The Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology (CNM) at The University of Texas at Austin is the site of an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences.

According to the DOE, the EFRC program represents “a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a 21st-century energy economy.” Our EFRC is one of 46 DOE-funded Centers in the United States. More information from the DOE regarding $777M EFRC program can be found at the DOE EFRC website.

Our EFRC uses highly integrated experimental and theoretical research to gain insight into charge separation and transfer (CST) processes that influence the efficiency of promising new energy materials.