Funding will support the project team's research and development of perovskite (PVK)/silicon (Si) tandem solar modules.
This Amended Determination follows the approval of new project milestones, new project locations, and changes in project performers to support the project team's small-scale, research and development activities of a modular resilient microgrid control integration platform.
The Catalytic Application Testing for Accelerated Learning Chemistries via High-throughput Experimentation and Modeling Efficiently (CATALCHEM-E) program supports the small-scale research and development of heterogeneous catalysts, solid materials that reduce the inherent energy needed to drive industrial-scale chemical reactions responsible for making everyday products and commodities.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a triple-purpose canister for management of spent nuclear fuel from advanced reactors and high-level radioactive waste from nuclear recycling facilities, and integrates storage, transport, and disposal functions into a single system.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of planar shaping magnets (PSM) required for stellarator functionality to enable the commercialization of magnetic confinement fusion energy.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of an integrated photonics platform that replaces hundreds of discrete lasers with a single multi-wavelength comb laser source for use in the scalability of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.
This Fourth Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, a new project team member, and additional project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities to further advance a chip-level direct two-phase impingement jet cooling solution to enhance overall thermal performance while reducing pumping power under the Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability, and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information Processing Systems Program (COOLERCHIPS) Program.
This Third Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, extended period of performance, change of project location, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities to enable microbial production of methanol from methane feedstock, in progress under the Optimized Flexible Fuels using Grid-free Reactors with Intermittent Delivery (OFF GRID, formerly GREENWELLS) Program.
The Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability, and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information Processing Systems 1.5 (COOLERCHIPS 1.5) Program consists of projects selected from the first phase of the COOLERCHIPS program for additional funding, extended period of performance, and new project milestones to continue development of water-free, advanced cooling systems for high-power data centers demanded by artificial intelligence (AI).
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of non-volatile solid refrigerants for use in heat exchangers and cooling systems.