The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $386,258 Project Grant under their Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The grant funds a collaborative research project to develop innovative electrolytes for intermediate-temperature sodium-potassium/sulfur (Na-K/S) batteries to enable long-duration energy storage (>10 hours) for intermittent renewable energy applications. The project will utilize material design and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports a collaborative research project between the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The $240,000 award, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, will investigate the design and application of electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks (EC-MOFs) as cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries. The project aims...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to The Curators of the University of Missouri, doing business as the University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC), under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant supports collaborative research between Professors Farnaz Shakib (New Jersey Institute of Technology) and Mohammad Momeni (UMKC) to investigate the design and application of...
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...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $211,439 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York on April 15, 2021 to investigate energy density limitation for lithium sulfur batteries. This award falls under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering research and education....
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $317,739 to Michigan State University to conduct research on enhancing the performance of room-temperature sodium-sulfur (Na-S) batteries. The research aims to elucidate the effects of cation and anion doping on molybdenum disulfide (MoSe2) electrocatalysts to improve the immobilization and catalytic conversion of sodium polysulfides, which currently hinder the widespread adoption of Na-S...
Arizona State University was awarded a $320,746 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to conduct collaborative research understanding sulfur-carbon-solid electrolyte interfaces of lithium/sulfur solid-state batteries. The three-year award, made on June 1, 2023 under the NSF Engineering (47.041) program, will fund fundamental studies of interfaces in lithium/sulfur composite cathodes employing garnet-type...
This three-year $379,759 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Arizona State University to promote lithium sulfide redox cycles for battery applications. The university will conduct collaborative research from September 2021 to August 2024 to develop atomically dispersed active sites in lithium sulfides with the goal of improving energy storage capabilities. As the sole awardee, Arizona State University will leverage its...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $285,942 to Wayne State University to conduct research on advancing room-temperature sodium-sulfur (Na-S) battery technology. The project aims to enhance the performance of Na-S batteries by exploring the use of cation and anion-doped molybdenum disulfide (MoSe2) electrocatalysts to immobilize and catalyze the conversion of sodium polysulfides. The research will leverage computational...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,746 Project Grant to the Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. (KSU R&SF) under the NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program. The grant funds a project to "UNRAVEL CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS IN THE BULK AND AT INTERPHASES AND INTERFACES OF IONOGEL SOLID ELECTROLYTES FOR HIGH-POWER-DENSITY ALL-SOLID-STATE LI METAL BATTERIES". The overarching goal is to develop a fundamental understanding of lithium-ion...