This Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, period of performance, removal of teaming partners, and new project milestones to include the development of three additional Substation in a Cable for Adaptable, Low-cost Electrical Distribution (SCALED) alternating current (AC) to AC cells in addition to the development of four direct current (DC) to DC SCALED cells already in progress, with a goal to create a cohesive, all-in-one structure to replace bulky, inflexible power substations in the electrical grid.
A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method will be used to prepare nanomaterials. Rev. 0 - Work location moved to AMC. no scope changes from former E…
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a technology approach to large-scale, dynamic energy transport by using electrochemical processes and existing logistics infrastructure by leveraging globally abundant, non-critical metals to serve as energy carriers and innovative metal-air fuel cells and low temperature metal electrolyzers for energy conversion.
CX-270842: The MITRE Corporation - All-Optical Chiplets for Energy-Efficient Artificial Intelligence
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of computer chiplets based on photonic integrated circuits that use light instead of electricity for computation.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of an electrochemically catalyzed graphitization process using molten salts, operating at much lower temperatures (approx. 850°Celsius) and in shorter timescales (3-6 hours) to produce high-purity synthetic graphite.
General chemical and nanomaterial research support for Material Science and Clean Energy projects will be performed at the Advanced Manufacturing C…
CX-270829: Stanford University - Scaled Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes via Autonomous Experimentation
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a reactor to produce high quality carbon nanotubes (CNT) at high production rates via combustion processes.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of an advanced ultra-conductive carbon aluminum composite (UCAC) cable with superior electrical and mechanical properties, applicable to electrical power transmission and distribution, including utility-scale infrastructure, renewable energy integration projects, and the development and modernization of grid systems.
Funding will support the project team's small-scale research and development of a Nested Pebble Bed Blanket (NesPeB) to address current blanket concepts' shortcomings and technical immaturity and to pave the way for rapid deployment of fusion power plants.
The Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program will support the research and development of technologies that enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel to reduce the impact of storage in permanent disposal facilities.