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 two-year, $202,433 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support the development of composite solid electrolytes to enable high-energy, cost-effective all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries. Under the award, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico will receive a fellowship to study the stability of electrode-electrolyte interfaces in solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries using composite electrolytes. A graduate...
This $210,564 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of innovative in situ techniques to characterize liquid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries. Funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will work with investigators to characterize transport properties and microstructures of battery electrolytes using techniques like in situ probe beam deflection, small-angle X-ray scattering, ohmic microscopy, and microelectrode...
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 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...
This $455,286 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research supports research at the University of New Mexico (UNM) to explore over-stoichiometric disordered rock salts as potential lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cathode materials. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a new series of over-stoichiometric Li(Na)-Ti-Mn(Fe)-O-F-based disordered rock salts, 2) characterize their crystallographic, electronic, and vibrational properties,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $261,619 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Regents Of The University Of Michigan, doing business as University Of Michigan-Dearborn, to gain a fundamental understanding of the interface dynamics between a liquid metal anode and a solid electrolyte in solid-state lithium-ion batteries. The project aims to utilize in situ and operando focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and numerical...
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 $664,749 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to study the reaction pathway and crystallization dynamics for solution-based synthesis of lithium thiophosphate solid electrolytes. The award supports a collaborative research effort between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Saft America, a leading battery manufacturer, to understand the underlying...
This $249,860 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of Houston to develop machine learning models to predict the mechanical properties of solid-state electrolyte materials for lithium-metal batteries. The goal is to identify electrolyte compositions that can suppress the growth of lithium dendrites, which can lead to battery failure. The research embraces the principles of...