Cooperative Agreement DEEE0008235

This Project Grant award, valued at $299,493, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Arkansas. The project aims to develop ion-conducting polymeric lithicones as surface coatings for lithium metal anodes to address challenges related to chemical corrosion, solid electrolyte interphase formation, and lithium dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries. The research will utilize multiscale and cryogenic...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $211,439 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York on April 15, 2021 to investigate energy density limitation for lithium sulfur batteries. This award falls under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education....

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,978,481 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program to the University of South Carolina. The objective of this 1-year project is to develop mechanistic models of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cathode processes that are experimentally validated and can be used for virtual prototyping of Li-S cells. Key activities include collecting baseline Li-S...

This two-year, $202,433 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support the development of composite solid electrolytes to enable high-energy, cost-effective all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries. Under the award, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico will receive a fellowship to study the stability of electrode-electrolyte interfaces in solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries using composite electrolytes. A graduate...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) grant award of $296,729 to Michigan State University (MSU) supports fundamental research and development to address the challenge of polysulfide shuttling in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. The project aims to develop surface-engineered cerium oxide host materials to immobilize lithium polysulfides and promote their conversion, in order to improve the performance and lifecycle of Li-S batteries. The research approach...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded ADA Technologies, Inc. $199,995 under the Conformal, Resilient Sulfide Membrane for 3D Silicon Anodes Project Grant. The award supports research and development of a conformal, resilient sulfide membrane for three-dimensional silicon anodes from February 14, 2022 to November 13, 2022. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

Arizona State University was awarded a $320,746 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to conduct collaborative research understanding sulfur-carbon-solid electrolyte interfaces of lithium/sulfur solid-state batteries. The three-year award, made on June 1, 2023 under the NSF Engineering (47.041) program, will fund fundamental studies of interfaces in lithium/sulfur composite cathodes employing garnet-type...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $321,634 project grant to Cornell University to develop next-generation lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries capable of operating at practical temperatures. The university is collaborating with industry partners Saft Batteries and Nikola Motors to address key barriers for Li-S battery performance, including improving the electrolyte and mitigating capacity loss from polysulfide shuttling. The research aims to enable...

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...

Libeyond LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the reliable fabrication of all-solid-state lithium batteries with high cell-level specific energy. The award, issued on June 27, 2022 for a period of performance through July 1, 2023, will fund the development of manufacturing techniques to produce lithium batteries composed entirely of solid components that store...