Project Grant DESC0021846

This NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program Project Grant awarded $660,150 to Arizona State University (ASU) on February 1, 2024 to establish the basis of a new manufacturing technique for producing ultrahigh electrical conductivity materials. The key objective is to develop an innovative process utilizing chemical vapor deposition and compression to fabricate continuous graphene-copper composite conductors with electrical properties exceeding pure copper. The research aims to understand the...

This $5,994,441 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program will fund UL LLC to design and build a 500 kW DC fast charger test laboratory. The objective is to expand UL's North America Advanced Electric Vehicle Charging Laboratory to include additional testing capabilities for DC fast chargers in alignment with UL2202 and UL9741 safety standards, as well...

The University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a $1,868,887 Cooperative Agreement 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). The primary objective of this 2-year project is to develop a printable copper metallization process that outperforms conventional silver pastes for silicon heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) cells. The team aims to achieve PV cell efficiencies...

This $270,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Energy Demonstrations program (CFDA 81.255), aims to expand the capacity and capabilities of a copper recycling facility in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The project intends to enable production of high-purity copper products, including approximately 35,000 metric tons per annum (MTPA) of copper ingot, 35,000 MTPA of copper wire for electric vehicles, and over 20,000 MTPA of copper cathode. This will...

This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop novel bidirectional high-power DC-DC onboard electric vehicle battery chargers with ultra-high power density and scalability operating over 1 megahertz. The research aims to address key gaps including designing and demonstrating 1.2 kilovolt gallium nitride field-effect transistors for high-frequency power converters operating over 800 volts and 1...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), under its Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVS4ALL) program (CFDA 81.135), awarded a $2,976,210 Cooperative Agreement to The Ohio State University for the project "Extreme Fast Charging Batteries with Extended Cycle Life for EVs". The 3-year project aims to develop advanced battery technologies to enable electric vehicles with extended driving range and faster charging capabilities. As part...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $698,978 Project Grant to Clemson University on October 1, 2023. This 3-year grant will fund research to develop effective solutions for the management of electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations that reduce operating costs, shorten queuing time, and lessen battery degradation. The project aims to apply dynamic systems, control, and optimization techniques to derive new charging...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Aluminio Inc. will focus on researching and developing specialized aluminum foils as a low-cost, lightweight alternative to replace copper current collectors in lithium-ion batteries. The $274,723 grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using specialized aluminum foils that can achieve the necessary electrochemical properties, adhesion, and weldability for...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program provides $300,000 to Brown University to conduct research on the physical, electronic, and chemical properties of copper-carbon nanomaterials for clean energy applications. The research team will employ advanced optical and X-ray techniques to explore how this class of materials can enhance thermal conductivity, with the goal of advancing technologies for energy storage,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,296,542 Cooperative Agreement to Evgo Services LLC to develop low-cost tools for enabling third-party interoperability testing for electric vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) with the ISO-15118 plug and charge standard. The project also aims to develop conformance testing to define current and future iterations of the standard to promote widespread interoperability and...