GINER INC — Department of Energy SBIR Phase I: 17a
GINER INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Energy.
- Amount
- $149,951
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 17a
- Solicitation
- DE-FOA-0001770
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2018-04-09 → 2019-01-08
Description
Commercial proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology typically relies on the same type of ionomer in the catalyst layer as are used for the fuel cell membrane- However, the desired properties for the ionomer in the catalyst layer and the ionomer used in the membrane should be different- This results in poor fuel cell performance particularly for low-platinum and high-power operations- The overall objective of this Phase I project is to design, synthesize and characterize novel fluorinated ionomer for PEM fuel cell cathode; the ionomer can improve the fuel cell performance under low-platinum and high-power operations-