Project Grant DEAR0001499

Dioxide Materials, Inc. was awarded a $1,306,482 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop high-performance alkaline membranes for solar driven carbon dioxide electrolyzers. The three-year award running from February 2021 through April 2024 will support Dioxide's efforts to design and test advanced membrane technologies optimized for electrolytic carbon dioxide reduction using solar power. The...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under CFDA 81.049, the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, to Ecolectro Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer, to develop ultrathin alkaline membranes with excellent hardness and gas barrier properties. The goal is to achieve low ionic resistance and mechanical failure in high temperature water electrolyzers, in support of clean energy technologies. Ecolectro Inc. has...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Dioxide Materials, Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop fluorine-free membranes for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers. The project aims to create new chemical value chains using carbon dioxide feedstock and renewable energy to obtain high-value fuels and chemicals. This award will support Dioxide Materials' research and development of technologies related to...

This federal Project Grant award of $454,577 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a novel gas diffusion electrode (GDE) that is super-repellent to low surface tension fluids. The research seeks to enable a generalized porous cathode platform for gaseous reactant flow electrolysis without flooding, which can be applied to nearly any non-aqueous solvent. The key objectives are to design microstructures with high aspect ratio and overhanging...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,883 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Treadstone Technologies, Inc., a for-profit company specializing in advanced materials and coating technologies for clean energy applications. The funding supports the development of precious-metal-free coatings for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer bipolar plates, which are critical components in renewable hydrogen production...

This $250,000 Project Grant was awarded on July 10, 2023 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Media And Process Technology Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturer. The funding supports the company's research and development of reactive carbon capture processes to produce on-site green chemicals, through absorbent recycling. Specific efforts include bench-scale testing of ceramic membranes, modules,...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the 81.135 Federal Grant Program, provides $4,275,642.00 to Columbia University for the development of a membrane-free electrochemical reactor ("electrolyzer") that can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into energy-dense liquid ethanol fuel. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Develop a novel electrode assembly and state-of-the-art cathode catalysts to enable the...

This federal Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) was provided to Energy Driven Technologies LLC to advance supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power systems and components for Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs). The award, granted on July 22, 2024, supports fundamental research aimed at developing innovative technologies for nuclear fusion and advanced power generation, with a focus on materials...

This $6,602,155 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will support Power To Hydrogen LLC in demonstrating its advanced liquid alkaline-based electrolyzer cell design at a commercial-applicable 250-kW stack scale. The project aims to develop a U.S. supplier base capable of gigawatt-scale manufacturing techniques for key electrolyzer...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Twelve Benefit Corporation a $206,500 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support development of hyperbranched polymer-electrolyte membranes for carbon dioxide conversion to solar fuel. The grant period runs from February 14, 2022 through February 13, 2023. Under the award, Twelve Benefit Corporation will develop advanced membrane technologies aimed at improving carbon dioxide conversion...