Funding Selections: FY23 AMMTO Battery Manufacturing Lab Call

Funding Opportunities

News & Events

QUICK LINKS
Topic Areas
Key Dates

Office: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO)
Lab Call Number: DE-LC-0000027
Funding Awarded: $16 million

We are excited to announce the selection of five groundbreaking projects for the FY23 AMMTO Battery Manufacturing Lab Call. The chosen projects showcase innovative advancements in battery manufacturing featuring collaboration between National labs and industry to accelerate manufacturing advances that will play a crucial role in the future of energy storage for both electric vehicle and grid applications.

Topic Area

Topic 1: SOLID-STATE BATTERY PROJECTS

Number of Awards: 3

Award Amount: $11 million

Proposals from this topic area address key barriers for domestic, large-scale solid-state battery production. The DOE is honing its focus on several research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) manufacturing areas. This includes translating fundamental solid-state electrolyte R&D into large format/high-volume manufacturing RD&D, enhancing precision processing and fabrication of solid-state batteries (SSBs) in large format cells, and conducting verification and validation of solid-state battery scalability.

MANUFACTURING OF LARGE FORMAT, HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY, AND LONG DURABILITY SOLID-STATE BATTERIES WITH OXIDE ELECTROLYTE

Award Amount: $4 million

Project Lead: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Partner: Intecells and High-T

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and industry partners (Intecells and High-T Tech) will develop a scalable process to manufacture solid-state batteries with LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2 (x≥0.6, NMC) cathode and oxide-based electrolytes, which is intrinsically nonflammable. The project will transform the current batch process for fabricating and sintering SSB oxide-based electrolytes to a continuous process. This project will also integrate the cathode, electrolyte and anode into full cells and scale them up from the current button cell (≤10 mAh) to ≥ 1 Ah, ≥350 Wh/kg and 500 cycles.

SOLVENTLESS PROCESSING FOR PRECISE, RELIABLE, AND SCALABLE SOLID-STATE BATTERY MANUFACTURING

Award Amount: $4 million

Project Lead: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Location: Golden, Colorado

Partner: ORNL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Solid Power, SkyNano, Epic Advanced Materials, and Mott Corporation

This diverse multi-lab (NREL, ORNL, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) and industrial team (Solid Power, SkyNano, Epic Advanced Materials, and Mott Corporation) will partner to advance next-generation SSB technology through novel dry process electrode manufacturing. This effort will combine state-of-the-art modelling, advanced characterization, new material formulation, novel high-throughput processing, and a unique three-dimensional cell architecture to demonstrate high energy (>400 Wh/kg), large-area (> 100cm2) all solid-state batteries with commercially relevant, low failure rate manufacturing processes.

ADVANCING SOLID-STATE BATTERY MANUFACTURING THROUGH SCALABLE SYNTHESIS, PROCESSING, AND ANALYSIS

Award Amount: $3 million

Project Lead: Argonne National Laboratory

Location: Lemont, Illinois

Partner: ORNL, Ampcera, Arkema, Forge Nano, Ion Storage Systems, Koura Global, NEI Corp., and Soelect

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and ORNL will partner with Ampcera, Arkema, Forge Nano, Ion Storage Systems, Koura Global, NEI Corp., and Soelect to explore SSB manufacturing through a comprehensive examination of both slurry-based and dry processing methods for roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing. The primary aim is to optimize solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) for use in safer and higher-capacity batteries. The project seeks to enhance various aspects of SSEs, including ionic conductivity, area-specific resistance, mechanical properties, and stability, while also investigating the integration of innovative R2R techniques into commercial-scale SSB production. The expected outcomes encompass refined manufacturing methodologies, a comprehensive understanding of slurry-based and dry processes, and practical guidelines for implementing R2R processes in SSB production.

Topic 2: DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE FLOW BATTERY MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES

Number of Awards: 2

Award Amount: $5 million

Proposals from this topic area address technical and manufacturing challenges in U.S. flow battery production, specifically targeting the optimization of flow batteries across commercial, industrial, and utility applications. The DOE emphasizes two primary RD&D manufacturing areas: the creation of new or enhanced cell/reactor architectures and configurations, and the development of manufacturing and process standards.

STANDARD ELECTROLYTE PREPARATION AND CELL STACK DESIGN FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERIES

Award Amount: $2.9 million

Project Lead: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Location: Richland, Washington

Partner: ESS, Inc., Otoro Energy Inc. and the Chemours Company

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in collaboration with ESS, Inc., Otoro Energy Inc. and the Chemours Company, will develop standardized redox flow battery (RFB) electrolytes and stacks. The goal of the project is to reduce the cost of manufacturing redox flow battery components and systems by implementing standardized designs and processes.

ULTRA-HIGH VOLUMETRIC POWER DENSITY BUNDLED MICROTUBULAR MEMBRANE-ENABLED FLOW BATTERIES

Award Amount: $2.1 million

Project Lead: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Partner: Kraton Corp., Stryten Energy, Perma Pure, and the Georgia Institute of Technology

ORNL will collaborate with Kraton Corp., Stryten Energy, Perma Pure, and the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop a novel RFB architecture, specifically the co-axial bundled microtubular RFB. The 3-year goals of this project are to: i) develop a prototype based on the new RFB architecture that can deliver >10 kWh power, and ii) standardize material processing and cell fabrication protocol for this innovative RFB architecture.

More Information