This $172,294 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at the University of California, Merced from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The research aims to improve understanding of how cyclic mechanical stress impacts ionic conduction in composite polymer electrolytes for solid-state batteries. The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded this grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This program seeks to...
This $299,463 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research project to elucidate the impact of microstructural defects on the mechanical and ionic properties of composite electrodes for all-solid-state batteries. The research aims to quantify defect formation mechanisms and monitor operando microstructural evolution, and to determine how these changes impact the electrochemical and mechanical performance...
This $246,549 National Science Foundation project grant supports fundamental research at Utah State University to advance all-solid-state lithium battery technology. The NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded this funding under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on September 1, 2022 for completion by August 31, 2025. The grant will fund integrated experimental and computational research to investigate how mechanics can be harnessed to achieve uniform and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $384,954 to Drexel University to fabricate a series of spatially heterogeneous solid polymer electrolytes for solid-state batteries. The research aims to systematically decouple the local mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical effects on lithium and sodium electrodeposition in solid-state batteries. The project involves (1) fabricating patterned solid polymer electrolytes (PSPES)...
This three-year, $322,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) will support fundamental research at the University of Utah to harness mechanics for the design of all-solid-state lithium batteries. The research aims to investigate how mechanics can be used to achieve uniform and stable plating and stripping of lithium in the anode, addressing challenges such as non-uniform deposition that can cause fracture and capacity drop. The university...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $368,192 to Cornell University provides funding to elucidate the impact of microstructural defects on the mechanical and ionic properties of composite electrodes for all-solid-state batteries. The research aims to quantify defect formation mechanisms, monitor operando microstructural evolution, and determine how these changes affect ionic transport, mechanical resilience, and fracture toughness. By...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $535,317 to Michigan Technological University to develop mechanically stable interfaces for next-generation solid-state batteries through targeted nanoindentation studies from August 2022 to July 2025. The University will fill critical knowledge gaps about how the chemistry, composition, and physical arrangement of atoms and molecules collectively control localized pressure development and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $2.7 million Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The four-year award, made on September 1, 2021 and set to conclude on August 31, 2025, will support the development of dry manufacturing processes for solid-state sodium batteries for energy storage at large scale. Specifically, the university will jointly develop dry manufacturing of sodium solid-state batteries with a $119,650...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $278,252 CAREER grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Oklahoma to conduct research on modeling and control of lithium-ion batteries with composite electrodes. The 5-year project aims to develop a comprehensive computational framework to understand the interactions within silicon-graphite composite battery anodes and devise novel techniques to monitor and regulate battery safety and degradation. The research seeks to...