The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $306,199 Project Grant to Trustees of Boston University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research on the physical-chemical processes that lead to unstable electrodeposition in electrochemical energy storage systems, such as batteries. The research will involve an integrated computational-experimental approach to study the complex coupling of interfacial phenomena during electrodeposition, with the goal of developing a...
This $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of new anode materials for lithium-ion batteries using nickel sulfide-filled carbon nanotubes. Florida International University will scale production from research to bench and pilot scales, evaluate nickel sulfide-filled carbon nanotubes as additive materials for commercial graphite and silicon anodes, optimize loading ratios, and assess performance in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $760,000 Project Grant under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) to Northern Illinois University. The project aims to systematically vary the composition and concentration of battery electrolytes to determine optimal solutions for advanced rechargeable batteries. Key objectives include: 1) Gaining a better understanding of solvation structure through high-throughput experimentation and characterization using techniques like Raman spectroscopy and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $2.7 million Project Grant to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research to develop a sustainable route to 3D solid-state sodium-ion battery manufacturing through direct ink writing and capillary rise infiltration. Sub-awards were provided to Florida International University, Stanford University, Drexel University, and Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research to elucidate the solvation structure and dynamics of complex liquid electrolytes used in energy storage technologies like lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. The $450,000 award to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, operating as Stony Brook University, will develop a comprehensive NMR spectroscopy database and machine...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,291 Clean Energy Technology (CET) Eager grant through its Division of Materials Research, Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences). The grant was awarded to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany to develop a more sustainable and efficient method for recycling lithium-ion batteries. The project aims to isolate the individual...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $298,474 to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop a software infrastructure for multi-scale simulations of materials. The key deliverables include: (1) Enumeration tools to generate a database of crystallographic and non-crystallographic models for training machine-learned interatomic potentials...
This $326,350 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research at the University of Delaware and Arizona State University to identify structural features of open framework materials based on silicon, germanium, and tin that can promote fast sodium-ion diffusion. The research aims to better understand the electrochemical behavior of these materials and how their structural properties...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049), supports Professor Evgeny Dikarev of SUNY Albany in studying prospective battery materials that require carbon modulation. The project aims to develop strategies to replace expensive, rare metals in rechargeable batteries with more abundant and cost-effective alternatives like sodium, magnesium, silicon, and iron. Key objectives...