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 Great Lakes Crystal TechnologiesKeith Evans  Small Business Other Energy Technologies Great Lakes Crystal Technologies is developing high-performance diamond materials for non-gemstone applications. We have licensed a portfolio of diamond manufacturing technology patents from Michigan State University and are setting up a fully integrated crystalline diamond materials manufacturing site near MSU. It will be operational within the next 12 to 18 months and meanwhile we have access to state of the art tools and processes at MSU. We would enjoy supplying diamond materials for various purposes for the subject FOA, including for thermal impedance reduction but also for high power switching device development.
Website: glcrystal.com

Email: evans@glcrystal.com

Phone: 9192806331

Address: 4942 DAWN AVE STE 104, EAST LANSING, MI, 48823-5606, United States
MI
 Nrgtek Inc.Subramanian Iyer  Small Business Other Energy Technologies Energy storage in flow batteries, including Na-Fe flow batteries and hybrid lithium flow batteries.
Website: www.nrgtekusa.com

Email: siyer@nrgtekusa.com

Phone: 7142799190

Address: 17120 Fremont lane, Yorba Linda, CA, 92886, United States
CA
 Ardica Technology Inc.John Hardman  Small Business Other Energy Technologies Hydrogen, Fuel cells, energy storage, FCEV
Website: www.ardica.com

Email: bizdev@ardica.com

Phone: 415.568.9270

Address: 2325 3rd Street, #424, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States
CA
 University of Central FloridaJayan Thomas  Academic Other Energy Technologies Prof. Thomas's research focusses on developing advanced nanomaterials for wearable devices that can harvest and store energy. He is an expert in developing flexible and bendable fibers and cables for energy storage applications. For the first time, his research group has developed cables that can transmit and store energy. These cables can be beneficial in stabilizing the power fluctuations that occur during day time when energy is harvested using solar panels. It also enables the replacement of the can-type capacitors currently used on the integrated circuit boards saving considerable space and weight. Recently, he has developed fabrics that can synchronously harvest and store energy. Since portable electric power is a crucial component in many technological operations, the energy self-reliant fabric/matrix has the potential to cater to the energy needs of many military, homeland security and aerospace applications. These matrices can also be used on automobile roof-tops to harvest and store energy during day time when the vehicle is in the sun. His current focus is on developing energy-storing structural materials for automobiles.

Thomas is an associate professor of nanotechnology, optics and engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He has published more than 100 scientific papers and is a recipient of Luminary award (2018), Reach for the stars award (2016), R&D 100 award (2015), NSF CAREER award (2014), VEECO's 2010 best nanotechnology innovation award and a finalist of WTN award (2014) sponsored by FORTUNE and TIME magazines. His major research interests include supercapacitors, solar cells and optoelectronic neuromorphic computing.

The Nano-Energy research lab houses multiple electrochemical work stations and all other equipment required for fabricating and characterizing energy storage devices.
Website: http://nanoscience.ucf.edu/thomas/

Email: Jayan.Thomas@ucf.edu

Phone: 4076973645

Address: 12424 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL, 32826, United States
FL
 VessyllZahra Iliff  Individual Other Energy Technologies Vessyll is a stackable 120kWh lithium ferrous phosphate battery with 30kW inverter and battery management system (BMS) working alongside existing buildings’ smart systems and/or solar PV systems. Vessyll operates as an electrical load shifting device to save energy costs and as an off-grid generator supplying emergency power or full power when used in tandem with a solar PV system. As the climate crisis worsens, the market is expanding for longer duration and more reliable energy storage systems, capable of multiple functions allowing humans to continue their normal daily activities without harming the environment
Website: www.vessyll.com

Email: zahrailiff@me.com

Phone: 6514473019

Address: 1430 Concordia Ave #40088, Saint Paul, MN, 55104-5485, United States
MN
 Notre Dame Turbomachinery LaboratoryDr. Scott Morris  Academic Other Energy Technologies Dr. Morris is the Research Director of the Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory (NDTL). His research focus is experimental and computational turbomachinery aerodynamics, aeromechanics, and acoustics. The commissioning of the 2016 Ignition Park facility has facilitated the expansion of his team’s research activities into the broader technology disciplines associated with propulsion and power generation including energy storage, combustion, high temperature material system’s characterization, and power and thermal management cycles.

