Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010739
- This $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded 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), focuses on integrating high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis (HTSE) with solar concentrator-thermal energy storage (TES) to generate green hydrogen for further use in syngas and fuel production. The project, led by the West Virginia University Research Corporation, aims to design and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for $250,000 aims to develop a new process for producing sustainable liquid fuels using CO2 as a starting material. The key products and services to be delivered through this 2-year project (4/1/2025 - 3/31/2027) include: Generating fundamental knowledge for designing a CO2 electrolyzer that can selectively produce C2H4 based on operation conditions, catalyst design, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is for the development and testing of doped calcium manganite (DCM) perovskite oxides, which could enable improved high-temperature thermochemical energy storage (TCES) for concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The primary objective is to achieve a TCES capacity greater than 500 kJ/kg within the optimal 700-1200°C temperature range for CSP systems. This $199,734 award to the University of...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project aims to develop an inductively heated thermochemical reactor for producing synthesis gas, a fundamental building block for chemicals and fuels. The $304,975 award to Cosine Corp will fund the design, construction, and testing of a reactor system that uses silicon carbide susceptors and a reduction-oxidation catalyst cycle to generate synthesis...
- This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...
- This Project Grant award of $193,505 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental research at Colorado State University (CSU) on hydrogen electrode reactions for proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells (PC-SOFCs). The key objectives of this two-year project are to generate new knowledge about the hydrogen electrode reaction kinetics in PC-SOFCs and develop novel electrode materials to enhance their performance and...
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089) awarded a $1,619,426 Cooperative Agreement to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to advance the technology readiness level of an electrochemically activated oxygen sorbent and reactor system. The project aims to develop a scalable, efficient, and durable electrochemical oxygen separation technology to enable high-quality syngas production and carbon capture for hydrogen production...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) to the University of Houston System will advance the design and performance of chemical looping reactors for partial oxidation reactions. The total award amount is $449,999 and the performance period runs from December 15, 2024 to November 30, 2027. The key products and services to be delivered through this research project include: Developing a detailed, molecular-level understanding of oxygen speciation...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $59,125,000 to Nextech Materials, Ltd. (doing business as Nexceris) to commercialize its high-temperature electrolysis stack technology. The primary goals are to: 1) establish pilot-scale solid oxide cell manufacturing capabilities, 2) automate stack manufacturing, and 3) expand stack testing...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), is providing $486,160.00 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to design electrochemical photoreactors using single and ensemble multijunction silicon particles. The project will develop the fundamental principles to fabricate these microscopic silicon particles, stabilize them in water, and enable them to efficiently perform photoelectrochemistry - the process of...
THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP NOVEL NONSTOICHIOMETRIC PEROVSKITE OXIDES WITH HIGH STABILITY AND FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC PROPERTIES, TO OPTIMIZE MICROSTRUCTURE FOR MAXIMIZING THE FUEL PRODUCTIVITY, AND TO BUILD A PROTOTYPE REACTOR TRAIN SYSTEM (RTS) COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE REACTOR TO MEET SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE TARGETS: (1) CAPABLE OF AN IN-HOUSE SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL HYDROGEN (STCH) PRODUCTIVITY = 12 ML G-1 FOR STABLE CONTINUOUS OPERATION = 20 CYCLES; AND (2) DEMONSTRATION OF SCALABLE SOLAR FUELS PRODUCTION AT PRACTICAL SOLAR REACTOR LEVEL IN AN INDUSTRIAL-SCALE CONCENTRATED SOLAR TOWER (CST) USING DEVELOPED PEROVSKITES TO ACHIEVE A HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE = 1 G H-1. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE TO RATIONALLY IDENTIFY AND OPTIMIZE PEROVSKITE OXIDES AND TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR CAPABILITY IN PRACTICAL REACTORS FOR SCALABLE SOLAR FUELS PRODUCTION BY STCH TECHNOLOGY.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 10/7/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 4/30/25 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 11/21/24 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 6/20/24 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 3/12/24 |