The Energy Department has announced the 2018 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 1 Awards, including 15 projects focused on high density hydrogen storage, innovative ionomers in the catalyst layer, gas diffusion layers, and membranes for electrochemical production of hydrogen. These projects are awarded through the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES).
Award winners include:
High Density Hydrogen Storage
- NuMat Technologies of Illinois
- Nextgen Battery Technologies of Virginia
- E&G Associates, Inc. of Tennessee
Ionomers
- Compact Membrane Systems of Delaware
- Giner, Inc. of Massachusetts
- Tetramer Technologies of South Carolina
Gas Diffusion Layers
- AvCarb Material Solutions, LLC of Massachusetts
- pH Matter, LLC of Ohio
- Techverse, Inc. of North Carolina
- Glacigen Materials, Inc. of Montana
- Physical Sciences, Inc. of Massachusetts
- TDA Research, Inc. of Colorado
Membranes
- Giner, Inc. of Massachusetts
- Xergy, Inc. of Delaware
- Sustainable Innovations of Connecticut
Get a full list of awardees.
Learn more about the Energy Department's broader efforts to develop affordable, efficient fuel cell and hydrogen technologies on EERE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cells page. Other information can be found on the SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunity Announcements website.