Project Grant DESC0020726

This $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of next-generation, low-cost, and sustainable recycling of lithium-ion batteries at the University of California, San Diego from July 2022 through June 2024. The university will improve and scale up advanced direct recycling technologies to recapture valuable materials from spent lithium-ion batteries and mitigate environmental pollution. Current...

This Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program provides $976,200 to Nth Cycle Inc. to develop an electrochemical separation device for recycling cobalt and nickel from lithium-ion batteries. The two-year award running from February 2022 to January 2024 aims to validate Nth Cycle's novel electro-extraction nanotechnology for battery recycling and cobalt mining. Specifically, the company will test a flow-through water electrolysis process using high local...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to Reqyrd Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop separations of critical materials from lithium-ion battery black mass. The one-year project aims to establish domestic recyclability for energy materials like cobalt, lithium, manganese, carbon, and nickel that are currently reliant on imports. Through the exploitation of solubilities using sulfites, the grantee will determine...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to The University of Akron to develop a device to safely recycle scrap cathode materials from lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities. The project aims to overcome technical challenges in solvent formulation and machine design to enable direct recycling of cathode materials back into the supply chain. This innovation has potential to create new...

This $255,976 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a novel lithium-ion battery cathode chemistry by Nanodian, Inc. to enable lower cost and safer energy storage solutions. Specifically, the company will advance a nanostructured lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4 or ND-LMO) cathode material that is expected to provide approximately 30% lower cost per kilowatt-hour compared to incumbent nickel manganese cobalt oxide chemistries. This new material aims to improve...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $300,000 to the University of Virginia to support research and development focused on advancing a novel lithium extraction process for recycling lithium-ion batteries. The two-year project aims to develop a fundamental understanding of key components in this recycling approach, which leverages chemical oxidation and selective electrochemical recovery to selectively extract...

The Department of Energy awarded a $1,475,887 Project Grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) in Syracuse, NY. The objective of this grant is to design and construct a fire-safe residential drop-off and sorting facility to segregate different battery chemistries prior to their delivery to recycling facilities. The facility will also include a...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086) to UHV Technologies Inc. to improve the battery recycling economy. The objective of the project is to: 1) Increase battery recovery rates by collecting batteries from various waste streams like municipal solid waste, automotive scrap, and e-waste; and 2) Sort the collected batteries using high-throughput...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,291 Clean Energy Technology (CET) Eager grant through its Division of Materials Research, Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences). The grant was awarded to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany to develop a more sustainable and efficient method for recycling lithium-ion batteries. The project aims to isolate the individual...

Am Batteries Inc. received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a solvent-free manufacturing process for lithium-ion battery electrodes. The goal of the one-year project beginning February 1, 2022 is to design, manufacture, and operate a continuous feed dry spraying system to optimize fabrication of thicker battery electrodes without solvents. This novel...