Award Number: DE-EE0008090CX(s) Applied: A9Fuel Cells Technologies OfficeLocation(s): AZOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 17, 2017
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Mixed Ionic Electronic Conducting Quaternary Perovskites: Materials by Design for Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen
Award Number: DE-EE0008090
CX(s) Applied: A9
Fuel Cells Technologies Office
Location(s): AZ
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Arizona State University to discover new materials through fundamental quantum mechanics investigations (computational and computer modeling methods) for improved solar thermochemical hydrogen systems. Only Budget Period 1 (BP1) is being negotiated at this time so this NEPA review is for BP1 activities only. Additional NEPA review will be required if DOE proposes to continue funding the project into subsequent budget periods.
The proposed project activities include model development, computational calculations, and analysis on the thermodynamics of complex metal oxides that have mixed ionic electronic conductivity. Work would primarily take place at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The project partner is Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.