Project Grant DEAR0001658

This $255,904 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships award to Mattiq Inc. supports the development of a high-throughput nanocatalyst synthesis and screening platform to accelerate the discovery of electrocatalysts for broad decarbonization. The platform aims to rapidly search vast materials spaces to identify higher performance electrocatalyst materials through proprietary megalibrary technology. This enables the rapid synthesis of tens of thousands of unique,...

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 federal Project Grant award for $199,883.00, awarded on July 22, 2024 by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funds Treadstone Technologies, Inc. to develop precious-metal-free coatings for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer bipolar plates. The project aims to create innovative, low-cost coating solutions that enhance the performance and durability of metal components used in renewable energy systems, particularly in fuel...

Polykala Technologies, LLC received a $206,500 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support development of "NANOCATALYSTS AND SINGLE-ATOM CATALYSTS DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING ASSISTED BY INEXPENSIVE CUSTOM DESIGNED LOW-TEMPERATURE PLASMA." The work will be performed in San Antonio, TX through June 26, 2023. The award is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to...

This $274,919 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Project Grant to Evoloh, Inc. supports improving anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers through novel electrode geometry. The awardee will develop a simplified unified anode to replace conventional two-layer anodes in anion exchange membrane electrolyzers. By functionalizing the porous transport layer through etching, dealloying, and deposition techniques to increase electrochemically active surface area...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant awarded to Adden Energy Inc. provides $274,990 to develop advanced lithium metal anodes for solid-state batteries. The project aims to enable high-performance and low-cost solid-state battery technology through the use of pre-lithiated 3D scaffolding materials as an alternative to costly lithium metal foils. The research focuses on understanding the kinetics and thermodynamics of the lithiation...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $7,495,491 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to 3M Company to develop ultra-low iridium loading and ultra-durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) powder catalysts for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzers. The two-year project aims to reduce iridium requirements in electrocatalysts by approximately 64 times compared to current...

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...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $200,000.00 in funding to Starfire Industries LLC to develop multilayer thin-film coatings for titanium electrolyzer bipolar plates using next-generation quasi-conformal physical vapor deposition (PVD) with precision ion energy control. The project aims to advance electrode materials and manufacturing techniques for hydrogen electrolyzers, which is a key...

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...