Project Grant DESC0023903

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...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded $200,000.00 to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) to develop a low-cost, high-volume, and durable coating method for bipolar plates. The project aims to be completed by April 9, 2024. Additionally, ACT has subcontracted the University of South Carolina to provide characterization of the bipolar plate coating through...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,883 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Treadstone Technologies, Inc., a for-profit company specializing in advanced materials and coating technologies for clean energy applications. The funding supports the development of precious-metal-free coatings for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer bipolar plates, which are critical components in renewable hydrogen production...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $13,870,505 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Saueressig North America, Inc. The primary objective of the project is to develop a process and equipment to rotary emboss flexible graphite, produced from natural graphite flake, in a high-volume production process capable of producing 2,400 bipolar plates per hour on a single production line. The...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,059,162 Cooperative Agreement to PPG Industries Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this project is to demonstrate PPG's platinum group metal (PGM)-free coating process as a viable means of producing porous transport layer (PTL) materials with high electrical conductivity, high corrosion resistance, and significant cost reductions for fuel cell...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of binderless electrode manufacturing using nano-layered coatings deposited through an ultrasonic nozzle-free spray coating technique. Funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the awardee Nanoresearch Inc. will investigate process-structure-property relationships to validate this new coating method for scaling production of binderless electrodes. Specifically, the company will design surfactant removal...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), provides $12,499,583 to ACS Industries Inc. to build an all-in-one anode pack manufacturing pilot line. The key objectives are to: 1) develop single-step diffusion bonding to assemble porous transport layers, flow fields, and bipolar plates into anode packs; 2) implement a single-pass in-line...

This $250,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of new anode materials for lithium-ion batteries using nickel sulfide-filled carbon nanotubes. Florida International University will scale production from research to bench and pilot scales, evaluate nickel sulfide-filled carbon nanotubes as additive materials for commercial graphite and silicon anodes, optimize loading ratios, and assess performance in...

Boron Nitride Power LLC received a $256,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to support research and development of novel battery technologies. Specifically, the January 2022 award will fund the company's STTR Phase I project to develop batteries utilizing functionalized hexagonal boron nitride with the goals of achieving high energy and power capabilities along with long cycle life and thermal stability. The...

This Project Grant award, valued at $200,000.00, was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Starfire Industries LLC for the development of "MULTILAYER THIN-FILM COATINGS FOR TITANIUM ELECTROLYZER BIPOLAR PLATES USING NEXT-GENERATION QUASI-CONFORMAL PVD WITH PRECISION ION ENERGY CONTROL." The award period runs from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025. Starfire Industries, a leading manufacturer of specialized coatings and...