Project Grant FA95502410095

This $455,286 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research supports research at the University of New Mexico (UNM) to explore over-stoichiometric disordered rock salts as potential lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cathode materials. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a new series of over-stoichiometric Li(Na)-Ti-Mn(Fe)-O-F-based disordered rock salts, 2) characterize their crystallographic, electronic, and vibrational properties,...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $500,000 project grant to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to develop high-entropy nanomaterials for use as active catalysts in green hydrogen production. The project, titled "High-Entropy Nanodisks by Ultrafast Electrified Vapor Deposition for Hydrogen Production," aims to address the challenges associated with using platinum-group metals (PGMs) as catalysts, which include...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports a collaborative research project between the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The $240,000 award, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026, will investigate the design and application of electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks (EC-MOFs) as cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries. The project aims...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research to design and discover new "heteroanionic" materials containing multiple types of negatively charged anion atoms. The goal is to understand how the atomic-scale structure of these complex materials influences their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, enabling the development of advanced materials for...

This $249,860 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of Houston to develop machine learning models to predict the mechanical properties of solid-state electrolyte materials for lithium-metal batteries. The goal is to identify electrolyte compositions that can suppress the growth of lithium dendrites, which can lead to battery failure. The research embraces the principles of...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to discover new ternary chalcogenide semiconductor materials that can advance optoelectronic applications. The $178,596 project led by Colorado State University will leverage computational modeling and experimental synthesis techniques to stabilize and produce these targeted materials, which have been predicted to exhibit compelling optical and electronic properties...

This EAGER award, supported by the Solid State and Materials Chemistry Program in the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, aims to reproduce the synthesis of an originally reported room temperature superconductor material, LK-99, and expand to related structures. The project will utilize in situ and ex situ diffraction techniques to monitor the formation of compounds during the synthesis process, in order to identify potential superconducting or ferromagnetic phases that...

This $450,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Stony Brook University) focuses on using advanced tools like artificial intelligence and machine learning to uncover new insights into how ions interact and move within electrolyte materials. The project aims to develop a large-scale database of experimental NMR spectra and elucidate solvation structures and dynamics through...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support the development of advanced salt electrolysis processes for domestic refinement of battery minerals. Specifically, the awardee, the Regents of the University of California on behalf of the University of California, Berkeley, will work to design and test innovative carbon-based flow electrodes and reactor architectures to enable more efficient and lower-cost salt...