P H MATTER LLC — Department of Energy SBIR Phase I: 17b

P H MATTER LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Energy.

Amount
$155,000
Agency
Department of Energy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
17b
Solicitation
DE-FOA-0001770
NAICS
Place of performance
OH
Period
2018-04-09 → 2019-01-08

Description

Hydrogen fuel cells are of interest for automotive applications because they produce zero emissions- However, fuel cells currently suffer from the high cost associated with the fuel cell stack- Power is limited by water management in the cathode- In the propose project, pH Matter, LLC will synthesize and demonstrate the performance of next generation fuel cell Gas Diffusion Layers (GDLs)- The materials will out-perform current GDLs in terms of power density and cost per power- The materials will be shown to meet the application requirements for key properties-