StoryMaps

We are telling the stories of Berkeley Lab's research and initiatives using StoryMaps: a web-based platform for sharing multimedia narratives with photos, videos, writing, and illustrations.

Each project will include the finished StoryMap, a recorded walkthrough and Q&A with scientists involved, and materials for learning more about the subject. New installations will come out every few months.

April 2022: The Liquid Sunlight Alliance and the quest for Solar Fuels

How can you capture solar energy in liquid form? Come discover the science behind the carbon-neutral fuels of the future. In this StoryMap, we take a tour of the societal need for liquid fuels and how Scientists at Berkeley Lab’s Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA) are working to create them using just sunlight and carbon dioxide.

View the StoryMap

Explore the StoryMap and its resources on your own time.

Having trouble with the embedded version? View the StoryMap on ArcGIS

View the recorded event at the Bay Area Science Festival

Walk through parts of the StoryMap with Dr. Rajiv Prabhakar and Oyinkansola Romiluyi about their work at LiSA. Watch on Youtube

Learn More

Use these resources to learn more about subjects discussed in the StoryMap

Concepts

Climate Change

Fossil Fuels

X-Ray Photoelectric Spectroscopy (XPS)

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

Photosynthesis

Catalysts

Hydrogen