This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) provides $3,286,219 in funding to RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center to develop high-performance hydrocarbon membrane electrode assemblies (HC-MEAs) for polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) powered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
The project aims to improve the performance and durability of all-hydrocarbon MEAs compared to state-of-the-art perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) MEAs, with the goal of demonstrating power densities that are competitive with PFSA-MEAs at the same platinum group metal (PGM) loading. Key focus areas include creating high-performance and durable hydrocarbon membranes, optimizing catalyst layers using hydrocarbon ionomers, and investigating the use of porous water-transport plates. The award is structured in two 18-month budget periods, with a quantitative go/no-go review between them.
Sub-awards were made to Nimbus Power Systems, Inc. and Michigan State University to support specific aspects of the research and development work.
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