Cooperative Agreement DEAR0000495

Special Power Sources LLC received a $199,978 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a tubular, proton-conducting, ceramic reversible fuel cell for high-performance energy storage. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of a reversible solid oxide fuel cell with tubular geometry and proton-conducting ceramic components to provide efficient energy storage capabilities....

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,570,309 cooperative agreement to Carnegie Mellon University on May 2, 2022 with a projected completion date of July 31, 2025. The award will support development of ionomer-free electrodes for ultrahigh power density proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Specifically, the university aims to create a mixed conducting cathode support that eliminates the separate ionomer phase currently used in...

The National Science Foundation awarded Elektroda LLC a $253,773 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a low-cost bipolar plate for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. The one-year project aims to reduce the cost of a key component in PEM fuel cells, which currently account for approximately 30% of total fuel cell stack costs. Specifically, Elektroda will demonstrate a novel carbon-based sheet material can be stamped into bipolar...

Energy 18H LLC received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop a direct fuel cell for the perhydrodibenzyltoluene/dibenzyltoluene fuel pair. The project aims to deliver a new fuel cell as part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports scientific research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through basic research. The...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,500,000 from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) was granted to Giner Inc. on July 22, 2024. Giner Inc., a Boston-based R&D firm, will develop a high-impact project to make a significant contribution to the rapid deployment of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell technology in aviation. The project aims to power fuel cells using "PowerPaste", a safe, stable, and non-flammable...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,997 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) to develop an advanced thermal management system for heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell stacks. The project runs from July 10, 2023 to April 9, 2024 and is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). As part of this grant, ACT is collaborating with the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) to develop a 3D model of the proposed thermal...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program supports Propel Aero, Inc.'s development of a high-energy sodium-air fuel cell power source. The $1,117,000 award, effective July 10, 2024 through January 9, 2026, aims to deliver a power system with a specific energy of 1,000 Wh/kg, continuous power of 500 W/kg, and electricity cost of $0.30/kWh. The foundational technology is a sodium-air fuel cell using a solid-state...

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...

P H Matter LLC will receive $500,000 from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to design an electrolysis stack prototype capable of withstanding ultra-high pressures under the agency's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135). The 24-month project grant aims to advance electrolysis technologies for producing hydrogen and oxygen at higher pressures safely using vessel-aided electrochemical compression methods. The prototype...

This $206,500 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Faraday Technology, Inc., a small business subsidiary of Physical Sciences Inc. The grant supports research and development of low-cost interconnect coatings to enhance the performance of regenerative solid oxide fuel cells (R-SOFCs). The project aims to advance energy-efficient and sustainable manufacturing processes for fuel cell technologies. Faraday...