he U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is offering US$125 million in research grants to companies developing next-generation-batteries - receiving a share are two Energy Innovation Hub teams from the Argonne National Laboratory and Stanford University who are currently working on projects involving energy storage technologies beyond lithium-ion batteries.
To qualify for the money the projects under scrutiny will have to offer greater energy storage capabilities, safer operation, lower costs and diversity of materials to manufacture batteries, the US DOE has said. But meeting these challenges requires a better understanding of foundational battery and materials sciences.
The Argonne-led Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA)nis currently focussing on achieving unprecedented molecular-level control of chemical reactivity, ion selectivity and directional transport in complex electrochemical cells. The Stanford-led Aqueous Battery Consortium (ABC) is working on the scientific foundation for large-scale development and deployment of aqueous batteries for long-duration grid storage technologies. Both teams will prioritize study and use of Earth-abundant materials to mitigate supply chain risks.
The teams were selected by competitive peer review under the DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement for the Energy Innovation Hub Program: Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries and Energy Storage. While focused on basic science, the announcement was developed in coordination through the DOE Joint Strategy Team for Batteries.
The total funding is US $125 million for awards lasting up to five years in duration.
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