Licensing Opportunity: Scalable Nitrogen-Carbon Catalyst for CO2 Reduction Using Nitrogen Plasma (N2) Treatment
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2024-09-11-U
- Agency
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Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Place of performance
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
- Points of contact
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About this opportunity
The Department of Energy has published a Special Notice for a licensing opportunity related to a scalable nitrogen-carbon catalyst for carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction using nitrogen plasma (N2) treatment. This technology overcomes the limitations of existing carbon materials like carbon nanotubes and graphene in electrochemical CO2 reduction applications, offering a novel, cost-effective, and scalable method to significantly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of sodium-CO2 (Na-CO2) batteries.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to promote the licensing of this technology, which subjects carbonaceous materials to nitrogen plasma treatment to activate and enhance their catalytic activity for CO2 reduction, thereby increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of Na-CO2 batteries. The Special Notice provides a due date of October 26, 2024 for interested parties to learn more about the technology by contacting the Department of Energy. The technology is broadly applicable and can be tuned for various carbon dioxide reduction and metal-CO2 battery applications, making it suitable for battery manufacturers and others in the industry.
Notice text
Invention Reference Number: 202405555
This technology overcomes the limitations of carbon materials like Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and graphene in carbon dioxide reduction. These materials show significant inactivity in electrochemical carbon dioxide (Na-CO2)reduction applications. This technology is a unique solution focusing on enhancing the efficacy of sodium-carbon dioxide (Na-CO2) batteries. It uses a specialized treatment process applied to carbonaceous materials. The result is much improved efficiency and effectiveness of next generation metal-CO2 batteries.
Description
Traditionally, enhancing carbon dioxide reduction efficiency involves laborious and time-consuming methods, such as coating with ruthenium metallic catalysts or organic solvent processing at elevated temperature. However, these methods are costly and challenging to scale for broader applications. This technology introduces a novel, cost-effective, and scalable method that significantly enhances carbon dioxide reduction capabilities of these carbon materials for use in Na-CO2 batteries. The technology subjects these materials to nitrogen plasma treatment that plays a crucial role in activating the carbonaceous materials, thereby making them more efficient for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction process. By altering the surface properties and electronic structure of the carbonaceous materials through nitrogen plasma treatment, their catalytic activity is enhanced, particularly for CO2 reduction. This increases efficiency and effectiveness of Na-CO2 batteries for the next generation of high-performance batteries.
Benefits
- Increases efficiency and effectiveness of Na-CO2 batteries
- Environmentally friendly
- High yield
- Single step, time efficient
- Scalable
- Broadly applicable
- Tunable
Applications and Industries
- Carbon dioxide reduction
- Metal-CO2 batteries
- Battery manufacturers
Contact
To learn more about this technology, email partnerships@ornl.gov or call 865-574-1051.
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