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 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 $870,626 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) CFDA Program 81.135 supports the "PROPEL-1K" project at The Johns Hopkins University to develop "HIGH ENERGY DENSITY FUEL CELLS WITH CYCLIC HYDROGEN CARRIERS". The project aims to advance railroad, oceanic, and aviation electrification through 1 kWh energy storage systems. Key tasks include system integration for metal-ceramic composite hydrogen...
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 federal Cooperative Agreement award was made by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under the CFDA program 81.135 - Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. The $1,368,459 award to Hight-Tech, Inc., a for-profit company located in College Park, Maryland, is for a project titled "Rapid Surface Graphitization of Carbon Anode for In Situ Regeneration of Batteries." The project aims to develop a simple approach to generate a stable solid electrolyte interphase...
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $1,499,098 Cooperative Agreement to Wright Electric Inc. on July 9, 2024. The project, titled "Modular Aluminum-Air Flow Battery System," will develop an innovative battery system to support electric aviation technologies. The funding will enable Wright Electric Inc., a U.S.-based startup focused on electric propulsion and sustainable transportation solutions, to advance its research and...
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,874,838 Cooperative Agreement to Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, to develop an innovative aluminum (Al) air energy storage and power generation (ESPG) system. The goal is to meet ARPA-E's PROPEL 1K program targets for zero-emissions, high energy density, and high efficiency to enable electrification across the aviation, rail, maritime, and trucking industries. The project team, which includes the University of...
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 $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 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...