The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Johns Hopkins University a $1.76 million cooperative agreement from January 2023 to January 2026. The award aims to develop carbon-negative mining of critical elements like manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper from low-grade gangue minerals through energy-efficient electrosynthesis of acid and base using renewable electricity. Johns Hopkins will produce hydrochloric acid via salt splitting to leach targeted...
The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The purpose of this 2-year award, which began on October 1, 2023, is to conduct fundamental research on convergent electrochemistry and metabolic engineering approaches to enable carbon-neutral production of ammonia, a critical component of nitrogen-based fertilizers. The research aims to merge the...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $975,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The Johns Hopkins University for the project "ORGANIC CRYSTALLITES AND CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS: SYNTHESIS AND FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT". The award period runs from August 15, 2024 to August 14, 2026. The project aims to advance scientific understanding and...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to The Johns Hopkins University on February 1, 2024. The goal of this research project is to develop advanced ammonia decomposition catalysts and reactors. Key objectives include: (1) computational screening of high-entropy alloy catalysts, (2) thermal shock synthesis of identified catalysts, (3)...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to support the development of "Electrochemical Compression for Ammonia Storage and Refrigeration System (Phase 2)." The goal of the ARPA-E program is to support innovative energy technologies that reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Under this award starting October 1, 2021 and concluding January 31, 2023, the University...
The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support research involving Lewis base directed intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer. The three-year award, made on September 1, 2021 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund work contributing to the store of scientific knowledge and understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences. Specifically, the...
This $870,626 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) CFDA Program 81.135 supports the "PROPEL-1K" project at The Johns Hopkins University to develop "HIGH ENERGY DENSITY FUEL CELLS WITH CYCLIC HYDROGEN CARRIERS". The project aims to advance railroad, oceanic, and aviation electrification through 1 kWh energy storage systems. Key tasks include system integration for metal-ceramic composite hydrogen...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on "ADVANCES IN CLASSICAL AND NONADIABATIC-SEMICLASSICAL TRANSITION STATE THEORY IN COMPLEX REACTIONS." This award, funded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), will support fundamental scientific research aimed at advancing U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative discoveries in areas...
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Peregrine Hydrogen, Inc. on July 18, 2024. The purpose of this 2-year award is to develop sulfur-depolarized electrolysis (SDE) technology to generate low-cost green hydrogen and sulfuric acid for decarbonizing industrial processes such as ammonia, iron, and cement production. The SDE approach aims to achieve the energy intensity of conventional water electrolysis while producing...
The University of Houston was awarded a $6.8 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (CFDA 81.135) program. The project aims to develop lithium- and transition metal-free high-energy fast-charging batteries to enhance U.S. energy supply chain security. Specifically, the University proposes a battery that will match lithium-ion batteries in terms of energy and power densities...