Project Grant DESC0023763

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports the development of a light-based, energy-generating carbon removal process. The $274,094 award to Banyu Carbon Inc. aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering or reusing captured carbon dioxide. Key objectives include improving the resistance of the proprietary photoacid catalyst to degradation and replacing expensive...

This $150,000 federal grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports collaborative research between Brown University and the University of Connecticut to develop an innovative system for direct air capture and electrochemical conversion of CO2 to ethanol and other liquid fuels. The project aims to create a novel cellulose-based membrane system integrated with cobalt nanosheet catalysts on graphene to efficiently capture CO2 from air...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $981,840 Cooperative Agreement to Renewco2 Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop a scalable CO2 electrolyzer system for the competitive carbon-negative production of formic acid. The project aims to create an electrocatalytic process that can convert CO2 and electricity into formic acid, a valuable industrial chemical used in agriculture, leather treatment, and environmentally-friendly deicing. By utilizing waste CO2 from sources like...

Molten Industries Inc. received a $256,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop a novel method for tuning the production of high-quality solid carbon using methane pyrolysis. The company will conduct research to better understand carbon precipitation and formation in methane pyrolysis reactors. This will include developing an improved thermo-chemical model and reactor design to enable better control over producing...

This $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to advance electrocatalytic technologies for capturing and converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable fuels like methane and ethylene. The award to Clemson University's Division of Research will fund research to utilize captured (bi)carbonate ions rather than pure CO2 gas as the feedstock for the electrochemical reduction process. This approach seeks to improve the energy...

This EAGER (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) provides $300,000 to New York University (NYU) to develop a novel plasma-electrochemical approach for decarbonizing steel manufacturing. The project aims to eliminate the need for carbon-based reducing agents and fuels in steel production, which currently accounts for 20% of industrial CO2 emissions. Key activities include: 1) Establishing design principles for a...

This two-year, $250,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of an innovative low-temperature approach to convert captured carbon dioxide emissions into calcium and magnesium carbonates using a vortex-flow driven process. Specifically, Cornell University will advance the fundamental aspects of reactor engineering and tuning of multiphase chemical interactions to chemically regenerate carbon dioxide-loaded solvents,...

Precision Combustion, Inc. was awarded a $255,819 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support the CAPTURE OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 project. The project aims to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide through June 2023. The Office of Science's mission is to advance scientific understanding and energy technologies, such as carbon capture, to transform the energy sector and benefit national security. The...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop a direct air capture technology for carbon dioxide sequestration. The university will utilize industrial waste materials and a two-step mineral carbonation method to directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store it as a stable mineral. This has the potential to offer a low-cost solution for permanent CO2 removal on a...

Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $476,811 project grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy to research, design, and develop a passive air contactor that drastically reduces the cost of direct air mineralization of carbon dioxide. The purpose of the one-year project grant, awarded September 6, 2021, is to unlock the vast potential of carbon removal at scale through a transformative low-cost approach for direct air mineralization of CO2 via...