electricity over smart grids, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineers and their collaborators have developed a light-activated switch that, if fully deployed, could reduce carbon emissions by more than 10 percent.
HPC4Energy Innovation Kicks Off Fall 2020 Solicitation
The High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Program, managed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the U.S.
DOE Announces Five New HPC4 Energy Innovation Projects at LLNL
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced two rounds of awards for the High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation Program (HPC4EI), including five projects at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
LLNL, Partners Open Access to CO2 Storage Simulator
After more than two years of joint research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Total and Stanford University are releasing an open-source, high-performance simulator for l
Transforming the future: LLNL team explores grid modernization via HPC
An ongoing Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) project with Eaton Corporation is producing great results for grid planning. IPO is proud to present this private sector collaboration at the Innovation XLab Grid Modernization Summit January 24-25.
Call for HPC for Energy Innovation proposals
DOE's High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Initiative released a call for proposals seeking American companies interested in collaborating with DOE's national laboratories on one-year projects to apply high-performance computing (HPC) modeling, simulation and data analysis to
