SBIR Phase I: NANOSTRUCTURED 3D CATALYTIC COATINGS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY POLLUTION CONTROL AND AIR PURIFICATION

SBIR 第一阶段：用于高效污染控制和空气净化的纳米结构 3D 催化涂层

• 批准号: 1843534
• 负责人: Elijah Shirman
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: METALMARK INNOVATIONS, PBC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2020-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1843534&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; NANOSTRUCTURED; 3D; CATALYTIC

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to address the global challenge of pollution abatement and air purification which have a profound impact on the environment, health, and economy. Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent each year on emission control activities, yet air pollution costs the global economy over five trillion of dollars annually in welfare costs and is attributed to one in every eight deaths. The design and performance of current industrial catalytic air purification technologies is insufficient to treat the growing number of airborne pollutants. Finding sustainable, cost-effective solutions to this problem, and is becoming increasingly important in view of tightening regulations. The technology we propose has a high commercialization potential due to the fact that it is cost-effective, shows excellent long-term performance and potential for scalable fabrication within an existing manufacturing framework within the United States. Further, the founders of the company are inventors of the technology and have exclusive licensing of the core IP. Significantly, our demonstration of operating temperature reductions has been well-received by industry as evidenced by findings from our customer discovery effort through programs such as NSF I-Corps.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project addresses outstanding challenges in catalytic converters, notably technical challenges associated with cold start, durability, and high cost, which can be attributed to the use of substantial amounts of platinum group metals, and reliance on the limited reserves of these metals. Through highly controlled composition and nano-, micro-, and macro- structuration, we have previously demonstrated dramatically reduced precious metal content in a catalytic decomposition of known pollutants. The research objectives of this SBIR project are to develop a scalable deposition method of these advanced catalytic materials onto industrially relevant substrates, to promote and accelerate their integration into commercial products to tackle the growing problem of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The technical work will involve the synthesis of these materials and modifications to the synthetic schemes in a way that will be compatible with such large-scale deposition processes, as well as longevity, robustness, and catalytic testing. It will require building equipment for the deposition. Overcoming the technological challenges that are the subject of this SBIR Project will facilitate translation of the nanostructured materials to a broad range of catalytic applications related to pollution abatement and air purification.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.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是应对全球减少污染和空气净化的挑战，这对环境，健康和经济产生了深远的影响。每年数千亿美元用于排放控制活动，但空气污染每年花费超过5万亿美元的福利成本，造成每80万美元的福利成本。当前的工业催化空气纯化技术的设计和性能不足以治疗日益增长的空气污染物。为此问题找到可持续的，具有成本效益的解决方案，并且鉴于收紧法规，越来越重要。我们提出的技术具有很高的商业化潜力，因为它具有成本效益，在美国现有的制造框架内显示出出色的长期性能和可扩展制造的潜力。 此外，公司的创始人是该技术的发明者，并拥有核心IP的独家许可。 Significantly, our demonstration of operating temperature reductions has been well-received by industry as evidenced by findings from our customer discovery effort through programs such as NSF I-Corps.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project addresses outstanding challenges in catalytic converters, notably technical challenges associated with cold start, durability, and high cost, which can be attributed to the use of substantial amounts of platinum group metals, and reliance on the这些金属的有限储量。通过高度控制的组成以及纳米，微型和宏观结构，我们以前已经证明了已知污染物的催化分解中的贵金属含量大幅减少。该SBIR项目的研究目标是将这些晚期催化材料的可扩展沉积方法开发到工业相关的底物上，以促进和加速其整合到商业产品中，以解决日益增长的空气污染和温室气体排放问题。技术工作将涉及这些材料的合成和对合成方案的修改，该方式将与如此大规模的沉积过程以及寿命，稳健性和催化测试兼容。它将需要建造设备以进行沉积。克服该SBIR项目主题的技术挑战将有助于将纳米结构的材料转化为与污染减排和空气净化相关的广泛催化应用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并已通过评估该基金会的知识功能和广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务。