Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011327

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $7,495,491 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to 3M Company to develop ultra-low iridium loading and ultra-durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) powder catalysts for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers. The project aims to demonstrate electrocatalyst efficiency and durability that meet or exceed DOE targets, with the...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $13,249,999 Cooperative Agreement to Pajarito Powder LLC under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The award aims to address limitations in Pajarito's existing small-volume domestic production of high-surface-area iridium oxide (IrOx) materials, which are critical oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers...

This $10,950,000 cooperative agreement awarded by 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) aims to accelerate the domestic manufacturing of Pajarito Powder's durable engineered catalyst support (ECS) materials and platinum-based catalysts (Pt/ECS and PtX/ECS). The project will scale up production from 30 g/day to 4 kg/day to support DOE's target of 20,000 fuel cell...

Dioxide Materials, Inc. was awarded a $1,306,482 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop high-performance alkaline membranes for solar driven carbon dioxide electrolyzers. The three-year award running from February 2021 through April 2024 will support Dioxide's efforts to design and test advanced membrane technologies optimized for electrolytic carbon dioxide reduction using solar power. The...

This $7,130,264 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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) aims to further develop Avium, LLC's catalyst technology to achieve a current density of 2 A/cm2 at a voltage of 1.7 V on a 100 cm2 liquid alkaline (LA) electrolyzer. The project has three parallel tasks: (1) optimizing catalyst growth onto electrodes and LA separator for...

This $299,289 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the development of novel non-precious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction by researchers at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The collaborative team will synthesize metal complexes supported on carbon nanotube and graphene materials and evaluate them as catalysts for oxygen reduction in proton exchange...

New Iridium, Inc. received a $1 million cooperative agreement award from the National Science Foundation under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop light-driven chemical processes for converting captured carbon dioxide into terephthalic acid. Specifically, the company will work to mature photocatalysis technology to activate carbon dioxide for production of the commodity chemical at bench and engineering scales. Through high-throughput experimentation and...

This $9,015,658 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) is focused on optimizing the production throughput, capacity, and commercial competitiveness of non-platinum catalysts for P H Matter LLC, a small disadvantaged business based in Columbus, Ohio. The key objectives are to: 1) Increase catalyst production throughput by 5x to 5 kg/day,...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Dioxide Materials, Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop fluorine-free membranes for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers. The project aims to create new chemical value chains using carbon dioxide feedstock and renewable energy to obtain high-value fuels and chemicals. This award will support Dioxide Materials' research and development of technologies related to...

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...