Project Grant DESC0025395

This $4,900,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to demonstrate an optimal anion exchange membrane (AEM) configuration and mode of operation to achieve DOE's performance goals of 2.0 A/cm2 operation. The project, awarded to Proton Energy Systems Inc. (doing business as Proton Onsite), a foreign-owned, for-profit...

Triton Systems, Inc. was awarded a $199,812 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop an anion exchange membrane for solar fuels generators. The grant period runs from February 22, 2021 through February 21, 2022. Under the award, Triton Systems will deliver an anion exchange membrane technology to enable more efficient solar-driven production of fuels through artificial photosynthesis processes....

Innosense Corporation was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to support work on "ION-SELECTIVE MEMBRANE DERIVED FROM IONIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH CONTROLLED NANOSTRUCTURE FOR NON-AQUEOUS REDOX FLOW BATTERIES." The funding is provided through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $7,631,551 to Ionomr Innovations Inc. to establish domestic manufacturing capacity for high-performance and durable anion exchange membrane (AEM) solutions. The primary objectives are to develop AEM technologies that exceed the performance of incumbent liquid alkaline (LA)...

Dioxide Materials, Inc. was awarded a $1,306,482 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop high-performance alkaline membranes for solar driven carbon dioxide electrolyzers. The three-year award running from February 2021 through April 2024 will support Dioxide's efforts to design and test advanced membrane technologies optimized for electrolytic carbon dioxide reduction using solar power. The...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $432,630 to Southern Illinois University Carbondale from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. The funding supports two key objectives: developing novel proton-conductive membranes with zirconium barriers to reduce unwanted metal electrolyte crossovers in iron-titanium redox flow batteries; and testing tubular cell designs to...

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...

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 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), provides $360,100 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop designer proteins that can bind photoacid cofactors. The goal is to use these proteins to study proton transfer dynamics in biological systems. The key products to be delivered include: Computational design of protein scaffolds that...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program provides $3,784,848 in funding to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to demonstrate a 5kW prototype system for renewable propane production using dynamic CO2 electrolysis. The multi-institutional collaboration also includes GTI Energy, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Propane Education and Research Council, and SHV Energy. The project aims to achieve 97%...