Cooperative Agreement 2111634

The University of Illinois, Chicago was awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop all solid-state Li-air technology for green high-performance transport. The project aims to advance the field of Li-air battery systems to manufacture batteries with energy density and power density exceeding 1,000 Wh/kg, 1,000 Wh/L, and 1,500 W/kg, targeting the requirements for all-electric aviation. Key...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on July 1, 2024. The goal of this three-year project is to develop a prototype 1 kWh rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery (RSS-LAB) with a gravimetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/kg and a volumetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/L, as well as a 100-cycle life. The project also aims to produce a detailed design for a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the Department of Energy's 81.135 Federal Grant Program, provides $900,000 in funding to Solid Energies Inc. to develop a new generation of ultra-safe, high-energy/power-density, long-cycle-life solid-state lithium-air batteries (SSLABs) for aircraft applications. The project aims to create a novel class of polymer composite solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) that can be produced via scalable...

The University of Akron received a $500,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop novel lithium-ion batteries with adaptive designs for improved safety, range, and payload capacity. The two-year award will support research and development of 3D printing technologies to manufacture lithium-ion battery components with complex, freeform shapes without traditional geometric limitations. This is intended to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant awarded to Adden Energy Inc. provides $274,990 to develop advanced lithium metal anodes for solid-state batteries. The project aims to enable high-performance and low-cost solid-state battery technology through the use of pre-lithiated 3D scaffolding materials as an alternative to costly lithium metal foils. The research focuses on understanding the kinetics and thermodynamics of the lithiation...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $40,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Ion Storage Systems, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Beltsville, Maryland. The award, made under ARPA-E's SCALEUP 2023 SAFERBAT program (CFDA 81.135), will support the commercialization of Ion Storage Systems' next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology. The project aims to deliver high-performance battery cells capable...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $321,634 project grant to Cornell University to develop next-generation lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries capable of operating at practical temperatures. The university is collaborating with industry partners Saft Batteries and Nikola Motors to address key barriers for Li-S battery performance, including improving the electrolyte and mitigating capacity loss from polysulfide shuttling. The research aims to enable...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $5,590,448 Cooperative Agreement to Lyten, Inc., a for-profit small business in San Jose, California, to develop long-life lithium-sulfur battery cells with advanced sulfur cathodes using 3-dimensional graphene-sulfur composites. The primary objective is to create battery systems capable of supporting over 1,000 charge cycles at 80% depth of discharge, with specific energy exceeding 250 Wh/kg, targeted for...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded on July 18, 2024 by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (CFDA 81.135) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) aims to develop a high-energy-density, fast-charging, low-cost solid-state battery that will enable cleaner, safer, and more efficient advanced air mobility. The award supports RPI's work to create a critical metal-free, conversion-type solid-state battery technology under the Innovative Grid Innovations Incubator Exploring (IGNITE)...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $1,978,481 to the University of South Carolina to develop mechanistic models of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cathode processes. The project aims to validate these models through experimentation and enable virtual prototyping of Li-S cells to improve their energy density and cycle life. The...