Seed Fund Projects
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The StorageX Initiative awards seed grants to high-impact research across the full range of energy sourcing, conversion, storage, transmission and uses, as well as improve the financial, legal and regulatory environments that affect the deployment of energy technologies.
Request for Proposals
The next Request for Proposals will be issued in spring 2023. Read our past Request for Proposals: 2022, 2021, 2020.
Funded Projects
2022
Unraveling The Molecular Mechanism For Ion Transport in Concentrated Electrolytes
Developing Polymeric Membrane Materials for Precision Lithium Separations to Circularize Battery Manufacturing
Realizing Stable Fast Charging of Lithium Metal Batteries
Cost-Efficient Energy Storage Portfolios for Alternative Market Settings
Digital Avatar of Battery Systems (DABS)
Thermal Conditioning of EV Battery for Improved Performance, Reliability and Lifetime
Engaging water supply system storage as a distributed flexible energy resource
Data-Driven Lifetime Prediction of Second-Life Lithium-ion Batteries for Grid Energy Storage
Strain Engineering of Fast Charging Solid State Batteries
Parametrized Aging Model for Lithium metal batteries
STEER: Scaling to TWh-Energy Endeavors from Research
2021
Prevention of Mechanical Failure in Battery Electrodes During Fast Charging
Engineering ion solvation and charging rate near the electrolyte-electrode interface
Designing and Evaluating Battery Recycling Unit Processes
Materials search for fast charging of solid state batterie
Fair Market Valuation of EV Batteries in the Circular Economy
A Decision-Support Model for Retired Li-Ion Automotive Batteries
2020
Climate change and health impacts from air pollutions from current and future battery production
Developing Solute-Selective Membrane Materials for Energy-Efficient Lithium Separations
Engineering ion solvation and charging rate near the electrolyte-electrode interface
Transitioning to clean energy transportation services: Life-cycle cost analysis for vehicle fleets
Accelerating Battery Materials Discovery by Multi-Property Optimization
Cell-to-cell heterogeneity investigation of a Li-ion parallel-connected battery pack
Design and analysis of a flexible solid-state electrolyte
Polymer batteries: Towards the recycling of batteries
