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$11.2 million in awards for research aimed at overcoming the scientific challenges associated with the production, storage and use of hydrogen : Energy Dept.
:: 15 May, 2007
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $11.2 million in awards
for research aimed at overcoming the scientific challenges associated with the
production, storage and use of hydrogen.
“This funding will support transformational scientific research addressing
major issues underpinning the hydrogen economy: hydrogen storage,
essential for transportation; and catalysts, for hydrogen production, storage
and use," Under Secretary for Science Dr. Raymond L. Orbach said.
DOE’s Office of Science selected 13 projects that will focus on fundamental
science in support of hydrogen technologies. Universities and national
laboratories in 10 states and Washington, DC will conduct the research.
The projects are part of a department-wide, comprehensive, balanced portfolio
of basic and applied research, technology development and demonstration projects
aimed at significantly advancing President Bush’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative.
DOE selected the new projects through a merit-review, competitive solicitation
process and plans to fund additional projects in fiscal year 2008.
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The projects will address two priority technical areas:
Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage (7 projects, $5.6 million over
three years)
Both the National Academy of Sciences and DOE have identified hydrogen storage
as a key technology for the successful implementation of hydrogen and fuel cell
technologies. A broad range of research in hydrogen storage is covered by
these projects, including: complex hydrides; nanostructured and novel
materials; theory, modeling and simulation; and state-of-the-art analytical and
characterization tools to develop novel storage materials and methods.
Nanoscale Catalysts (6 projects, $5.6 million over three years)
Catalysts play a vital role in hydrogen production, storage and use.
Specifically, catalysts are needed for producing hydrogen from water or
carbon-containing fuels such as coal and biomass, increasing hydrogen storage
kinetics and producing electricity at low cost from hydrogen in fuel cells.
Research areas include: innovative synthetic techniques; novel
characterization techniques; and theory, modeling and simulation of catalytic
pathways.
The list of new projects follows.
Novel Hydrogen Storage
Materials
Oak Ridge National Laboratory -Quantum Tuning of Chemical Reactivity for
Storage and Generation of Hydrogen Fuels
Rutgers University-Novel Theoretical and Experimental
Approaches for Understanding and Optimizing Hydrogen-Sorbent
Interactions in Metal Organic Framework Materials
Stony Brook University-Influence of Pressure on Physical Property
of Ammonia Borane and its Re-hydrogenation
University of California, Davis-Activation of Hydrogen Under Ambient
Conditions by Main Group Molecules
University of California, Santa Barbara-Computational Studies of Hydrogen
Interactions with Storage Materials
University of Missouri-Columbia-Networks of Boron-Doped Carbon Nanopores for
Low-Pressure Reversible Hydrogen Storage
University of South Florida-Novel Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks
for Hydrogen Storage
Nanoscale Catalysts
Argonne National Laboratory-Structure/Composition/Function Relationships
in Supported Nanoscale Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation
Brookhaven National Laboratory-In-situ Studies of the Active Sites and
Mechanism for the Water-Gas-Shift Reaction on Metal/Oxide Nanocatalysts
Georgetown University-An in situ Electrode-Potential-Controlled
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Sulfur-Poisoning Effect on
Platinum Based Mono- and Bi-metallic Nanoscale Electrocatalysts
Ohio State University-Investigation of the Nature of Active Sites
on Heteroatom-Containing Carbon Nano-Structures for Oxygen Reduction
Reaction
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-New Bio-Inspired Molecular Catalysts for
Hydrogen Oxidation and Hydrogen Production
University of Virginia-Theory-Aided Design of Active and Durable
Nanoscale Cathode Catalysts
About the Basic Energy Sciences (BES)-
The Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program supports fundamental research in focused areas of the natural sciences in order to expand the scientific foundations for new and improved energy technologies and for understanding and mitigating the environmental impacts of energy use. BES also supports work that creates knowledge and develops tools to strengthen national security. The BES program plans, constructs, and operates major scientific user facilities to serve researchers from universities, national laboratories, and private institutions.
The BES program is one of the Nation's largest sponsors of the natural sciences by funding experiments at more than 160 research institutions through the following three Divisions:
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List of BES reports.
Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
Scientific User Facilities Division
About the Hydrogen Program
The U.S. DOE Hydrogen Program works in partnership with industry, academia, national laboratories, federal and international agencies to:
Overcome technical barriers through research and development of hydrogen production, delivery, and storage technologies, as well as fuel cell technologies for transportation, distributed stationary power, and portable power applications,
Address safety concerns and develop model codes and standards,
Validate and demonstrate hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in real-world conditions, and
Educate key stakeholders whose acceptance of these technologies will determine their success in the marketplace.
The DOE Hydrogen Program currently includes participation from the Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE), Fossil Energy (FE), Nuclear Energy (NE), and Science (SC). Each office manages activities that address hydrogen technologies that meet the needs of their respective feedstocks and target applications. As the nation focuses more attention and resources on exploring the potential for a hydrogen energy future, close coordination among these offices becomes critical—this is the role of the DOE Hydrogen Program
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