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| | Texas A&M University, Thin Film Nano & Microelectronics Research Lab | Yue Kuo | |
Academic
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Power Generation: Renewable
| The Thin Film Nano & Microelectronics Research Laboratory (TFNMRL) was founded in 1998 by Prof. Yue Kuo, who has over 20 years of industry R&D experience in IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Data General Corp. Semiconductor Division, Sunnyvale, CA., Bayer (Mobay) Industrial Division, R&D. Pilot Plant, and I-Lan Battery Factory, etc. The homepage is http://yuekuo.tamu.edu.
The TFNMRL is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for the fabrication of advanced electronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, thin film batteries, thin film transistors (TFTs) for LCDs, solid state incandescent LEDs (SSI-LEDs), high-k, low-k, copper interconnect, nonvolatile memories (NVMs), ICs, bioelectronics, etc. using sputtering, CVD, PECVD, RIE/plasma etching, spin coating, lithographic, RTA, thermal annealing, eoc. processes.
The TFMRL laboratory contains following equipments for the proposed project:
1) a 2-chamber reactive ion etcher/plasma etcher.
2) a PECVD system with parallel plate electrodes.
3) a 3-chamber sputter system.
4) a rapid thermal annealing equipment.
5) a LPCVD and a thermal annealing tube furnace system.
6) process monitors: 3 optical emission spectroscopes, etc.
7) a mask aligner, an UV exposure equipment, 3 light intensity monitors, and wet etch benches.
8) thin film measurement instruments including 1 Dektek III profilometer, 1 4-point probe, 2 ellipsometer, and 3 optical microscopes.
9) device and electrical characterization equipment: a HP 4284A LCR meter, a HP 4140B pico-ampere meter, an Agilent 4155C parameter analyzer, 2 Keithley multimeters.
10) process monitors: 3 optical emission spectroscopes.
11) a probe station (Signatone/S-1160) with a temperature control chuck (Signatone S-1060R).
12) a solar power simulator (Solar Light Co., Model: 16S-300-002).
13) 4 LEDs (red, green, blue, and orange) and intensity monitors. A separate light intensity monitor in the 200nm to 1,000nm range is also available in the laboratory.
14) an environmental (humidity/temperature) furnace (Associated Environmental Systems-BMA, BHD-408),
15) 2 black boxes for I-V, C-V, and light intensity measurements, etc. |
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| | Xerion Advanced Battery | Aneil Pokharel | |
Small Business
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Power Generation: Renewable
| Xerion Battery was founded to develop and commercialize next generation ultra-high power, high energy lithium ion batteries. We are creating scalable manufacturing methods to bring this exciting product to market. Our patented technologies allows for cost competitive solutions via limited manufacturing complexity. We plan on providing batteries that have been tuned for various applications. We are working with industrial partners to understand their fundamental needs.
One of the primary problems with current battery designs is that slow ion transport through the battery limits the electrochemical reaction speed and thus the charge and discharge rates. By focusing on new electrode architectures that Xerion Advanced Battery ("XAB") believes will increase electrochemical reaction and ionic diffusion speeds, the XAB team, led by Dr. Paul Braun of the University of Illinois, is working towards creating a technology that reduces the time necessary to charge and discharge the battery and increase the power density of the battery, while also improving battery safety and capacity.
Xerion and the University believe that the patented StructurePore battery technology will enable Xerion to develop a rechargeable battery with significantly higher charge capacity than that which is presently available with ultra‐fast charge / ultra‐fast discharge capabilities. We believe that the development of a new prototype battery will contain what we call the “superhighway‐like” avenues for electrons and ions to move at ultra-high speeds while filling a charge and thus resulting in rapid battery charging capability.