NDTL is a University of Notre Dame / South Bend based Research and Development Facility which combines the benefits of a vibrant academic based research program with a mid – TRL development / validation test facility serving the aerospace and power generation industries. NDTL is unique in its capability to support high energy, high complexity tests required by our customers to validate technologies for product insertion in an environment that protects their intellectual property.

NDTL has four flexibly configured test cells supported by a dedicated air plant which can continuously provide 50 lbm/s of air up to 1200 deg F and a vacuum capability of 4 psia at that flow rate. The facility also has the capability to drive or load test articles up to 10 MW with its facility electrical system and dedicated sub-station.

NDTL is supported by its 40 member professional staff that leverages its expertise in complex test article design and test execution to provide all the support services required to support its customers R&D test requirements.
Website: https://turbo.nd.edu/

Email: s.morris@nd.edu

Phone: (574) 631-3238

Address: 1165 Franklin St, Suite 200, South Bend, IN, 46601, United States
IN
 TechScale Solutions, LLCGeorge Roberts  Small Business Power Generation: Renewable TechScale Solutions is an engineering consulting company focused on guiding clients through the process of scaling up technology prototypes into commercial products. We have more than 20 years of experience in product development and commercialization of fuel cells, hydrogen generators, flow batteries and other electrochemical systems for the clean energy industry.

We provide a full range of services including the development of the people, processes and technologies required to bring new products from concept to commercialization. Count on TechScale Solutions to guide you through the entire development process or utilize our expertise in a particular aspect of the process to support your internal development team.
Website: www.techscalesolutions.com

Email: info@techscalesolutions.com

Phone: 860-614-1759

Address: 74 Nedwied Rd, Tolland, CT, 06084, United States
CT
 Virginia TechChristina DiMarino  Academic Other Energy Technologies The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) is dedicated to improving electrical power processing and distribution that impact systems of all sizes – from battery-operated electronics to vehicles to regional and national electrical distribution systems. CPES expertise encompasses five technology areas: (1) power conversion technologies and architectures; (2) power electronics components; (3) modeling and control; (4) EMI and power quality; (5) high density integration. One of CPES' target application areas is vehicular power conversion systems. Over the years, CPES has worked with the leading aerospace companies to perform enabling research in this area.

CPES' capabilities include: power semiconductor device fabrication and characterization; power electronics packaging; materials engineering and characterization; passive and active reliability testing; partial discharge testing under DC, AC, and bipolar square wave; EMI testing; and high-power testing beyond 200 kW.
Website: cpes.vt.edu

Email: dimaricm@vt.edu

Phone: 671-858-3203

Address: 900 N. Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA, 22203, United States
VA
 PLUG POWERSean Combs  Large Business Power Generation: Renewable Plug Power is leading the development and delivery of hydrogen fuel cell systems into mobility applications, powering autonomous vehicles and drones, industrial vehicles & vans, which will play a critical role in the global movement to reduce dependence on carbon-based fuels.
Plug Power has been supplying fuel cells for more than 20 years. We are at the forefront of our industry, leading the development of best-in-class hydrogen fuel cell systems for both mobility and stationary applications. Today, Plug Power has successfully deployed more than 30,000 hydrogen fuel cell systems to power electric vehicles. Plug Power is also a leader in hydrogen fueling stations, and has performed more than 22 million hydrogen fills and collected over 270 million run hours in mobility applications.

