Project Grant DESC0021860

The National Science Foundation awarded Elektroda LLC a $253,773 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a low-cost bipolar plate for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. The one-year project aims to reduce the cost of a key component in PEM fuel cells, which currently account for approximately 30% of total fuel cell stack costs. Specifically, Elektroda will demonstrate a novel carbon-based sheet material can be stamped into bipolar...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,570,309 cooperative agreement to Carnegie Mellon University on May 2, 2022 with a projected completion date of July 31, 2025. The award will support development of ionomer-free electrodes for ultrahigh power density proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Specifically, the university aims to create a mixed conducting cathode support that eliminates the separate ionomer phase currently used in...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $12,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Mott Corporation. The grant supports advanced research and development of platinum-group-metal-free proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology, with the goal of reducing hydrogen production costs to $2/kg. Key project tasks include developing high-performance, durable...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports research and development efforts by Celadyne Technologies, Inc. to develop microstructurally modified composite membranes and membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cell operations. The $199,565 award, effective from July 2024 through August 2025, will fund Celadyne's work on innovative technologies to improve the efficiency and durability of proton...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 - Renewable Energy Research and Development) provides $5,248,642.00 to Trustees of Boston University to fabricate and electrochemically evaluate button cells and 100 cm2 cells that meet or exceed DOE performance targets. The key objectives are to: 1) develop next-generation oxygen electrodes with high performance and minimal degradation using rare-earth nickelate...

This federal Project Grant award of $454,577 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a novel gas diffusion electrode (GDE) that is super-repellent to low surface tension fluids. The research seeks to enable a generalized porous cathode platform for gaseous reactant flow electrolysis without flooding, which can be applied to nearly any non-aqueous solvent. The key objectives are to design microstructures with high aspect ratio and overhanging...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $273,000 to Purdue University to develop porous bi-layer catalysts for converting carbon dioxide into valuable C2+ products like ethylene at industrially relevant rates. A collaborative team from Purdue University and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will engineer novel layered catalyst structures...

This $137,790 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research to develop atomically dispersed metal-site air cathodes for low-temperature hydrogen proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) via electrospinning approaches. The project aims to advance the design of sustainable and earth-abundant catalysts and their integration into high-performance electrodes for hydrogen fuel cells and other electrochemical...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $206,500 project grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Faraday Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Physical Sciences Inc., to develop "LOW COST INTERCONNECT COATINGS FOR ENHANCED R-SOFC PERFORMANCE". The project aims to advance research and development of low-cost coating materials to improve the performance of Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (R-SOFCs), which have applications in energy...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $2,400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program to Georgia Tech Research Corp. The goal of this 20-month project is to discover new electrolyte, electrode, and catalyst materials for low-cost, highly efficient, and durable proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cells (P-SOECs) to enable cost-effective hydrogen production. Key...