Project Grant DESC0018703

This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Project Grant award, valued at $200,000 and provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to advance the synthesis of diamond nanoparticles using low-temperature plasma (LTP) reactors. The research seeks to discover new reaction pathways to control diamond growth and bond formation in LTPs, with the goal of enabling the scalable production of high-quality diamond nanoparticles for critical...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) provides $124,955 in funding to the University of Massachusetts Lowell to conduct research on plasma-catalytic pyrolysis of methane to produce carbon-free hydrogen and carbon fibers. The project aims to develop an electricity-driven plasma-catalytic process using microwave excitation to enable the selective production of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier, while also creating valuable solid carbon...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded Universal Matter Limited a $515,000 cooperative agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089). The two-year award will support the development of facile technology for converting domestic United States coal into high-value graphene materials. The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management seeks to minimize environmental impacts from fossil fuels while advancing net-zero...

This $206,500 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports research by H Quest Vanguard, Inc. into graphene-enriched hierarchical polymer additives derived from natural gas. The goal of the Office of Science program is to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Under this award, H Quest Vanguard will develop...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $175,000 in funding to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct research on plasma-catalytic pyrolysis of methane for producing carbon-free hydrogen. The project aims to leverage plasma reactions and catalytic processes to enable efficient methane conversion into hydrogen and valuable carbon fibers, without carbon dioxide emissions. The research will integrate in-situ...

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...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Susteon Inc. a $200,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research titled "LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA AND NANOPARTICLE CATALYZED STEAM METHANE REFORMING TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN." The one-year project period runs from June 28, 2021 to May 15, 2022 in Cary, North Carolina. The grant funds research to develop low-temperature plasma and nanoparticle catalyst technologies for steam...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $4,984,609 to the Institute of Gas Technology (GTI Energy) to establish a viable pathway for producing net-zero hydrogen at $1 per kilogram through biomass and waste gasification. The project's objective is to develop and demonstrate a novel feedforward gasifier feed control system to maximize the effective syngas...

The Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded a $249,997 Project Grant to Redshift Energy, Inc., a for-profit small disadvantaged business, for the "Conversion of CO2 and Methane to Syngas in Catalytic-Free Plasma Process" project. This grant is funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and...

This $274,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development and demonstration of a bench-scale reactor for a high-temperature reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) process. The project aims to improve the materials and design of the RWGS reactor, which can produce electrofuels (e-fuels) from electricity, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels,...