In 2019, Plug Power acquired EneryOr to integrate small, ultra-lightweight fuel cell technology into its already robust portfolio. The acquisition enables Plug Power to address applications including small scale robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and other autonomous applications by enabling larger payloads for the robots, while extending run-time 2 to 4 times that of a lithium ion battery solution, further enhancing Plug Power to position as a comprehensive hydrogen fuel cell solutions provider for the future needs of logistics applications.
Website: https://www.plugpower.com/

Email: scombs@plugpower.com

Phone: 5187380233

Address: 968 ALBANY SHAKER RD, LATHAM, NY, 12110, United States
NY
 PROTRON ENERGY CORPORATIONGunes M. Ecer  Small Business Power Generation: Renewable We offer a new concept for generating electricity. It is a regenerative Ionic Cell (RIC) system that promises to be the ultimate energy source that can be implemented quickly and on massive scale, negating all prior energy sources obsolete. is a totally clean energy source that never ends, and is as large as the world demand.

RIC resembles the conventional hydrogen fuel cell (HFC), which wastes hydrogen by forming water vapor (a GHG); uses oxygen, complicating HFC architecture (cost increase) and increases explosion danger, while its output is limited by proton diffusion rate to cathode; thus the power output is too low.

RIC system uses four innovations to allow the repeated use of the same hydrogen. The energy utilized comes from the conversion of a minute amount of proton mass to energy (E=MC2). No oxygen is needed; thus, no explosions are possible, and the reaction chamber architecture becomes simpler; it can operate with or without a membrane, and no waste products formed.

In the existing hydrogen fuel cells, the rate limiting step is the slow speed of proton travel to the cathode. In the RIC system, high speed proton travel to cathode can be achieved by application of an external force, such as centrifugal force on the circulating water loaded with protons (hydronium ions); thus, power outputs high enough even for the jet engines are possible. A typical full-sized car will be able to travel at least 500,000 miles without refueling on an initial charge of 10 grams of hydrogen.

Other beneficial outcomes include negligibly small energy cost, endless fuel supply, super high-power output on demand, elimination of recharging or filling stations, elimination of the need for all fossil fuels, zero GHG emissions, non-dependency on weather or continuous solar radiation or wind, or dangerous radioactivity or critical materials. Need for a large electricity grid will diminish as well.

VALUE PROPOSITION: Solving climate change & energy problems effectively and cheaply represents a great value proposition. Described in USPTO Patent Application No: 16655384, the RIC technology will open a new age for human civilization; disrupting the existing energy ecosystem by positively and hugely affecting world economy. RIC will save about $5 trillion/y globally.

PLAN: We intend to develop prototypes to demonstrate the technology & license it to a number of corporations for quick implementation to stop climate change. We are looking for partners.
Website: Protronenergy.com - Under construction

Email: gmecer@protronenergy.com

Phone: 714-235-3092

Address: 1775 Avenida Segovia, Oceanside, CA, 92056-6230, United States
CA
 ProVance TechnologiesVance Turner  Individual Other Energy Technologies We have developed a new pump technology based on the hyper-sonic pulse detonation of Hydrogen and Oxygen and water as the flexible piston. it has to date the highest efficiency of converting chemical energy to pressure and/or vacuum. it is also the fastest pressure/vacuum pump. It has the potential to replace steam plants with high pressure room temperature water in a very small footprint. It will "ALWAYS" be more efficient than a fuel cell. We will let other validate exactly how efficient it is but some folks are going to be very surprised and it should set the "SAFE UNIVERSAL STANDARD" for work. We also have found a novel electrolysis model that doesn't separate the hydrogen and oxygen and are developing it to power the pump. You can contact me at my CELL# 408-431-5595
Website: provancetechnologies.com

