Project Grant DESC0021963

This $1 million cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (NSF TIP, CFDA 47.084) supports Altect Inc.'s development of thermal runaway protection and suppression technology for lithium-ion batteries. The award aims to address fire and explosion safety hazards associated with widespread lithium-ion battery use in energy storage and electric vehicles. Under certain conditions, lithium-ion batteries can catastrophically fail,...

This $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation aims to develop improved battery safety technologies. Specifically, the awardee Belmont Scientific Inc. will use the funding over a two-year period to develop and demonstrate a cell- and chemistry-agnostic device to prevent thermal runaway in lithium-ion cells and batteries. By preventing thermal runaway, this technology has the potential to significantly improve lithium-ion battery safety and help protect lives and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) grant award of $300,000 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa will fund a two-year research fellowship to investigate degradation mechanisms in lithium-ion battery electrodes. The project aims to enhance understanding of how local thermal properties influence the electrochemical reactions and integrity of lithium-ion batteries, which is critical for improving their performance, safety, and durability. The research will...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program totals $295,553 and will be performed from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The purpose of this grant is to identify potential fire suppression agents to mitigate fire hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in thermal runaway conditions at the laboratory scale. The key activities include: 1) identifying...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund $278,252 in research to develop a holistic modeling and control framework for understanding how changes in the structure of lithium-ion battery composite anodes affect battery performance, safety, and degradation. The 5-year award, starting on June 15, 2025, aims to make fundamental contributions towards a computational modeling framework to elucidate interactions within...

This $485,524 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2028. The research seeks to understand how internal short circuits form and trigger thermal runaway events in lithium-ion batteries through in situ diagnosis. Specifically, the university will determine internal short circuit thresholds, understand formation and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) project grant award of $279,105 to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) aims to develop transformative solutions for enhancing the capabilities of electric vehicle battery management systems. The key products to be delivered include: An interconnected electro-thermal-aging model of a lithium-ion battery pack to better understand the interplay between electrical, thermal, and aging behavior and their impact on...

This $210,564 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of innovative in situ techniques to characterize liquid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries. Funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will work with investigators to characterize transport properties and microstructures of battery electrolytes using techniques like in situ probe beam deflection, small-angle X-ray scattering, ohmic microscopy, and microelectrode...

The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $295,808 Project Grant to the University of Louisville Office of Research & Innovation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATED MULTISCALE REDUCED-ORDER MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES UNDER MECHANICAL ABUSE CONDITIONS." The award, made under the NSF Directorate for Engineering's CFDA #47.041 Engineering program, will fund...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Connecticut a $396,312 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to advance battery health management and safety. The award period is from August 15, 2022 through July 31, 2025. The University will develop a physics-informed active safety platform that enables prediction and proactive prevention of lithium plating during battery charging. Researchers will validate multiphysics plating models, predict lithium plating...