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The goal for this Phase I research is to develop a stretchable dielectric ink that can be used for flexible applications. Printing electronics is a new and quickly growing alternative to traditionally manufactured electronics. Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) is a novel approach to electronic circuit manufacturing that aims to combine the best of printed and conventional electronics. FHE devices ...

Energy storage is required to address variability in supply and demand of electricity, while transitioning to a renewable-intensive grid, electrifying transportation, and electrifying heat. Buildings have high energy demands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Thermal Energy Storage (TES) can store off-peak/renewable-intensive for later use in heating or cooling the host buildin ...

The development of next-generation materials for Li-ion batteries is a highly significant problem and opportunity with far-reaching implications for the future of energy storage and electrification. Graphite is a known suboptimal anode material due to low charge rates and limited specific capacity. While replacing graphite with silicon increases the specific energy density (Wh/kg) by a maximum of ...

Problem Statement and Approach: Sensitive detection of electromagnetic (EM) fields at microwave frequencies underlies crucially many high-energy physics (HEP) experiments that rely on the measurement of weak couplings between ultralight dark matter and electromagnetism. These HEP experiments require the sensing of EM fields down to single photon level, which, unfortunately, remains a significant c ...

The cost of capturing CO2 from coal-derived flue gas using existing technologies, like absorption far exceeds the DOE's target of around $30-40/ton of CO2. To overcome this hurdle, a novel transformative block copolymer membrane has been developed, which contains microporosity using rubbery polar polymers with nanoparticles. This membrane has the potential to achieve exceptional CO2 permeance (450 ...

Mission Power will develop a 150kW integrated Dual-Active Bridge (DAB) targeted for applications in vehicle charging. This program will leverage the work of the Mission Power 2022 DOE SBIR program “Planar Magnetic Solution for Vehicle Chargers” that developed a 150kW planar transformer. Within a vehicle charging station of the future, there will likely be a Solid-State Transformer (SST) to con ...

Brine resources in the United States are not amenable to conventional approaches for lithium extraction and the process for fabricating lithium metal from these extracted materials has severe limitations which lead to expensive coatings and subpar battery performance. The proposed project will investigate the use of a novel approach to lithium extraction from brine resources which directly results ...

The primary goal of this Phase I project is to demonstrate that aromatics derived from the depolymerization of waste polystyrene can be utilized as an additive in synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) to allow blending at levels exceeding 50%v in jet fuel to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions significantly.Two subgoals will be pursued in Phase I to achieve the primary goal:• Development of a fl ...

Photonectrsquo;s novel technology described in this proposal permanently attaches an optical fiber to a silicon chip using fusion splicing with methods and components that are scalable to high volume manufacturing, tolerant to mechanical and thermal stress, and limit loss. NASA has conveyed their need for coupling approaches and components resulting in low misalignment tolerances, which is directl ...

Achieving trustworthy and trusted autonomy starts early in the development process through performing hazard analysis, fault analysis, identifying mitigating requirements, and carefully and rigorously tracing those requirements all the way into design, models, implementation, and tests. However, traceability can be time-consuming, costly, and error-prone. To address these challenges, significant a ...