This $170,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) aims to uncover the relationship between liquid electrolytes and battery performance, which is crucial for developing next-generation rechargeable batteries. The research team at the University of Illinois will systematically vary electrolyte composition and concentration to identify optimal solutions, leveraging high-throughput characterization, computational simulations, and machine...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $560,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on July 15, 2021 for completion by June 30, 2024. The grant funds research to reveal the atomic and electronic structures of photoelectrode/catalyst/water interfaces and their effects on solar water splitting. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will conduct experiments and computational modeling...
This $447,589 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research and educational activities at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The project aims to develop a deeper understanding of how electrochemically active nanofluids - colloidal suspensions of nano-sized particles in fluids like water - can be leveraged for energy storage and conversion applications. Key objectives include modifying nanoparticle surfaces to...
This $407,778 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to develop new electrocatalytic approaches for improved hydrocarbon utilization. The project aims to control the elementary steps involved in incorporating oxygen into hydrocarbons to increase combustion efficiency and enable more selective chemical manufacturing of desired hydrocarbon products. Key activities include...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $492,413 will support research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from January 2023 through December 2027 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to understand how collective ion assembly influences electrochemical properties and electron transfer at interfaces to advance technologies for carbon dioxide recycling. Specifically, the grantee will study how ion molecular structures in ionic liquid electrolytes impact...
This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, supports a collaborative research effort led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Colorado State University, and University of Missouri to study new approaches to catalysis and electrochemistry for the synthesis of biaryl molecules. The research team will use analytical and computational...
This $360,001 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research project, a collaborative effort between the University of Texas at Austin and Purdue University, aims to investigate the structural, chemical, and mechanical heterogeneity of composite electrodes for lithium-ion batteries at multiple time and length scales. Key objectives include:...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program project grant awarded $252,964 to the University of Wisconsin System to investigate a new paradigm for integrating multiple chemical functionalities into a bio-inspired system similar to biological vascular and nervous systems. The research will focus on enabling power distribution, information transfer, and energy storage capabilities in electrolytic fluid-based systems to support applications in soft robotics. The project aims to...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $180,000.00 to support a collaborative research project focused on developing new catalytic approaches for the electrochemical synthesis of biaryl molecules. Led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Colorado State University, the project aims to use analytical and computational tools to understand...
This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049), supports Professor Michael Marshak of the University of Colorado Boulder in developing new materials for grid-scale long duration energy storage. The $283,095 award, spanning from November 2024 to April 2025, funds research into using metal chelate coordination complexes as sustainable and scalable energy storage materials for flow...
This $575,004 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund an interdisciplinary research project at the University of Wisconsin - Madison to develop new flexible electrochemical technologies that can integrate with the power grid and chemical supply chains to achieve economic and sustainability goals.
The key research activities include: (1) developing infrastructure-level models to capture the coupling between the chemical and power sectors, (2) creating device-level models for electrochemical technologies to understand the interplay between flexibility and design, (3) using computational chemistry to identify electrode materials, and (4) conducting experiments to evaluate reaction chemistries, materials, and electrochemical configurations. This convergent research approach aims to produce new design principles, simulation models, data, and technologies that can train a new generation of engineers and scientists to leverage multiscale thinking. The project will also help foster coordination between the chemical and power sectors to accelerate the adoption of these flexible electrochemical technologies and decarbonization efforts.
As part of this award, the University of Illinois will receive a sub-grant to conduct experimental work on testing the durability of diverse half-reaction chemistries and help design reactor configurations. The overall project duration is from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2027.