Additionally, Xerion polymers specializes in fabricating next generation of solid polymer electrolytes composites comparable to some of the superionic conductors (LGPS) that are being investigated in the scientific community. We are fine tuning and optimizing the fabrications and assembly process of these systems in order to achieve greater safety as well as performance profile
Our scientific and engineering team consists of individuals with diverse sets of background who hold graduate degrees from top universities in the world. Our human talents puts us in strategic position as a company when it comes to process and manufacturing engineering, battery engineering, multiphysics modeling, materials scientists, chemists, chemical engineering, polymer scientists, physicists as well as business and marketing talents. |
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| | U. of S. Carolina | Ralph White | |
Academic
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Power Generation: Renewable
| Mathematical Modeling |
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| | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Stephen S. Nonnenmann | |
Academic
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Power Generation: Renewable
| I lead the Nanoscale Interfaces, Transport, and Energy (NITE) laboratory at UMass-Amherst, where we study electroactivity across oxide and electrode/electrolyte interfaces under dynamic environmental perturbation. Our accomplishments include:
- development of in situ (operando) scanning surface potential microscopy under intermediate operating temperatures (500C-700C)
- direct observation of active zone widths in infiltrated MIEC electrodes and TPB widths in surface-mediated systems, in situ
- locally derived defect concentrations from in situ surface potential measurements of heterostructured electrolytes
Our interests focus mainly on solid oxide electrolysis and solid oxide fuel cell materials, under cross-section, under both operating temperatures and gaseous conditions. |
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| | e-On Batteries | Todd Hayes | |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| A recognized leader, and smart IoT, LiFePO4 energy storage and LED lighting integration expert. Develop and maintain Senior Level relationships with like-minded executives, who are as passionate about saving the environment, and saving their company's future bottom line, as I am. Assist large scale energy consumers, in eliminating utility peak demand surcharges, reducing grid load/dependency, increasing networking capabilities, and growing bottom line profitability. Pushing the integration envelope of alternative energy production, clean energy storage, "smart" controlled LED lighting, and, the protection/ IoT networking, of the energy management data, they cumulatively collect, on a daily basis! |
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| | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Ratnakumar Bugga | |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Other Energy Technologies
| we have several years of expertise and experience in lithium rechargeable and lithium-ion cells with polymer and solid state electrolytes and fuel cells. |
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| | University of Texas at Dallas | Orlando Auciello | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| O. Auciello's expertise includes: multi-component/multifunctional oxide thin films and application to systems and devices (e.g., multiferroics for phothovoltaic energy generation, ionic transport devices, super-capacitors for energy storage devices, ferroelectric memories, high-k dielectric oxide films, resistive change memories, nanoscale CMOS devices, high-frequency devices, piezoelectric thin films for MEMS/NEMS sensors and actuators); and nanocarbon thin films (ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD), nanocrystalline diamond (NCD), and microcrystalline diamond (MCD) and graphene films) and applications to Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, industrial products, electronics, MEMS/NEMS, and implantable medical devices).
The UNCD film technology co-developed and patented by O. Auciello and colleagues is now commercialized by three companies co-founded by O. Auciello and colleagues, namely:
1) Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT), Inc., a Company founded by O. Auciello and J. Carlisle, spun-off from Argonne National Laboratory in 2003 (Profitable in 2014) is selling UNCD-coated mechanical pump seals and bearing, and introducing water purification systems based on electrolysis with corrosion resistant electrodes based on electrically conductive B-doped UNCD-coated metal electrodes)
2) Original Biomedical Implants (OBI), LLC, a company founded by O. Auciello and P. Gurman (MD), in 2013, for developing and commercializing a new generation of UNCD-based high-tech and implantable medical devices and medical treatments based on nanotechnology.
3) OBI-Mexico created in Mexico in 2016.
Products in advanced state of development by OBI-USA and OBI-Mexico include: i) new generation of Li-ion batteries with anodes, cathodes, membranes, and inner walls of battery cases coated with corrosion resistant UNCD coatings, enabling LIBs with ≥ 10x longer life and safer than current LIBs, for applications to cell phones, computers, battery-powered electronic devices, and electric cars; ii) Biocompatible UNCD-coated dental implants with practically No corrosion induced in current metal-based dental implants by oral fluids; iii) UNCD-coated metal prostheses (hips, knees) with no failure due to the protective UNCD coating.
Auciello was a Researcher at the University of Toronto (1979-1984), Professor at NCSU (1985-1988), Senior Scientist at MCNC (1988-1996), Senior Scientist (1996-2005) and Distinguished Fellow (2005-2012) at Argonne National Laboratory. |
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| | Stanford University | Yi Cui | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| At Stanford University, Yi Cui group has been innovating new materials for next generation of batteries. Particularly related to this program, his group has recently demonstrated nanowire composite polymer solid electrolyte showing significant improvement of ionic conductivity. |
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| | NEI Corporation | Dr. Ganesh Skandan | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| NEI Corporation custom produces and supplies lithium-ion (and sodium-ion) conducting solid electrolyte materials of both oxide and non-oxide (e.g., sulfide-based) compositions. NEI has also developed processes to combine cathode particles and solid electrolyte materials. For example, in a composite morphology, the cathode and solid electrolyte particles are in intimate contact with each other and evenly distributed throughout the material. Customers can specify the cathode and solid electrolyte compositions of interest, and NEI can custom produce powders with the composite morphology. Similarly, the solid electrolyte material can be combined with a polymer and deposited as a film on cathode particles. |
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| | University of North Carolina | Orlando Coronell | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| The Coronell Research Group at the University of North Carolina studies aqueous, membrane-based processes for energy production, storage, and water purification. The scope of our research includes (i) membrane development, (ii) membrane characterization, (iii) membrane fouling, and (iv) process testing/development and modeling. Our environmental engineering group comprises researchers with experience in a variety of disciplines, including salinity gradient energy, fuel cells, materials science, chemistry, and water treatment. We have significant experience in evaluating practical applications of membrane technology in a variety of contexts.
