I-Corps: Metallic glass catalysts for energy conversion and storage

I-Corps：用于能量转换和存储的金属玻璃催化剂

• 批准号: 1737819
• 负责人: Sundeep Mukherjee
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1737819&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Metallic; glass; catalysts; energy

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the application of high performance catalysts for use in energy conversion/storage devices such as fuel cells and batteries. Successful commercialization will considerably advance nano-manufacturing in electrochemical energy conversion/storage and have a positive impact on a number of clean energy technologies. Typical customers for the proposed innovation include a broad spectrum of high-tech industries which will potentially benefit from commercialization of this technology. Some examples include fuel cell manufacturers, automotive industry, consumer electronics and energy storage companies. Superior performance of novel amorphous catalysts compared to state of the art suggests that this technology might be attractive core strength for a new company. As such, this I-Corps program will seek to understand whether a market opportunity exists around application of this technology and any potential spin-out company.This I-Corps project is focused on addressing catalyst performance bottlenecks in energy conversion/storage technologies such as fuel cells and batteries. This will be achieved by replacing state of the art nanoparticle catalysts with novel amorphous metallic alloys. Metallic glasses are fully amorphous multi-component alloys with unique combination of properties and processing ability. They can be produced in a wide range of compositions that are not available in crystalline form and therefore their electronic and catalytic characteristics can be engineered to achieve superior performance. A self-supporting architecture will be used for these novel amorphous catalysts, which prevent the dissolution of support material and significantly improve durability. The success of this project will lead to commercialization of highly-efficient and low-cost catalytic materials for electrochemical energy devices. It will pave the way for new clean energy technology ventures.

I-Corps项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在燃料电池和电池等能源转换/存储设备中应用高性能催化剂。成功的商业化将大大促进电化学能量转换/储存方面的纳米制造，并对一些清洁能源技术产生积极影响。拟议创新的典型客户包括范围广泛的高科技行业，这些行业可能会从这项技术的商业化中受益。一些例子包括燃料电池制造商、汽车工业、消费电子产品和能源储存公司。与最先进的技术相比，新型非晶态催化剂的优异性能表明，这项技术可能是一家新公司具有吸引力的核心实力。因此，i-Corps计划将寻求了解这项技术的应用和任何潜在的衍生公司是否存在市场机会。i-Corps项目专注于解决燃料电池和电池等能源转换/存储技术中的催化剂性能瓶颈。这将通过用新的非晶态金属合金取代最先进的纳米粒子催化剂来实现。金属玻璃是一种完全非晶态的多元合金，具有独特的性能和加工能力。它们可以以晶体形式不存在的各种组合物的形式生产，因此可以对其电子和催化特性进行改造，以实现优异的性能。这些新型的非晶态催化剂将采用自支撑结构，防止载体材料的溶解，并显著提高耐用性。该项目的成功将导致用于电化学能源装置的高效、低成本催化材料的商业化。它将为新的清洁能源技术项目铺平道路。