Email: vance.turner@provancetechnologies.com

Phone: 4084315595

Address: 1540 Mountain Ranch Rd., San Andreas, CA, 95249, United States
CA
 Michigan State UniversityHarold Schock  Academic Transportation To ignite a high-EGR primary or very lean mixtures in an IC engine, a Dual Mode, Turbulent Jet Ignition (DM-TJI) system has been developed which comprises a fuel-tolerant combustion system with the promise of emission control of noxious exhaust gases using a three-way catalyst. We have shown that we can reliably and controllably ignite very lean mixtures (λ=3.06 ) of gaseous methane in a rapid compression machine (RCM) using the turbulent jet ignition system (TJI). The λ values shown refer to the overall fuel-air in the pre-chamber and in the main chamber as compared to a stoichiometric mixture. The unique, patented MSU concept involves controlling the rich charge in the pre-chamber by providing reactants (fuel and air) to the pre-chamber independently of the primary chamber. This system has also been implemented in Prototype 1, 2, and 3 engines. Competing TJI technology uses rich turbulent jets to ignite overall lean mixtures (TJI) or HCCI-like systems. The MSU-invented and proposed technology is the only one which addresses controlling the stoichiometry of the fuel and air in the pre-chamber, thereby eliminating the combustion instabilities associated with residual combustion gases from a previous cycle. Application of this system in single-cylinder engines has shown indicated efficiencies as high as 47% with expected broad range of brake engine efficiencies over 40%. Highly dilute systems with >40% EGR and λ=1 operation have shown indicated efficiencies as high as 44% with COV in IMEP values as low as 1%. NOx values are between the 10s and low 100s of ppm depending on the configuration. A Prototype 3 Jetfire engine with a cylinder head configuration suitable for multi-cylinder application will be operational in early 2020. Prototype 3 system is expected to cost less than $200 for a four-cylinder application.
Website: www.egr.msu.edu/ares

Email: schock@egr.msu.edu

Phone: 3135068049

Address: 7136 Forest Way Ct., Brighton, MI, 48116, United States
MI
 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDonald R. Sadoway  Academic Other Energy Technologies Background:
The Sadoway Group at MIT Materials Science and Engineering has extensive experiences in non aqueous electrochemistry, high-temperature electrochemistry, energy storage, electrolysis, CO2 capture and conversion particularly using molten salt electrolytes. The group seeks to establish the scientific underpinnings for technologies that make efficient use of energy and natural resources in an environmentally sound manner. This spans engineering applications and the supportive fundamental science.

Interest:
High-rate and efficient electrochemical processes, including energy storage and conversion (batteries and fuel cells). Specific topics in applied research in the past are the following: liquid metal batteries for grid-level storage, environmentally sound electrochemical extraction and recycling of metals, solid-polymer-electrolyte batteries for portable power, and advanced materials for use as electrodes in metal-producing electrolysis cells. The related fundamental research is the physical chemistry and electrochemistry of molten salts (including molten oxides and sulfides), ionic liquids, and solid polymer electrolytes.
Specifically for this proposal, we are extremely interested in developing new chemical and materials systems for high-rate and highly efficient fuel cells based on molten salts for conversion of liquid fuels into electricity for cruise power of aviation.

Capabilities:
High-temperature electrochemical systems, chemical and materials design, new electrochemistry, electrochemical performance evaluation, large electrochemical system development and scale-up experiences.
Electrochemical kinetics investigation, materials structure and surface characterizations, access to synchrotron beam sources with collaboration with beamline scientists, TGA-MS measurements for gas-involved situations.
Techno-economical analysis on high-temperature and general electrochemical systems to evaluate their performance and economical promise.
Website: http://sadoway.mit.edu/ http://donaldsadoway.com/

