Project Grant 1953070

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...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant awarded to Adden Energy Inc. provides $274,990 to develop advanced lithium metal anodes for solid-state batteries. The project aims to enable high-performance and low-cost solid-state battery technology through the use of pre-lithiated 3D scaffolding materials as an alternative to costly lithium metal foils. The research focuses on understanding the kinetics and thermodynamics of the lithiation...

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 SBIR Phase I Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $275,000 to Mana Battery, Inc. to develop an electrolyte and interphase solution for stable, safe, and low-cost sodium-ion batteries for grid energy storage applications. The project aims to overcome the limitations around battery lifetime, especially calendar lifetime and temperature stability, through the design of a novel electrolyte chemistry...

This two-year, $202,433 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support the development of composite solid electrolytes to enable high-energy, cost-effective all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries. Under the award, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico will receive a fellowship to study the stability of electrode-electrolyte interfaces in solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries using composite electrolytes. A graduate...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $40,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Ion Storage Systems, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Beltsville, Maryland. The award, made under ARPA-E's SCALEUP 2023 SAFERBAT program (CFDA 81.135), will support the commercialization of Ion Storage Systems' next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology. The project aims to deliver high-performance battery cells capable...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $321,634 project grant to Cornell University to develop next-generation lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries capable of operating at practical temperatures. The university is collaborating with industry partners Saft Batteries and Nikola Motors to address key barriers for Li-S battery performance, including improving the electrolyte and mitigating capacity loss from polysulfide shuttling. The research aims to enable...

This $486,976 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research at Northwestern University to identify the reaction mechanisms that underpin the formation of stable solid electrolyte interphases (SEIs) in lithium metal batteries. The central goal is to develop a fundamental understanding of SEI formation processes to enable the design of new fluorine-free electrolytes that can promote desirable SEI reactions and suppress...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $1,978,481 to the University of South Carolina to develop mechanistic models of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cathode processes. The project aims to validate these models through experimentation and enable virtual prototyping of Li-S cells to improve their energy density and cycle life. The...