Our Mission at The Cornell Fuel Cell Institute

A multi-disciplinary institute applying basic research to enable advanced fuel cell technology.

Three functions
  • Research. Discovery and development of novel materials for advanced fuel cell components that overcome the fundamental limitations in performance, durability and cost of current technologies.

  • Collaboration with industrial and academic leaders in the fuel cell sector to speed the incorporation of CFCI materials discoveries into commercial fuel cell devices.

  • Education: (1) of graduate and undergraduate students in fields of science and engineering relevant to energy production, storage, use, and efficiency; (2) of the public-at-large about the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.
CFCI: Institute Information
  • Founded in 2002.Directors: Profs. Héctor D. Abruña and Francis J. DiSalvo

  • Administered by Cornell Center for Materials Research

  • Expanded to eight faculty research groups in 2006
  • Chemistry & Chem. Bio., Chemical Eng., Materials Science & Eng.

  • 25 researchers
  • postdoctoral research associates
  • visiting scientists
  • graduate students
  • undergraduates

  • Charter funding: DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences

  • Supporting funding:
  • NY State: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CFCI, and Brookhaven National Lab form the NYSTAR designated CAT for Future Energy Systems, based at RPI
  • industrial partners
  • EPA (graduate fellowships)