Project Grant 2026097

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $275,000 to Otoro Energy Inc. to develop a low-cost metal chelate flow battery for long-duration energy storage to support the electric grid. The project aims to develop a new flow battery chemistry using abundant minerals and materials sourced and manufactured in the U.S. The goal is to create a flow battery system capable of 10+ hour...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Faraday Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Physical Sciences Inc., to develop "LOW COST INTERCONNECT COATINGS FOR ENHANCED R-SOFC PERFORMANCE". The project aims to advance research and development of low-cost coating materials to improve the performance of Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (R-SOFCs), which have applications in energy...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,336,102 Cooperative Agreement on July 10, 2024, to Washington University for a project titled "Li-Air Redox Flow Battery Using Ionic Liquids" (CFDA 81.135). The project aims to develop a scalable lithium-air flow battery design utilizing liquid electrolytes based on room temperature ionic liquids. Key objectives include demonstrating 1,000 Wh/kg and 1,000 Wh/L energy density, as well as...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation will support the development of high energy-density hydrogen-halogen flow batteries for large-scale energy storage by Skip Technology Inc. The $978,993 in funding will be used over a two-year period ending in May 2025. Under the NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program, Skip Technology will advance the commercial readiness of a novel membrane technology for flow batteries. Previous iterations of similar...

This $124,827 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research at the University of Texas at Dallas to understand and tailor the anode-electrolyte interfacial layers on lithium metal electrodes. The research aims to develop a new understanding of how the physical and chemical properties of protective layers affect the electrochemical performance and stabilization of lithium metal electrodes. By...