Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011167

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 $282,020 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research at Northern Illinois University from October 2022 to September 2025. The research aims to advance understanding of reversible sodium hydrosulfide formation in hybrid electrolytes to enable high energy density sodium-sulfur battery technology. Specifically, the university will conduct fundamental studies using X-ray scattering...

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 three-year $379,759 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Arizona State University to promote lithium sulfide redox cycles for battery applications. The university will conduct collaborative research from September 2021 to August 2024 to develop atomically dispersed active sites in lithium sulfides with the goal of improving energy storage capabilities. As the sole awardee, Arizona State University will leverage its...

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....

This three-year, $398,405 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund Oregon State University's research into mechanistic investigation of metal sulfide electrodes for high-energy non-aqueous anion batteries. The grant supports fundamental research to elucidate the operation mechanism of a high-energy cathode reversibly converted between copper sulfide mixed with a lithium salt and a composite of cupric...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports a collaborative research project between the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The $240,000 award, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, will investigate the design and application of electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks (EC-MOFs) as cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries. The project aims...

This $225,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to investigate anion redox mechanisms in lithium-rich sulfide materials for high energy density lithium-ion batteries. The research aims to develop a fundamental understanding of how the structural aspects of these materials both control and are impacted by the redox reactions involving the sulfur anions, which...