Project Grant DESC0025220

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will provide $228,723 to the University of New Mexico, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, to develop a coupled multi-energy-scale spectroscopic and microscopic analytical approach for halide-based solid-state batteries. The objective is to fundamentally understand the nature of the interface between lithium and the solid-state electrolyte in these batteries, which is crucial...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $535,317 to Michigan Technological University to develop mechanically stable interfaces for next-generation solid-state batteries through targeted nanoindentation studies from August 2022 to July 2025. The University will fill critical knowledge gaps about how the chemistry, composition, and physical arrangement of atoms and molecules collectively control localized pressure development and...

This two-year, $202,433 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support the development of composite solid electrolytes to enable high-energy, cost-effective all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries. Under the award, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico will receive a fellowship to study the stability of electrode-electrolyte interfaces in solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries using composite electrolytes. A graduate...

This $1 million cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of composite solid-state electrolytes for next-generation lithium batteries by Nextgen Battery Technologies, LLC from March 2022 to February 2024. The award aims to advance rechargeable battery safety and energy density through the creation of non-flammable, high conductivity composite materials that enable lithium ion diffusion along multiple pathways while...

This $539,921 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to William Marsh Rice University in Houston, Texas. The project aims to advance the fundamental understanding of chemical processes occurring at the interfaces within next-generation all-solid-state batteries. The research will develop and apply advanced time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) methods to characterize solid-solid interfaces in...

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering, under the CFDA program "Office of International Science and Engineering," will fund research at the Illinois Institute of Technology to advance the science and technology of all-solid-state batteries. The grant period runs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. Working with international partners from seven institutions in Europe, the grantee will conduct...

This $664,749 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to study the reaction pathway and crystallization dynamics for solution-based synthesis of lithium thiophosphate solid electrolytes. The award supports a collaborative research effort between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Saft America, a leading battery manufacturer, to understand the underlying...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $200,000 EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project grant to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research. The grant, titled "SSMCDAT2023: Database Generation to Identify Trends in Inter- and Intra-Polyhedral Connectivity and Energy Storage Behavior", supports research and education activities focused on understanding the relationships between the composition, atomic...

This $200,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into improving solid-state battery technology through developing a fundamental understanding of ion transport mechanisms in polymer-ceramic composite electrolytes. Specifically, the two-year award to the University of Tennessee will investigate parameters controlling interfacial barriers for ion transport between ceramic and polymer electrolytes using dielectric spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) project grant award of $292,402 to the University of Oklahoma aims to advance the state-of-the-art in energy storage systems by promoting the understanding of emerging solid-state battery (SSB) technology. The project will develop a holistic multiphysics model to investigate functional connections across different scales in SSB systems, advance nonlinear control theory to safely steer the SSB system, and conduct...