Cooperative Agreement W911NF1220063

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in collaborating with NASA Ames Research Center to develop new porous sorbents for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture at low pressures. The project aims to engineer defects in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to enhance their CO2 adsorption capacity and selectivity, providing fundamental knowledge to improve the performance of...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $495,000 Project Grant to the University of Houston under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research into methods for capturing carbon dioxide through supramolecular and dynamic covalent chemistry. Professor Ognjen Miljanic and his team will study the use of cyclotetrabenzoin molecules to stabilize carbon dioxide within internal cavities, as well as employ dynamic combinatorial chemistry to identify species that...

This $650,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Professor Lai-Sheng Wang and his team at Brown University to investigate the electronic structure and chemical bonding of cryogenically-cooled boron and metal-boride nanoclusters. The research aims to provide fundamental insights into boron chemistry and chemical bonding, with the potential for discovering novel...

This five-year, $616,685 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research at Arizona State University to elucidate the synergistic effects of composition, porosity, and structural rigidity on the mechanics of metallic organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are porous hybrid materials consisting of metallic ions connected by organic linkers to form a vast reinforced network with potential for industrial CO2 capture, separation, and storage applications. The grant will support an integrated...

Precision Combustion, Inc. was awarded a $255,819 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the CAPTURE OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 project. The project aims to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide through June 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies, such as carbon capture, to transform the energy sector and benefit national security. The...

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 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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $204,819 to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. to investigate how CO2-tunable media can enhance the catalytic conversion of waste polyolefins, such as polyethylene, into valuable hydrocarbon fuels. The primary objectives are to study the effects of CO2-tunable media on the transport properties of polyethylene melt and determine the impact on catalytic...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a $337,663 research project at the University of Oklahoma from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The project aims to develop a revolutionary approach to synthesizing materials and chemicals under high-pressure conditions using porous materials. It proposes leveraging the high pressures observed within adsorbed fluid or solid films on solid substrates as an alternative to traditional,...

This $555,274 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research into the nanoscale physics of carbon dioxide utilization and storage in tight oil reservoirs. The Colorado School of Mines, in collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, will investigate how CO2 interacts with oil at pore walls and gradients along walls modulate oil-CO2 transport through nanopores. Researchers will integrate bench-scale...