Project Grant DESC0018543

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $500,000 project grant to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to develop high-entropy nanomaterials for use as active catalysts in green hydrogen production. The project, titled "High-Entropy Nanodisks by Ultrafast Electrified Vapor Deposition for Hydrogen Production," aims to address the challenges associated with using platinum-group metals (PGMs) as catalysts, which include...

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering, under the CFDA 47.079 program, will fund research into underground hydrogen storage solutions. Over four tasks, the University of California, Berkeley will investigate the scientific, economic, and social implications of geologic hydrogen storage to enable a transition to renewable energy sources. Specifically, the university will conduct experiments to understand chemical and...

This federal Project Grant award for $199,624.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on July 22, 2024. The award supports the development of "MICROCRACK-RESISTANT RESIN SYSTEMS FOR CRYO-COMPRESSED HYDROGEN STORAGE" by Composite Technology Development, Inc. (CTD), a for-profit small business specializing in materials research and engineering. The project aims to advance materials solutions for high-performance...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $290,078 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, to conduct research on hydrogen flow in porous media for underground energy storage. The key objectives are to: (1) elucidate the hydrogen transport, storage, and loss in porous media during repetitive drainage-imbibition processes at the fundamental pore scale; and (2)...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,014,050 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to GKN Hydrogen Corp. The project aims to implement the GKN metal hydride hydrogen storage system into a proposed hydrogen center in Springfield, Virginia. The objectives are to complete a techno-economic analysis, install and commission the storage system, analyze its compatibility with...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) provides $425,000 to accelerate the discovery of alternative high hydrogen capacity Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs) that are cost-effective, safe, and environmentally sustainable. The multidisciplinary research team will (1) rigorously evaluate the discharging and charging catalytic chemistries of ethanol-based LOHCs, (2)...

This four-year, $899,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to develop damage resistant materials for hydrogen storage and transport. Funded from October 2021 through September 2025, the award supports collaborative research between the Research Foundation for the State University of New York and Stony Brook University to advance materials science technologies critical to enabling large-scale hydrogen infrastructure. The project...

This $419,890 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Texas at Austin will support research to quantify the risks of storing hydrogen in underground salt caverns and the potential impact on potable groundwater and climate change. The project will use experiments and mathematical modeling to study the chemical reactions of hydrogen gas with microorganisms and minerals in the storage environment, and the potential...

This three-year, $395,000 National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research Project Grant supports theoretical and computational research aimed at rationally designing novel hydrogen-rich superconductors. The principal investigator will use quantum mechanical calculations and first-principles modeling techniques to computationally predict crystal structures of hydrides that could be synthesized under pressure and study their electronic properties and superconducting potential. A focus...

P H Matter LLC will receive $500,000 from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to design an electrolysis stack prototype capable of withstanding ultra-high pressures under the agency's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy program (CFDA #81.135). The 24-month project grant aims to advance electrolysis technologies for producing hydrogen and oxygen at higher pressures safely using vessel-aided electrochemical compression methods. The prototype...