Flexible carbon conductors for lightweight motors and generators Award Number: DE-EE0007865 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15 Advanced Manufacturing Office Date: 2/27/2017 Location(s): Mult Office(s): Golden Field Office
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March 15, 2017
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Flexible carbon conductors for lightweight motors and generators
Award Number: DE-EE0007865
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Advanced Manufacturing Office
Date: 2/27/2017
Location(s): Mult
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Rice University to develop a new carbon nanotube (CNT) conductor technology intended to increase motor efficiency.
The proposed project activities include the design and building of two lab-scale growth reactor systems for the fabrication of carbon nanotubes. The reactors would be optimized and the carbon nanotube characterized. The carbon nanotubes produced would then be dissolved to make carbon nanotube solution for fiber spinning. The carbon nanotube fibers would then be characterized and insulated. Design, development, and fabrication activities would occur at research facilities at The University of Maryland in College Park, MD; Rice University in Houston, TX; and The University of Houston (DexMat) in Houston, TX. Carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube fibers would be tested at Rice University and University of Maryland. All research, development and testing activities would take place in existing facilities designed for this type of research; therefore, no new construction, modifications to existing or new permits, or additional licenses and/or authorizations would be necessary.