Project Grant DESC0025507

This $299,289 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the development of novel non-precious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction by researchers at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The collaborative team will synthesize metal complexes supported on carbon nanotube and graphene materials and evaluate them as catalysts for oxygen reduction in proton exchange...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $180,000 Project Grant titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEW ANODIC CATALYSTS FOR WATER OXYGEN EVOLUTION USING HYBRID SOLID-STATE MATERIALS" to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This 3-year grant, effective August 1, 2023, will fund research to develop new carbon-supported catalytic materials for efficient electrochemical water oxidation. The goal...

This $614,548 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop a precise synthetic method for fabricating alloy-based electrocatalysts with controlled surface compositions and facets. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three-year award running from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025 will enable researchers at Georgia Tech to apply first-principles calculations and data science to identify optimal alloy compositions for electrocatalytic hydrogen...

This $481,040 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry is supporting research at the University of Virginia (UVA) to improve the activity of manganese-based catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. The research aims to develop design principles for more effective manganese catalysts that can match the performance of other transition metals for this reaction, which is critical for renewable energy technologies like fuel cells. The key focus...

This $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Professor Shannon Boettcher of the University of Oregon to develop a fundamental understanding of advanced alkaline water oxidation catalysts for green hydrogen production. The key objectives are to: (1) study the structure and properties of Fe-based active sites that drive high catalytic activity; (2) derive chemical descriptors to explain...

This $4,673,728 Cooperative Agreement, awarded 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), aims to co-design catalyst, ionomer, and interface for electrolyte-free operation of durable and high-performance alkaline exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs). The project leverages a basic-science understanding of oxygen evolution reaction catalysts and their dynamics,...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $473,251 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research into developing new electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. Professor Pingyun Feng and her research group will synthesize and characterize metal chalcogenide frameworks incorporating transition metal (oxy)hydroxide nanoparticles to function as efficient and sustainable...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for the "ECO-DESIGN OF HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS FOR OXYANION REDUCTION: THE OVERLOOKED ROLES OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING GROUPS ON THE CATALYST SUPPORTS" project. This 3-year research effort aims to characterize the structure and performance of palladium (Pd) nanoparticle catalysts immobilized on...

This three-year, $219,632 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry and Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the development of new base-free ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Principal Investigator Steven Kalman of Stockton University is working to design catalysts that can add hydrogen to organic compounds under milder conditions without the need for specialized equipment or hydrogen gas storage. The goal is to simplify and...

This three-year, $525,543 National Science Foundation project grant funds research into developing non-precious metal catalysts based on inexpensive, earth-abundant main group elements at the University of Georgia. Principal Investigator Gregory Robinson and students will synthesize and study the structure-reactivity properties of main group-based dithiolene radicals and their potential to activate small molecules without metal centers. Specific aims include preparing Lewis base-stabilized...