Our group has also pioneered experimental methods for the quantitative characterization of physico-chemical membrane properties, and we continue to develop and use these methods to study practical problems such as membrane aging and fouling, as well as basic problems such as the relationship between membrane physico-chemical properties and process performance. We have ample experience (and access to) advanced materials characterization techniques such as TEM, SEM, AFM, XPS, RBS, QCM, ellipsometry, and others, useful in membrane characterization. We are currently studying potential applications of energy production by Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) using natural and industrial waters (e.g. seawater, desalination brine, etc.), and the novel application of closed-loop RED for energy storage which we recently demonstrated.
Some specific membrane topics in which our group works are:
• Evaluation of reverse electrodialysis for sustainable power generation using natural waters
• Demonstration of salinity-gradient based energy storage (JMS 2015, 495, 502-516)
• Characterization of ion exchange membrane properties, performance and fouling in natural and industrial waters
• Development of antibiofouling thin-film composite (TFC) and thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for water purification
• Development of methods for the characterization of the void structure and charge density of the polyamide active layers of TFC and TFN membranes (JMS 2016, 497, 365-376; JMS 2013, 429, 23-33.
• Modelling solute transport through TFC and ion exchange membranes (ES&T 2013, 47, 420-428; JMS 2015, 495, 502-516), |
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| | Romny Scientific, Inc. | Andrew Miner, Ph.D. | |
Small Business
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Transportation
| Romny Scientific, Inc. develops components and systems for energy efficiency. The company’s product areas include thermoelectric materials, thermoelectric modules, and thermoelectric systems. The broader areas of research conducted within the company include industrial and transportation system energy efficiency, including integrated simulations and optimization of battery, waste heat recovery, electrical and thermal components.
Simulation: The company simulates thermal, electrical, fluidic and thermoelectric effects using finite volume techniques (CFD / thermal CFD). Additionally we simulate industrial and transportation systems and subsystems using a variety of numerical, numerical, and hybrid methods.
Manufacturing: The company manufactures highly dense, complex materials using a patented low cost synthesis method. This includes thermoelectric materials as well as other energy system relevant materials. The company manufactures the supporting components needed for energy systems for its own products as well as for joint development and research projects.
Testing: Themo-physical properties of materials can be measured up to 600C including electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, etc. System testing of thermal, electrical, and fluidic systems is done routinely. |
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| | General Atomics | Aaron Sathrum | |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Founded originally in 1955 as a division of General Dynamics, General Atomics (“GA”) and its affiliated companies now constitute one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to electromagnetic systems, remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electronic, wireless and laser technologies. GA and its affiliated entities also manufacture, operate, and service state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles, are engaged in uranium mining and processing, and provide nuclear instrumentation, aircraft launch and recovery systems, superconducting magnets, systems for hazardous material destruction, magnetic levitation systems, medical diagnostic products, information technology and many other products and services for government and industry.
GA would like to offer expertise to help to research and develop materials from partners towards system development for advanced government and industry applications. |
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| | Graphenea Inc. | Jesus de la Fuente | |
Small Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| Graphenea is leader in graphene synthesis. Graphenea has developed a graphene based cathode demonstrated in Li-S cells with with +1100 mAh/g and very high QE (columbic efficiency) 99.8% tested in high loading electrodes of 3 mAh/cm2. We are finalising a pilot plant of 5 Tons/year cathode capacity. |
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| | River Road Research, Inc. | Scott Ernst, P.E. | |
Small Business
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Bioenergy
| River Road Research is producing organic polymers in a sustainable process. The organic polymers of quinones (melanin) may have potential in flow cells or as an anode material. The polymer can be lithiated and may be used in applications to promote battery safety.