Email: drsadoway@mit.edu

Phone: 617.253.3487

Address: 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
MA
 SUNY at Stony Brook, Dept. of Materials Sci and Chem. Eng., Sensor CATVladimir Alexander Samuilov  Academic Other Energy Technologies Next Generation of High Power and High Energy Storage Devices.
Our research team at the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at SUNY at Stony Brook has an extensive experience in development of high-energy density electrochemical energy storage devices. We invented and demonstrated for first time a totally novel design and development of a unique high-voltage supercapacitor that allows to substantially increase the cell voltage above 40 V.
The main advantages of the supercapacitors over the batteries are: (i) very fast charge/discharge capability; (ii) higher power density; and (iii) much better cycle life performance. Furthermore, making bendable power sources requires development of soft electrode-active materials, and solid electrolytes, which is easier achievable in the SCs rather than in the batteries.
The innovative idea of our single-unit high-voltage supercapacitors is based on the principle of interconnection of multiple electrodes in a diverse way, internally in the unit. Such interconnection allows redistribution of the voltage between the electrodes, which results in increasing of the total operating cell voltage without exceeding the decomposition voltage of the electrolyte.
As developed advanced supercapacitors can overcome all the challenges that the next generation energy storage devices are currently facing. Firstly, their intrinsic cell voltage decreases as a result of the charge decrease in the electrodes during the discharge, which mandates the use of DC–DC converter to regulate and stabilize their output voltage. Secondly, the specific energy density of the supercapacitors is much lower than that of Li-ion batteries (maximum 10 Wh/kg versus up to 250 Wh/kg for Li-ion batteries).
Our discovery opens a novel way to tremendously increase the energy density of the supercapacitors. By applying our innovative technology, we are able to design supercapacitors with the specific energy density up to 400 Wh/kg, which is unachievable with any existing battery system.
Our team has a fully equipped electrochemical laboratory that allows us to perform all the electrochemical study and develop high-capacitance electrodes for the high-energy density supercapacitors of interest. Also, we have wet chemistry lab, and access to the advanced instruments for materials characterization at the Advanced Energy Center (AERTC) at Stony Brook University, and at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Lab.
Website: https://sensorcat.stonybrook.edu/development.html

Email: Vladimir.Samuilov@stonybrook.edu

Phone: 6316324736

Address: Department of Mat. Sci & Eng, SUNYSB, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States
NY
 National Renewable Energy LabBryan Pivovar  Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Power Generation: Renewable The NREL Electrochemical Engineering & Materials Chemistry Group has expertise and capabilities spanning material development and synthesis to manufacturing for low-temperature fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies (MEA). The group develops and characterizes novel electrocatalyst and ionomer materials, as well as their subsequent integration, focusing on component interactions and interfacial phenomena at the ink and electrode level that inevitably govern electrochemical performance. The group has a full range of electrode, membrane, and MEA fabrication capabilities, including a wide variety of solution-based casting and deposition techniques and hot pressing. The group applies and develops novel in situ characterization techniques to elucidate limitations in ion and reactant transport and enable state-of-the-art performance for electrochemical devices. The group has a full range of standard in situ cell testing capabilities, with over 20 test stations capable of testing 5 cm2 cells to 6 kW stacks, including a segmented-cell system to characterize current density distribution within the operating cell. Regarding electrochemical cell manufacturing, the group has expertise and capabilities to develop and characterize electrode inks, study appropriate mixing methods and ink stability, perform small-scale deposition and casting of electrodes and membranes on all relevant substrates, and study, develop and validate roll-to-roll coating and casting of continuous electrodes and membranes for manufacturing scale-up risk mitigation.
Website: https://www.nrel.gov/hydrogen/research.html

Email: Bryan.Pivovar@nrel.gov

Phone: 303-275-3809

Address: 15013 Denver West Pkwy, Golden, CO, 80401, United States
CO
 State University of New York at PotsdamMaria Hepel  Academic Power Generation: Renewable Background: 30 years extensive background in high power density silver batteries, lithium intercalation, fuel cells, electrocatalysis, and electrode kinetics
Interest: High power density, high energy density storage devices; wearable stretchable supercapacitors and batteries, intercalation devices
Capabilities: electrochemical performance evaluation; structural and surface materials characterizationl available instrumentation for measurements of electrochemical kinetics, capacitance, power, and cycling; Raman structural measurements and surface-enhanced Raman light scattering (SERS), Fourier-transform infra-red (FTIR) and other spectroscopic measurements; electrochemical quartz crystal nanogravimetry and quartz crystal immittance analyzer equipment.
Website: www2.potsdam.edu/hepelmr

