Cooperative Agreement DEFC2605NT42403

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,120,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) on July 1, 2024. The goal of this three-year project is to develop a prototype 1 kWh rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery (RSS-LAB) with a gravimetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/kg and a volumetric energy density over 1,000 Wh/L, as well as a 100-cycle life. The project also aims to produce a detailed design for a...

TDA Research, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop DENSE 3D NANOSCALE ELECTRODE BATTERIES WITH A CONFORMAL SOLID ELECTROLYTE. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness....

This $255,700 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of sodium-based solid-state batteries for stationary energy storage by Unigrid LLC. The company will advance a novel halide-based sodium solid-state electrolyte material with the goal of improving its ionic conductivity by one to two orders of magnitude. Additionally, the company will explore scalable room-temperature synthesis routes. This research aims to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy generation by...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,248,642 Cooperative Agreement to Trustees of Boston University under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) on December 1, 2024. The overall objective is to fabricate and electrochemically evaluate button cells and 100 cm2 cells that meet or exceed DOE performance targets, including current densities over 1.2 A/cm2 at 1.28 V and 750°C, with degradation rates below...

Bioenno Tech, LLC received a $200,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop high-energy, high-power solid-state lithium-ion battery cells based on 5V electrode technologies. The award, issued on June 27, 2022, supports research and development activities at Bioenno Tech's facility in Santa Ana, California through March 26, 2023. Specifically, the company will work to advance electric...

Solid Power Operating, Inc. was awarded a $5.6 million cooperative agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA #81.135) program to develop high energy, fast charging all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles. Under this award, Solid Power will partner with the University of Maryland to advance research and development of lithium metal all-solid-state batteries that provide high energy and power density,...

Am Batteries Inc. received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a solvent-free manufacturing process for lithium-ion battery electrodes. The goal of the one-year project beginning February 1, 2022 is to design, manufacture, and operate a continuous feed dry spraying system to optimize fabrication of thicker battery electrodes without solvents. This novel...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability awarded a $7,823,617 Project Grant under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis (CFDA 81.122) federal grant program to Battery Council International (BCI). The funding will establish a precompetitive research program between the U.S. lead battery industry and several DOE national labs. The program aims to develop a partnership that will share performance data of lead battery products in...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,020,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The objective of this 1-year project is to develop a fundamental mechanistic understanding of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery electrochemistry through a combination of continuum modeling and...

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering, under the CFDA program "Office of International Science and Engineering," will fund research at the Illinois Institute of Technology to advance the science and technology of all-solid-state batteries. The grant period runs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. Working with international partners from seven institutions in Europe, the grantee will conduct...