Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009236

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $7,631,551 to Ionomr Innovations Inc. to establish domestic manufacturing capacity for high-performance and durable anion exchange membrane (AEM) solutions. The primary objectives are to develop AEM technologies that exceed the performance of incumbent liquid alkaline (LA)...

This $274,919 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant to Evoloh, Inc. supports improving anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers through novel electrode geometry. The awardee will develop a simplified unified anode to replace conventional two-layer anodes in anion exchange membrane electrolyzers. By functionalizing the porous transport layer through etching, dealloying, and deposition techniques to increase electrochemically active surface area...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded 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), provides $12,499,583 to ACS Industries Inc. to build an all-in-one anode pack manufacturing pilot line. The key objectives are to: 1) develop single-step diffusion bonding to assemble porous transport layers, flow fields, and bipolar plates into anode packs; 2) implement a single-pass in-line...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), will fund a $17,547,861 project to design, install, and demonstrate a 250 kW solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system. The project aims to advance the SOEC technology from TRL 4 to TRL 6 by integrating it with an existing 1.6 million ton per year direct reduction of iron (DRI)...

This $6,223,777 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development program) aims to establish and improve U.S.-based manufacturing capacity for PEMION non-PFSA ionomers and membranes, and to demonstrate a fully PFSA-free catalyst coated membrane (CCM) that meets DOE performance and durability targets. The primary awardee, Ionomr Innovations Inc., will collaborate with...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $4,673,728 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development program) supports the co-design of catalyst, ionomer, and interface components for durable and high-performance alkaline exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs). The project aims to develop electrolyte-free AEMWE technology based on a fundamental scientific understanding of oxygen evolution reaction...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,577,398 Cooperative Agreement to Georgia Tech Research Corporation on September 1, 2024 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The objective of this project is to combine state-of-the-art alkaline polymer electrolyzer components with advanced manufacturing methods and cell operating conditions to meet program goals of achieving 2.0 A/cm2 operation at high efficiency and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will demonstrate a 250-kW advanced liquid alkaline-based electrolyzer cell design by Power To Hydrogen LLC, a small disadvantaged business. The $6,602,155 project aims to develop a U.S. supplier base capable of gigawatt-scale manufacturing for key electrolyzer components, including bipolar...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE-EERE) awarded a $7,130,264 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Avium, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in advanced electrolyzer and catalyst technologies. The project aims to further develop Avium's catalyst technology to achieve 2 A/cm^2 at ≤1.7 V on a 100 cm^2 liquid alkaline (LA) electrolyzer. The key objectives are to: (1)...

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...