Email: hepelmr@potsdam.edu

Phone: 3152444444

Address: 44 Pierrepont Ave., Potsdam, NY, 13676, United States
NY
 Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, SUNYMarina A. Petrukhina  Academic Other Energy Technologies Background: Extensive expertise in synthesis, solid state structures and properties of molecular nanocarbons ranging from fragments of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes to molecular nanographenes, in controlled chemical reduction processes coupled with the solid state structures, transformations and characterization (Authored over 200 manuscripts, including 2 book chapters, 8 reviews, and 6 patents)

Interest: Utilization of novel molecular nanocarbons with defined compositions, dimensions and controlled level of
doping for the Next Generation of High Power and High Energy Storage Devices

Capabilities: Several fully equipped wet and dry synthetic laboratories with full access to powder and single-crystal X-ray diffractometers, variable-temperature multi-nuclear NMR spectrometers, UV-vis and IR spectrometers, DART-MS spectrometry and TGA- MS instrumentation.
Website: https://www.albany.edu/chemistry/Faculty_pages/mpetrukhina/petrukhina.shtml

Email: mpetrukhina@albany.edu

Phone: 518-442-4406

Address: Department of Chemistry, University at Albany, Albany, NY, 12222-0100, United States
NY
 Center for Clean Energy Engineering, University of ConnecticutStoyan Bliznakov  Academic Other Energy Technologies Dr. Bliznakov is currently a Senior Research Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Center for Clean Energy Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He has extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices development, including fuel cells and batteries assembly and testing. Previously, as a staff member at Brookhaven National Laboratory and a member of a world leading research team in the field of fuel cell catalysis, Dr. Bliznakov directed team activities on the development of a novel approach for nanoengineering of platinum monolayer core-shell type fuel cell electrocatalysts and advanced membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs). Dr. Bliznakov is author and co-author of 65 peer-reviewed papers, two book chapters, and four US patents.
At UConn Dr. Bliznakov is part of a team that has developed a unique Reactive Spray Deposition Technology (RSDT). The RSDT is a flame-based process where metal or carboneous nanoparticles (NPs) are synthesized by combustion of metal and/or organic precursors, which are dissolved in combustible solvents. Thus, it is a facile method for synthesis of ultra –high surface area NPs (>2000 m2/g), that can be directly deposited on the current collectors for engineering 3D electrode structures for batteries and supercapacitors applications, or directly on polymer electrolyte membranes for fabrication of advanced MEAs for alkaline and/or PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers.
In addition, the technology allows to avoid any binders in the electrodes of interest, which results in low ESR for the electrodes and ensures very high specific capacitance (>200 F/g) when deposited on scaffold structures for application in the next generation high-voltage, high-power and high-energy density supercapacitors that demonstrated potential to achieve energy densities of higher than 300 Wh/kg.
Website: https://core.uconn.edu/resources/C2E2

