Project Grant DEEE0000464

This Cooperative Agreement award from 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) provides $5,248,642 to Trustees of Boston University to fabricate and electrochemically evaluate high-performance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) button cells and 100 cm^2 cells. The key objectives are to: 1) develop advanced oxygen electrodes with rare-earth nickelate materials, 2) implement oxygen...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The objective of this 18-month project is to discover new electrolyte, electrode, and catalyst materials for low-cost, highly efficient, and durable proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (P-SOECs) to achieve less than 5 mV/khr degradation rate and...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $9,279,968 Cooperative Agreement to the West Virginia University Research Corporation to design and build a Hybrid Microwave-Assisted Heating Process (HMAP) for the calcination and sintering of solid-oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) materials and cells. The project will span from lab demonstration of small samples to commercial size (up to 100 cm2), resulting in two hybrid microwave-assisted kilns...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science has awarded a $206,500 Project Grant (CFDA 81.049) to Faraday Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Physical Sciences Inc., to develop "LOW COST INTERCONNECT COATINGS FOR ENHANCED R-SOFC PERFORMANCE." The project aims to create innovative coatings to improve the performance of reversible solid oxide fuel cell (R-SOFC) technology, which has potential applications in advanced energy systems. Faraday Technology, a small business specializing in...

This $3,141,250 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) supports research and development of advanced proton-conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell (P-SOEC) technology for low-temperature hydrogen production. The key objectives are to demonstrate enhanced activity, efficiency, and durability of the P-SOEC technology through materials development, interface...

This $4,589,582 federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded 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), aims to develop scalable, large-format, proton-conducting solid oxide electrolyte cells (P-SOECs) capable of producing hydrogen at high efficiency and low degradation. The project objectives include achieving a hydrogen generation current density of 1 A/cm2 at 1.3 V/cell...

Special Power Sources LLC received a $199,978 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a tubular, proton-conducting, ceramic reversible fuel cell for high-performance energy storage. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of a reversible solid oxide fuel cell with tubular geometry and proton-conducting ceramic components to provide efficient energy storage capabilities....

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $4,902,057.00, was granted 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). The project aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and laser convergent manufacturing of low-temperature (< 650°C) oxygen-conducting solid oxide electrolyzer cells (LT-O-SOEC) with a minimum active area > 15 cm2, to achieve performance targets...

This Cooperative Agreement award from 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 Hight-Tech, Inc.'s project to apply Ultrafast High-Temperature Sintering (UHS) to rapidly sinter Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells (SOECs). The $6,699,894 award aims to reduce or eliminate bottlenecks associated with the long heating steps in the conventional SOEC manufacturing process and...

This $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to develop a high-performing, durable, and low-cost membrane electrode assembly (MEA) to exceed DOE performance and durability targets for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) in medium- and heavy-duty vehicle applications. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a highly...