CAREER: Organic Structure and Interphase Engineering for Fast-Charging, High-Temperature and Sustainable Batteries

Information

  • NSF Award
  • 2419947
Owner
  • Award Id
    2419947
  • Award Effective Date
    3/15/2024 - 3 months ago
  • Award Expiration Date
    6/30/2027 - 3 years from now
  • Award Amount
    $ 423,912.00
  • Award Instrument
    Continuing Grant

CAREER: Organic Structure and Interphase Engineering for Fast-Charging, High-Temperature and Sustainable Batteries

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). <br/><br/>Fast-charging, high-temperature and sustainable batteries are critical for the applications of energy storage devices in stationary energy storage, well drilling industry, and high temperature regions. This project focuses on developing advanced organic materials, electrodes, and electrolytes for organic rechargeable potassium batteries under fast-charging and high-temperature conditions. This set of materials represents a “beyond lithium” chemistry for energy storage applications for grid-scale storage integrated with intermittent renewable energy such as solar or wind. The materials, including the organic polymers, organic electrolytes, and potassium salts, are plentiful domestically and have a lower environmental footprint. The fundamental research program and complementary educational activities include interrelated components: 1) principles of organic material, electrolyte, and interphase structure design for organic batteries and extreme conditions; 2) integrated educational activities involving middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate students with an emphasis on groups historically underrepresented in science and engineering. <br/><br/>The objectives of this project are to develop organic rechargeable potassium batteries (RPBs) as alternatives to Li-ion batteries and to seek fundamental understanding of 1) the correlation between organic structure and electrochemical performance in RPBs; 2) the impact of highly conductive one-dimensional (1D)/two-dimensional (2D) carbon materials such as carbon nanotube and graphene to the ion/electron transport and structural integrity of organic electrodes; and 3) the impact of solid electrolyte interphase structure, composition and stability to the battery cycle life. Extensive structural characterizations will be performed to investigate reaction mechanisms of organic electrode materials in RPBs, the interplay between 1D/2D carbon materials and organic electrode materials by π-π interaction and heteroatom effect, as well as the interfacial chemistry of organic electrodes in RPBs. This project will afford structure design principles for organic materials, electrodes, and interphase to enable rational structure design and performance optimization of fast-charging, high-temperature, and sustainable batteries.<br/><br/>This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

  • Program Officer
    Carole Readcread@nsf.gov7032922418
  • Min Amd Letter Date
    3/11/2024 - 3 months ago
  • Max Amd Letter Date
    3/11/2024 - 3 months ago
  • ARRA Amount

Institutions

  • Name
    University of Miami
  • City
    CORAL GABLES
  • State
    FL
  • Country
    United States
  • Address
    1320 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY STE 650
  • Postal Code
    331462919
  • Phone Number
    3052843924

Investigators

  • First Name
    Chao
  • Last Name
    Luo
  • Email Address
    cxl1763@miami.edu
  • Start Date
    3/11/2024 12:00:00 AM

Program Element

  • Text
    CAREER: FACULTY EARLY CAR DEV
  • Code
    104500

Program Reference

  • Text
    CAREER-Faculty Erly Career Dev
  • Code
    1045