Cooperative Agreement FC2605NT42403

The University of Illinois, Chicago was awarded a $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop all solid-state Li-air technology for green high-performance transport. The project aims to advance the field of Li-air battery systems to manufacture batteries with energy density and power density exceeding 1,000 Wh/kg, 1,000 Wh/L, and 1,500 W/kg, targeting the requirements for all-electric aviation. Key...

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....

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 Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Tyfast Energy Corp, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of a "NOVEL HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND HIGH-ENERGY ANODE FOR FUTURE MOBILITY" under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). This one-year project, beginning on July 22, 2024, aims to advance battery technologies by designing and demonstrating a high-performance lithium-ion anode material that can...

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...

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,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $179,996 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY) to develop new "biphasic charge carriers" for redox flow batteries (RFBs). The goal is to overcome limitations in energy density and materials availability for long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies like RFBs, which are critical for enabling greater use of renewable energy. The research...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded on July 18, 2024 by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (CFDA 81.135) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) aims to develop a high-energy-density, fast-charging, low-cost solid-state battery that will enable cleaner, safer, and more efficient advanced air mobility. The award supports RPI's work to create a critical metal-free, conversion-type solid-state battery technology under the Innovative Grid Innovations Incubator Exploring (IGNITE)...