ABSTRACT Global energy demand is projected to grow 30% within the next three decades, driven primarily by population growth and urbanization, leading to greater material needs in energy, and necessitates a new regime of accelerated research via a fundamentally improved strategy. In this perspective, we examine traditional ceramic synthesis methods for high‐throughput synthesis and optimization, and highlight requirements and opportunities of synthesis routes for rapid alterations in the future. Such a strategy relies on flexible direct liquid precursor‐to‐solid film methods rather than traditional, but slower, solid‐state methods. Application of computer‐aided decision making takes in variables at all levels of fabrication and operates on both material and device characteristics to initialize and optimize the search for higher‐performance devices, not just narrow materials optimization. Collectively, we provide a blueprint for accelerated ceramic materials and device improvements of next‐generation materials research targeting energy storage.
Hinricher et al. (Wed,) studied this question.