Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032350

This $199,999 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funded the development of an OxyCycle membrane for high-purity oxygen separation from air. Luna Innovations Incorporated was awarded the funding on February 22, 2021 to develop the membrane technology with the goal of completing work by November 21, 2021. Under the award, Luna Innovations tasked sub-awardee Trimeric Corporation with evaluating...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to Airomatix, Inc. supports the development of a portable oxygen concentrator capable of producing breathable oxygen at higher flow rates than current models. The concentrator utilizes a novel photocatalytic reaction to separate oxygen from ambient air and store it in a chemical solution. It will then release oxygen on demand through a temperature-controlled reaction. During the one-year period of performance ending March 2023,...

Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc., doing business as Oksi, was awarded a $254,688.76 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a terrestrial-aquatic isotope sensor for in-situ field measurements. The funding supported work under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools through the Office of Science to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic...

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...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Susteon Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a Modular Rapid PSA System for High Purity Oxygen Production. The grant had a period of performance from February 22, 2021 through November 21, 2021. As part of the award, Susteon delivered a modular pressure swing adsorption system to produce high purity oxygen. A sub-award of $50,000 was provided to the Georgia Tech...

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...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $4,984,609 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) on January 21, 2025. The project objective is to establish a viable pathway to produce net-zero hydrogen at a cost of $1 per kilogram through the development and demonstration of a novel feedforward gasifier feed control system to maximize syngas yield and...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $3,141,250 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the University of Oklahoma. The objective is to demonstrate low-temperature hydrogen production from proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (P-SOEC) technology with enhanced activity, efficiency, and durability through research in materials development, interface engineering, manufacturing...

This $150,000 federal grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports collaborative research between Brown University and the University of Connecticut to develop an innovative system for direct air capture and electrochemical conversion of CO2 to ethanol and other liquid fuels. The project aims to create a novel cellulose-based membrane system integrated with cobalt nanosheet catalysts on graphene to efficiently capture CO2 from air...

Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. was awarded a $249,948 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop Distributed Sensor-Modulated Transistors for Hydro-Biogeochemical Monitoring. The Office of Science aims to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness through scientific discoveries and tools. This award will support Intelligent Optical...