The Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,668,927 cooperative agreement to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) under the ARPA-E EVS4ALL program. The 3-year project, starting July 27, 2023 and ending January 26, 2026, will evaluate the safety of next-generation energy storage cells. UT Austin, as the prime awardee, will leverage its expertise in materials science, energy systems, and testing to assess the safety performance of these...
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...
This $4.85 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA #81.135) supports the University of Maryland, College Park in developing fast-charge, high-energy density solid-state batteries through their project entitled "FAST-CHARGE, HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY, SOLID-STATE BATTERY." The University will deliver this three-year project ending in April 2026 in collaboration with subawardee Ion Storage Systems, Inc.,...
The University of Houston received a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), CFDA 81.135, to scale up its advanced metal organic chemical vapor deposition (A-MOCVD) process and manufacture 600-meter-long REBCO conductors. The project aims to develop low-cost, high-rate fabrication of high-performance, uniform REBCO conductors that demonstrate 5x the critical current of today's industry tapes. The project period is from January 16, 2024...
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 $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)...
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Johns Hopkins University a $1.76 million cooperative agreement from January 2023 to January 2026. The award aims to develop carbon-negative mining of critical elements like manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper from low-grade gangue minerals through energy-efficient electrosynthesis of acid and base using renewable electricity. Johns Hopkins will produce hydrochloric acid via salt splitting to leach targeted...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $1,483,595 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to develop "HIGH-ENERGY, RECHARGEABLE, LOW-COST BATTERIES FOR TRAIN AND SHIP ELECTRIFICATION". The project aims to advance early-stage, high-risk research and development of innovative battery technologies to support electrification of trains and ships. As part of this award, the University of Maryland has...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award was made by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA program 81.135, "Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy." The $1,368,459 award to Hight-Tech, Inc., a for-profit research and development company in College Park, Maryland, supports a project titled "Rapid Surface Graphitization of Carbon Anode for In Situ Regeneration of Batteries." The project aims to develop a simple...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,716,398 Cooperative Agreement to the Colorado School of Mines under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The objective of this 1-year project is to develop predictive modeling capabilities for lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries to guide the design of high-performance, durable, and affordable Li-S batteries for portable power applications. The Colorado School of...