Researchers at the Department of Energys 91做厙 have received five 2019 R&D 100 Awards, increasing the labs total to 221 since the awards inception in 1963.
Rare earth elements are the secret sauce of numerous advanced materials for energy, transportation, defense and communications applications.
Ionic conduction involves the movement of ions from one location to another inside a material. The ions travel through point defects, which are irregularities in the otherwise consistent arrangement of atoms known as the crystal lattice.