Email: stoyan.bliznakov@uconn.edu

Phone: 860 486 4284

Address: C2E2, 44 Weaver Road Unit 5233, Storrs, CT, 06269, United States
CT
 SUNY at Stony Brook, Dept. of Materials Sci and Chem. Eng., Sensor CATVladimir Alexander Samuilov  Academic Other Energy Technologies Next Generation of High Power and High Energy Storage Devices.
Our research team at the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at SUNY at Stony Brook has an extensive experience in development of high-energy density electrochemical energy storage devices. We invented and demonstrated for first time a totally novel design and development of a unique high-voltage supercapacitor that allows to substantially increase the cell voltage above 40 V.
The main advantages of the supercapacitors over the batteries are: (i) very fast charge/discharge capability; (ii) higher power density; and (iii) much better cycle life performance. Furthermore, making bendable power sources requires development of soft electrode-active materials, and solid electrolytes, which is easier achievable in the SCs rather than in the batteries.
The innovative idea of our single-unit high-voltage supercapacitors is based on the principle of interconnection of multiple electrodes in a diverse way, internally in the unit. Such interconnection allows redistribution of the voltage between the electrodes, which results in increasing of the total operating cell voltage without exceeding the decomposition voltage of the electrolyte.
As developed advanced supercapacitors can overcome all the challenges that the next generation energy storage devices are currently facing. Firstly, their intrinsic cell voltage decreases as a result of the charge decrease in the electrodes during the discharge, which mandates the use of DC–DC converter to regulate and stabilize their output voltage. Secondly, the specific energy density of the supercapacitors is much lower than that of Li-ion batteries (maximum 10 Wh/kg versus up to 250 Wh/kg for Li-ion batteries).
Our discovery opens a novel way to tremendously increase the energy density of the supercapacitors. By applying our innovative technology, we are able to design supercapacitors with the specific energy density up to 400 Wh/kg, which is unachievable with any existing battery system.
Our team has a fully equipped electrochemical laboratory that allows us to perform all the electrochemical study and develop high-capacitance electrodes for the high-energy density supercapacitors of interest. Also, we have wet chemistry lab, and access to the advanced instruments for materials characterization at the Advanced Energy Center (AERTC) at Stony Brook University, and at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Lab.
Website: https://sensorcat.stonybrook.edu/development.html

Email: Vladimir.Samuilov@stonybrook.edu

Phone: 6316324736

Address: Department of Mat. Sci & Eng, SUNYSB, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, United States
NY
 Binghamton University (SUNY)M. Stanley Whittingham  Academic Other Energy Technologies Background: Extensive, >45 years, background in high energy density lithium batteries (Nobel Prize 2019) both in industry and academia
Interest: Next Generation of High Power and High Energy Storage Devices. Merging the positive attributes of batteries and super capacitors.
Capabilities: Extensive electrochemical evaluation and cell making facilities, including dry-room, pouch cell pilot line, and cycling equipment. X-ray diffraction. Magnetic susceptibility. Access to synchrotron facilities.
Website: https://www.binghamton.edu/necces/

Email: stanwhit@binghamton.edu

Phone: 607 777 4673

Address: P O Box 6000, Binghamton University, NY, 13902-6000, United States
NY
 University of Texas at AustinAlex Huang  Academic Other Energy Technologies Dr. Alex Huang is current a professor at University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Huang is a world renowned expert of power semiconductor devices, power electronics, smart grid and renewable energy system. He has published more than 550 papers in journals and conferences, and is the inventor of more than 20 US patents including several patents on the Emitter turn-off (ETO) thyristor technology that received a prestigious R&D 100 award in 2003. Dr. Huang is also widely credited for his contribution in developing the Energy Internet concept and the Solid State Transformer (SST) based Energy Router technology. His work on the SST has been named by MIT Technology Review as one of the world’s 10 most important emerging technologies in 2011. He has graduated more than 80 Ph.D. students and master students. Dr. Huang is a fellow of IEEE and the general chair of IEEE ECCE Conference in 2012. He is also a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Huang is the recipient of 2019 IEEE IAS Gerald Kliman Innovator Award.
Website: http://spec.ece.utexas.edu/

Email: aqhuang@utexas.edu

Phone: 512 232 6647

Address: EER 7.878, 2501 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
TX
 Argonne National LaboratoryDominik Karbowski  Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Transportation The Vehicle Mobility and Simulation team at Argonne, has over 20+ years of experience in vehicle systems research, and is recognized worldwide for Autonomie, Argonne’s road vehicle energy consumption tool. Developed over the past 20 years with US DOE support, and adopted by over 275 organizations, Autonomie is extensively used for the development of more energy-efficient vehicles. The team has extensive experience in research on electrified/hybrid/fuel cell powertrains, powertrain systems design optimization, powertrain control and energy management, battery and other component requirements, systems-level impact of individual component technologies.

The team is also developing Aeronomie, the aeronautical version of Autonomie. Aeronomie models the entire aircraft, including the environment, the airframe (6-Degrees-of-Freedom motion and aerodynamics), the power-plant and propulsion systems, and the control and pilot to follow entire missions. Both fixed-wing and multi-rotary designs have been implemented, and an entire mission can be simulated, so that trade-offs between range, payload, energy and performance can be analyzed. Aeronomie comes with a powerful interface to enable efficient large-scale systems simulations.

