This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a highly conductive, solid battery separator membrane made of a new solid polymer electrolyte. The project, led by Piersica, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, aims to scale up the manufacturing of this new separator material and demonstrate its functionality in a multilayer pouch cell prototype. The key goals are to create a battery separator that is lighter, more flexible, compatible with high-voltage cathodes, and scalable for manufacturing, with the potential to enable greatly improved safety, higher cyclability, and wider temperature range operation compared to current lithium-ion technology. The project seeks to achieve energy densities above 600 Wh/kg, more than double the performance of existing lithium-ion batteries, with applications ranging from electric vehicles to consumer electronics and military/space technologies. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
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| Not listed | $1.0m | 9/5/24 |