An AI-powered revolution in clean energy chemistry

Clean energy technologies such as solar panels, improved batteries and fuel cells offered hope in reducing emissions, but the Paris Agreement made clear that there was massive gap in getting affordable new products to market. Materials discovery is a major part of the innovation cycle of clean energy technology, but developing commercially viable materials typically takes over a decade. That technological shortfall sparked Mission Innovation, a global initiative launched in 2017 to find ways to break the research and development bottleneck. Mission Innovation issued a call to action — combine materials science with automation and artificial intelligence to accelerate materials discovery by at least ten-fold. Canada was the first to answer this call with the launch of Project Ada, a University of British Columbia-led initiative that positioned the nation as a world leader in self-driving labs. <a href="https://focus.science.ubc.ca/an-ai-powered-revolution-in-clean-energy-chemistry-a721d7168bbe">Visit Now</a>