Within a team for this proposal, we can contribute to the system-level analysis and development: defining component requirements, power-plant systems design optimization, energy management, power plant control optimization, trajectory optimization for energy-efficiency, etc. We would be able to predict how the hybrid energy storage systems would impact the performance of the aircraft.
Website: https://vms.es.anl.gov/

Email: dkarbowski@anl.gov

Phone: 6302525362

Address: 9700 s cass ave, lemont, IL, 60439, United States
IL
 Argonne National LaboratoryAbdellatif Yacout  Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Power Generation and Energy Production: Liquid and Gaseous Fuels/Nuclear Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has been actively involved in the past in relation to the field of thermionics, with recent direct support of innovations related to development of thermionic based nuclear batteries. With recent focus on the development of efficient energy conversion systems, our group at ANL has been pursuing more efficient thermionic converter designs that are based on innovations in converter materials developments for cesium ion-based refractory metal thermionic converters. The team has developed a technology that helps achieve gain in the net electron emission (x 3 times) without affecting the converter shape (maintaining overall converter footprint) or applying any new material over the refractory metal design. With this technology, it has also been demonstrated that the temperature required for electron emission can be lowered by at least 100 oC, improving the overall conversion efficiency of those cesium-based devices. The team is interested in teaming up with anyone (industries, small business, national laboratories) who is currently looking to commercialize and develop thermionic converter designs for solar, nuclear or as a top-up cycle application.
Website: www.anl.gov

Email: yacout@anl.gov

Phone: 630 252-6781

Address: 9700 S. Cass Ave, Lemont, IL, 60439, United States
IL
 West Virginia UniversityXueyan Song  Academic Power Generation: Renewable Dr. Xueyan Song is currently a Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU).

Dr. Song has focused her research on “Tuning Various Kinds of Conductivity and Performance of Electro-Ceramics through Controlling the Atomic and Nano Structure of Crystal Defects”. Dr. Song’s peer-reviewed Journal publications include those have appeared in Nature, Nature Materials, Nano Letters, Physics Review, Applied Physics Letters, and ACS Catalysis. Dr. Song is an NSF-CAREER awardee, and recipient of multiple times of outstanding researcher and Researcher of the year from the College of Engineering at WVU.

In the field of fuel cells, Dr. Song’s group research on various crystal defects that have a profound influence on the conductivity and performance of various electro-ceramics. Dr. Song’s work includes, but not limited to, the following: (1). Investigation of grain boundaries and interfaces in a porous electrode of solid oxide cells to tackle their nanostructure origin of performance degradation. (2). Modifying the nanostructure of internals surface of the porous electrode, using Atomic layer deposition (ALD), to dramatically improve the power density, longevity and contaminant endurance of Solid Oxide Cells for high-temperature electricity generation and electrolysis.

Dr. Song’s team capability includes microscopy characterization from microns to atomic scale; fuel cell electrochemical performance testing and analysis; synthesis and conductivity measurement of different ceramic materials, ALD coating of materials and devices.

In terms of ALD applications in fuel cells, during the past several years, Dr. Song’s research team has utilized ALD to modify the nanostructure of an internal surface of as-received commercial cells and enhanced the performance of commercial fuel cells by 370 %, or by a factor of 3.7. This bears an immediate application potential in the SOFC technology since the applied ALD processing is scalable to both the single cells and SOFC stacks. In terms of the fundamental science, for the first time in the field of SOFCs, the work from Dr. Song’s group demonstrates the formation of conformal stable nanoionics and electrocatalytic nanoionics implanted using ALD. Such ALD enabled surface electrocatalytic nanoionics directly enabled the nanostructured electrode that has been constantly pursued for decades yet barely succeeded for practical high-temperature SOFC applications.
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