Project Grant FA9550261B149

Adroit Materials, Inc. was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) to develop ion implantation-enabled fabrication of aluminum nitride (AlN) based Schottky diodes. The two-year award, issued on July 5, 2021, will support Adroit Materials' research into using ion implantation techniques to manufacture AlN-based power electronics components with improved performance over traditional silicon devices. ARPA-E's Advanced...

The Georgia Institute of Technology received a $550,000 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop semiconducting aluminum nitride as a new pathway for high-voltage, power, and temperature ultra-wide bandgap power electronic components. Funded through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA #12.800), which aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, the three-year...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $323,000 in funding to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany. The goal of the project is to develop highly conductive p-type aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) semiconductor materials through the use of beryllium (Be) co-doping. The research team plans to fabricate conductive p-type AlGaN using in-situ...

This $137,399 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at North Carolina State University to develop a novel solid phase epitaxy process for highly doped p-type junctions in gallium nitride. The goal is to enable high current and high voltage power devices for more efficient power electronic systems. The research will involve molecular dynamic and process simulation, ion implantation, optimization of solid phase epitaxy annealing, fabrication of diode structures, and...

This $419,379 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop innovative gallium nitride (GaN)-based terahertz (THz) photoconductive emitters with an optical-to-THz energy conversion efficiency approaching or exceeding 100%. The research project will focus on three core areas: (1) designing GaN photoconductive switches with high breakdown electrical fields, (2) investigating ultrafast carrier dynamics and THz generation in...

Cerium Laboratories LLC was awarded a $206,400 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop silicon nitride protective coatings for accident tolerant fuels through April 28, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Cerium Laboratories will leverage its...

Nanocoatings Inc. (NCI) was awarded a $249,949 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop wire-arc additive manufacturing and wire-arc thermal spray methods to clad nuclear-reactor materials. The one-year project period runs from February 21, 2023 through February 20, 2024 and will be performed in Rapid City, South Dakota. Under this award, NCI will work to advance additive manufacturing and...

High Energy Metals, Inc. received a $199,912 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to support research and development of explosively bonding corrosion resistant bimetallic materials for liquid-cooled, high temperature reactor systems. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...

This $476,190 Project Grant awarded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to North Carolina State University (NC State) supports the development of electrically conductive thick gallium nitride (GaN) substrates. The goal is to enable the creation of vertical GaN power electronics and demonstrate the feasibility of lateral expansion in crystals grown using the proposed method to validate its use for larger diameter substrates. This...

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy awarded a $874,000 Project Grant to North Carolina State University (NC State) on August 1, 2024 under the Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Program (CFDA 81.121). The purpose of the grant is to conduct research on the radiation effects of high entropy alloys. Key aspects of the project include: Performing creep/fatigue testing of stainless steel 316H in molten salt environments at the University of California, Irvine...