Project Grant DESC0018834

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $305,000 to Elektrum Technologies, Inc. to develop an additive manufacturing process for producing low-cost, flexible, and transparent conductive electrodes. The goal is to create a more cost-effective alternative to indium tin oxide, which is a brittle material currently used in many optoelectronic applications. The Phase I project will focus on two key...

This $185,304 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) supports research by St. Mary's College of Maryland to develop low-cost, printable metal contacts to enable the fabrication of fully printed, all-inorganic cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) devices. The project aims to identify printable anode and cathode metals to achieve high-efficiency printed solar cells at a fraction of the cost of conventional PV. Key activities...

This $300,182 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund research at Dartmouth College to develop new transparent conducting materials for optoelectronic applications. Specifically, the grantee will engineer the atomic composition, crystallinity, and electronic transport properties of two-dimensional metal oxide nanosheets printed from liquid metals. Initial studies show these 2D oxides have unique overlapping grain structures,...

The National Science Foundation awarded $274,147 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop biodegradable electronic sensors through its Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I grant. The awardee, Transparent Path SPC, will formulate carbon-based inks for aerosol jet printing onto biodegradable substrates to produce temperature and humidity sensors. The goals are to co-print graphene, carbon nanotubes, and cellulose inks; develop printing processes; and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) project grant, titled "LEAP-HI: ALL-CARBON RECYCLABLE ELECTRONICS (ACRE): REALIZING A SUSTAINABLE ELECTRONICS LIFECYCLE", will investigate the printing of all-carbon recyclable electronic (ACRE) materials to replace silicon- or metal oxide-based semiconductors in display manufacturing. The $500,000 award to Duke University, with a sub-award to Columbia University, aims to develop...

The University of Massachusetts Lowell's Office of Research Administration received a $197,500 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems to develop printable barium strontium titanate ink for tunable electronic device fabrication on flexible substrates. The two-year grant, awarded on June 1, 2023 under the National Science Foundation's Engineering (47.041) program, will fund research to synthesize novel tunable materials,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will support the development of flexible, semitransparent organic solar cell modules tailored for greenhouse glazing integration by Polypv LLC. Funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the $256,000 award issued on May 15, 2023 aims to optimize the active layer, electrodes, and encapsulation processes to produce high-performance flexible organic solar cells. The primary objectives are to develop...

The National Science Foundation awarded Nanoflex Power Corp. a $255,929 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop flexible Internet of Things smart labels powered by organic photovoltaics. The grant period runs from January 15, 2022 through October 31, 2022. Under this award, Nanoflex Power Corp. will deliver flexible IoT smart labels that can be printed or coated directly onto various surfaces and powered by organic photovoltaic...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to develop an all-paper-based electronic system, named "Integrated Papertronics", that can function in an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and self-sustaining manner. The primary objectives are to: 1) Create a printed circuit board (PCB) with highly conductive metallic wires on paper to enable...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $105,194 EAGER (EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) grant to the University of Pittsburgh to develop a novel semiconductor-metal-semiconductor (S-M-S) multilayer film as an interconnect for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells. The project aims to design an interconnect with high electrical conductivity and optical transparency to enhance the performance of these tandem solar...