Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009613

The National Science Foundation awarded Elektroda LLC a $253,773 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a low-cost bipolar plate for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. The one-year project aims to reduce the cost of a key component in PEM fuel cells, which currently account for approximately 30% of total fuel cell stack costs. Specifically, Elektroda will demonstrate a novel carbon-based sheet material can be stamped into bipolar...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,883 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Treadstone Technologies, Inc., a for-profit company specializing in advanced materials and coating technologies for clean energy applications. The funding supports the development of precious-metal-free coatings for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer bipolar plates, which are critical components in renewable hydrogen production...

This $6,059,162 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by 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 PPG Industries Inc.'s platinum group metal-free coating process as a viable means of producing porous transport layer (PTL) materials with high electrical conductivity, high corrosion resistance, and significant stack cost reductions. The project focuses on developing scalable and economical...

Supercool Metals LLC was awarded a $198,871 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop durable bulk metallic glass catalysts for medium- and heavy-duty proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The grant is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Through this...

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...

This Project Grant award, valued at $200,000.00, was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Starfire Industries LLC for the development of "MULTILAYER THIN-FILM COATINGS FOR TITANIUM ELECTROLYZER BIPOLAR PLATES USING NEXT-GENERATION QUASI-CONFORMAL PVD WITH PRECISION ION ENERGY CONTROL." The award period runs from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025. Starfire Industries, a leading manufacturer of specialized coatings and...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $13,870,505 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) to Saueressig North America, Inc. to develop a process and equipment to rotary emboss flexible graphite, produced from natural graphite flake, in a high-volume production process. The primary objective is to produce 2,400 bipolar plates per hour on a single production line to meet Department of Energy...

This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $12,499,583.00, 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). The award is to ACS Industries Inc. to build an all-in-one anode pack manufacturing pilot line. The key components of the project include: 1) Development of a single-step diffusion bonding process to bond the porous transport layer, flow field, and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $23,943,446 Cooperative Agreement to Ballard US Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The objective of this award is to construct a new U.S. manufacturing facility and validate a high-volume manufacturing line for flexible graphite bipolar plates (BPP), with a target manufacturing capacity of 8 million BPPs per year or 20,000 stacks per year equivalent by...

This $519,236 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research supports research aimed at enhancing the durability of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The primary goal is to develop robust Pt3Ni-based electrocatalysts with improved efficiency and longevity through techniques like transition metal doping and surface engineering. The award, with a project period from July 1, 2024 to June 30,...