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Basic Energy Sciences (BES) - Energy Frontier Research Centers Task 1) Materials Sciences of Actinides -This Project will support the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) for Materials Science of Actinides, (lead institute is the University of Notre Dame). The focus of this center, which includes participants from several other universities and national laboratories, is the elements that are the basis of nuclear energy (uranium, plutonium and other actinides). Research in the center will seek to understand and control materials that contain actinides at the nanoscale, which is about one-millionth of the size of the tip of a ball-point pen. This research is intended to lay the scientific foundation for advanced nuclear energy systems that may provide much more energy while creating less nuclear waste. Deliverable: Weekly and Quarterly progress reports. Task 2) Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer (CST) at Interfaces in Energy Materials and Devices - This Project will support the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) for "Understanding Charge Separation and Transfer at Interfaces in Energy Materials and Devices (CST)", lead institute is the University of Texas at Austin). The Project will establish a broadly collaborative, synergistic, and chemical sciences research program that will address outstanding issues and make major breakthroughs on the molecular understanding of critical interfacial charge separation and transfer processes that underlie the function of highly-promising and innovative nanostructured molecular materials for photovoltaic (PV)and electrical-energy-storage (EES) energy applications. Sandia National Laboratories will work with the other collaborators on this proposal to develop new photovoltaic and electrical energy storage technologies that will have tremendous impact on our future needs. Unique aspects of our capabilities include Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) and our core BES materials science programs.