Project Grant 1913594

The National Science Foundation awarded Aesir Technologies Inc. a $847,543 cooperative agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an aqueous lithium and zinc ion battery for stationary energy storage applications. Aesir will optimize individual battery components to improve cycle life, power, and scale production from pouch cells to larger prismatic cells. This includes refining intercalation electrodes to increase capacity retention...

This $418,716 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research aims to develop new ceramic materials for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) with improved energy storage capabilities and cycling stability. The award, with a period of performance from August 2024 to July 2027, supports research at Drexel University to explore strategies for enhancing zinc-ion diffusion, suppressing cathode dissolution, and advancing electrochemical stability...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Project Grant award of $587,580 to the University of Texas at Dallas aims to develop high-voltage, durable, and cost-effective aqueous zinc-ion batteries. The project seeks to establish a fundamental understanding of the structure-property correlation of new, low-cost quasi-solid-state "water-in-swelling-clay" electrolytes to achieve high voltage, high energy, and long...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) provides $200,000.00 to Purdue University to conduct research on the rational design of nonaqueous and hybrid electrolytes for multivalent zinc-ion batteries. The research aims to address key challenge areas in zinc-ion battery technology, including electrolyte design, electrode-electrolyte interphases, and cathode material selection. The award is for a two-year period from March 15, 2025 to...

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 University of Akron received a $500,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop novel lithium-ion batteries with adaptive designs for improved safety, range, and payload capacity. The two-year award will support research and development of 3D printing technologies to manufacture lithium-ion battery components with complex, freeform shapes without traditional geometric limitations. This is intended to...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of binderless electrode manufacturing using nano-layered coatings deposited through an ultrasonic nozzle-free spray coating technique. Funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the awardee Nanoresearch Inc. will investigate process-structure-property relationships to validate this new coating method for scaling production of binderless electrodes. Specifically, the company will design surfactant removal...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Piersica, Inc. under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop advanced polymer separator membranes for hybrid solid/liquid battery cells. The one-year project beginning September 15, 2022 aims to create a solid electrolyte with ionic conductivity comparable to liquid electrolytes currently used in lithium-ion batteries. The recipient will also develop a scalable solid separator using the...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a highly conductive, solid battery separator membrane made of a new solid polymer electrolyte. The project, led by Piersica, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, aims to scale up the manufacturing of this new separator material and demonstrate its functionality in a multilayer pouch cell prototype. The key goals are...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $982,981 Project Grant to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) for the project "ELUCIDATING REACTIVE ION TRANSPORT MECHANISMS AT GRADED GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTE (GGPE) INTERFACES FOR WEARABLE ZN-ION BATTERIES". This 4-year award, effective May 1, 2025 through April 30, 2029, is funded through the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (CFDA 12.630) program. The project aims to conduct advanced scientific...