We are seeking opportunities to perform further research with our material. Our melanin polymer (similar to that in your skin) has unique electrochemical properties that are prime for energy storage and battery safety research. |
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| | University of California Riverside | Vince Lavallo | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| We are the leading experts in the preparation and chemical modification of conductive materials based on boron and carborane cluster anions. Such anions have unmatched chemical and electrochemical stability. |
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| | North Carolina State University (NC State) | Douglas Call | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| North Carolina State University (NCSU) researchers have extensive expertise in ion-conductors and electrochemical energy technologies. This expertise spans multiple departments, including Materials Science and Eng., Mechanical Eng., Textile Eng., Chemistry, and Environmental Eng. NCSU has state-of-the-art facilities and equipment for material characterization including the Analytical Instrumentation Facility, which houses SEMS, TEMs, XPSs, AFMs, and TOF SIMS (www.aif.ncsu.edu/). Specific capabilities and their associated faculty include:
- Protonic conducting membranes based on graphene derivatives; Graphene/graphene oxide based energy storage/conversion systems (supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells). [Dr. Wei Gao, wgao5@ncsu.edu, https://wp.tx.ncsu.edu/gao-research-group/].
- Process engineering and scale-up, electrode design and characterization, membrane integration and testing in applied systems (reverse electrodialysis, microbial electrochemical systems). [Dr. Doug Call, dfcall@ncsu.edu, www.go.ncsu.edu/the-call-lab].
- Multi-scale computational simulations of mechano-electrochemical interactions in lithium-ion batteries (ex using statistical and continuum mechanics, thermodynamics, and the finite element method to reveal electrolyte-electrode interface/interphase phenomena and multi-particle interactions in electrodes). [Dr. Shadow Huang, hshuang@ncsu.edu, http://wolverine.mae.ncsu.edu/].
- Synthesis and characterization (in situ and ex situ) of materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion (aqueous and non-aqueous batteries, electrochemical capacitors, oxygen electrocatalysis). [Dr. Veronica Augustyn, vaugust@ncsu.edu, https://research.mse.ncsu.edu/augustyn/]
- Energy storage materials processing (battery electrodes, separators, electrolytes, etc.) and property analyses (conductivity measurement, mechanical testing, battery performance testing, etc.). [Dr. Xiangwu Zhang, xiangwu_zhang@ncsu.edu, https://textiles.ncsu.edu/blog/team/xiangwu-zhang/].
-Deposition and characterization of organic/inorganic materials for electrodes and ionic conductors to improve electron transfer and material adhesion. Electrodeposition of uniform organic thin films (<10 𝛍m) including proton conductors on complex geometries. Construction and characterization of research-type electrochemical energy systems. [Dr. Leslie Sombers & Greg McCarty, lasomber@ncs.edu, http://www4.ncsu.edu/~lasomber/somberslab.html]. |
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| | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Nancy Dudney | |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Other Energy Technologies
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory has a long history of research in materials for energy storage. Current efforts span from materials research, to electrode and cell fabrication, and multi-scale modeling. ORNL is well known for invention of Lipon thin film electrolyte, and more recently sulfide based solid electrolytes.
In this call, ORNL is interested in exploring ceramic, glass, polymeric, and composite solid electrolytes for Li, Na, and H systems for flow and solid state batteries and fuel cells.
