This $2,395,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on June 20, 2023 by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (CFDA 81.135) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop fundamentally disruptive electric vehicle (EV) battery technologies. The key objectives are to create cobalt- and nickel-free battery cathodes, fast-charging and all-weather electrolytes, and coal-derived fast-charging and high-capacity anodes in order to enable EVs with...
This $2,120,120 Cooperative Agreement awarded on September 14, 2023 by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to Ampcera Inc. will support the development of a thermally modulated solid-state battery (TMSSB) to enable the benefits of electric vehicles to be accessed by all Americans. Ampcera, a minority-owned business, will utilize this funding to conduct research, development, and manufacturing activities related to advanced...
Solid Power Operating, Inc. was awarded a $5.6 million cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA #81.135) program to develop high energy, fast charging all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles. Under this award, Solid Power will partner with the University of Maryland to advance research and development of lithium metal all-solid-state batteries that provide high energy and power density,...
Zeta Energy Corporation will receive $4.2 million through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy to develop enabling technologies for fast charging lithium metal battery architectures and sulfurized carbon cathodes. The three-year award, made under funding opportunity announcement DE-FOA-0002760 for the EVSAALL program, will support Zeta Energy's project to advance rechargeable battery technologies critical for accelerating the...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $40M cooperative agreement to Ion Storage Systems, Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in Beltsville, Maryland. The funding supports the commercialization of Ion Storage Systems' next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology. The project aims to deliver advanced battery cells capable of industry-redefining performance and establish a domestic manufacturing ecosystem for the company's...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) [CFDA 81.135] provides $1,317,842 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop an "Alkali Hydroxide Triple Phase Flow Battery (3PFB)". The proposed 3PFB system will enable reversible operation of ultra-high energy density battery chemistries (>1,000 Wh/kg and Wh/L) through an innovative design inspired by fuel injection and conventional flow batteries. 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...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,400,000, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The goal is to discover new electrolyte, electrode, and catalyst materials for low-cost, highly efficient, and durable proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (P-SOECs) to enable low-cost hydrogen production. Key objectives...
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 $4,902,057 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) aims to demonstrate the accelerated discovery, design, and laser convergent manufacturing of low-temperature (< 650°C) oxygen-conducting solid oxide electrolyzer cells (LT-O-SOEC) with a minimum active area > 15 cm2. The goal is to achieve or exceed performance targets of ≥ 1.2A/cm2 at 1.3...