Special capabilities include:
Physical vapor deposition of electrolyte and electrode thin film materials and coatings
Characterization of air sensitive samples
High resolution and in situ (S)TEM
Neutron characterization
Fabrication and testing of micro- and small batteries, commercial scale pouch batteries, flow batteries |
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| | University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center | Ted Aulich | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| The University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center developed and preliminarily optimized an electrolytic membrane material for use in an electrolytic ammonia synthesis process that utilizes inputs of electricity, nitrogen, and water or a hydrogen-rich syngas, and operates at ambient pressure and a temperature of 250°–350°C. The electrolytic membrane material comprises a polymer–inorganic composite with the potential to meet proton conductivity, chemical stability, durability, and other ammonia synthesis performance requirements at the 250°C minimum operating temperature. Although the membrane has demonstrated good performance for over 500 hours at an operating temperature of 300°C, additional work is needed to improve its proton conductivity and durability. With successful optimization, the membrane would be applicable for use in ammonia production, higher-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells that are not susceptible to carbon monoxide poisoning, and other commercial electrochemical applications. |
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| | Idaho National Laboratory | Ting He | |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
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Other Energy Technologies
| Superionic conductors play key roles in energy conversion, storage, and efficient manufacturing. INL has been working on ionic membrane reactors for energy conversion, storage, hydrogen production, and petrochemical manufacturing. INL has the expertise in all kinds of ionic conductors, from polymeric, solid acidic, composite, to ceramic, for the application in a wide temperature operation window. |
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| | Phinix,LLC | Dr. Subodh Das | |
Small Business
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Power Generation: Renewable
| We have demonstrated (published papers,granted patents and federal grants & contracts)expertise and deep industrial & academic contacts in:
1. Generating electricity from fossil and non-fossil sources
2. Solid electrolyte - measurements,fuel cell and materials production & processing (PhD Thesis)
3. Arpa-e contract grantee and current sub-contractor
4. TEA - Techno-Economic Analysis
5. T2M - Technology to Market
6. Proposal Writing
7. Project team building
We ae looking for partnership opportunities to apply for this FOA as a partner and /or sub-contractor. |
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| | Rutgers University | Keivan Esfarjani | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| I am a computational materials scientist with expertise in atomistic calculations of materials properties:
Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations using first-principles DFT methods or classical interatomic potentials
Monte Carlo Simulation of equilibrium(thermodynamic properties) and non-equilibrium:growth and transport phenomena (Boltzmann equation solver)
Modeling of transport phenomena: electrons and phonons
These have been applied to study the properties of many materials: CNTs, cBN growth and phase change, thermoelectrics (SiGe, PbTe….)
Published book on the subject: Computational Materials Science from ab initio to Monte Carlo Methods (Springer Series in Solid State Sciences, 129) by K. Ohno, K. Esfarjani and Y. Kawazoe (1999) |
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| | Clemson University | Rajendra Bordia | |
Academic
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Other Energy Technologies
| The research in the group is focused on the processing and performance of multilayered ceramic systems, nanostructured ceramics and composites and hierarchical porosity ceramics for a broad range of next generation energy conversion and storage systems. Specific projects are on coatings for next generation power plants and for hydrogen production, optimized processing of planar solid oxide fuel cells, engineered porosity ceramics for thermal energy storage and catalysts for fuel cells, thermoelectric ceramics, and nanostructured ceramic composites for next generation nuclear power reactors.
Before starting his academic career (in 1991 at the University of Washington), Prof. Bordia was a research scientist in the Central research and Development Department at DuPont (1986-1991). He got his PhD in 1986 from Cornell University. He is currently a Professor and the Department Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University. |
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| | Purdue University | Ernesto E. Marinero | |
Academic
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Power Generation: Renewable
| Super-ionic conducting solid state electrolyte oxide materials for Li-ion, Li-S and Li-Air batteries; bulk and thin films form factors in both pure oxide structures or composites with mechanical flexibility; non-flammable, chemically stable and compatible with Li metal. High temperature stability; high ionic conductivity at low and high temperatures; synthesis, characterization, device fabrication |
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| | Clarkson University | David Mitlin | |
Academic
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Power Generation: Renewable
| My group has substantial expertise and experimental capabilities in atomic layer deposition (ALD) and magnetron sputtering of thin films, and in high energy milling-based powder processing. We have a demonstrated publication record of applying these approaches towards Li and Na ion battery electrodes, supercapacitors, and PEM fuel cell cathodes. We are also experts in a range of electrochemical testing methods and in characterization techniques such as TEM and XPS.
http://www.mitlingroup.com/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hS5K8A8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
For this proposal we are looking to employ our skills to support a larger effort. |
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| | Praxair, Inc. | Jonathan Lane | |
Large Business
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Other Energy Technologies
| As one of the largest industrial gases companies in the world, Praxair takes something as fundamental as air and turns it into ways to make plants operate cleaner and more productively, food taste better, breathing easier and manufacturing processes more efficient - in short, to make all our lives better. At Praxair, 27,000 employees in more than 50 countries are working together towards a common goal: making our planet more productive.
Praxair is dedicated to developing technology that reduces the cost and energy required for gas separation, generation and purification. A technology of particular interest is solid ion conducting membranes for production of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and other industrial gases.
Our capabilities and experience extend to:
• Fundamental materials development including preparation, and physical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical characterization of ceramic materials
• Laboratory scale-testing of ceramic gas separation materials and membranes
• Design and operation of pilot gas separation facilities
• Market assessment and business development
• Commercialization of gas separation technology
We are keen to collaborate with partners in developing and commercializing this exciting technology. |
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