SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Inexpensive Inert Anodes for Energy Materials
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2020 8:38:44 AM
- Notice Type
- Solicitation
- NAICS
- 21
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- Contracting Office
- BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE�DOE CNTR Idaho Falls ID 83415 USA
- ZIP Code
- 83415
- Solicitation Number
- BA-902_924_971_1008_1090
- Response Due
- 8/20/2020 12:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/20/2020
- Point of Contact
- Andrew Rankin
- E-Mail Address
-
andrew.rankin@inl.gov
(andrew.rankin@inl.gov)
- Description
- Electrometallurgical production of metals and alloys is inherently inexpensive, but leads to dwindling of primary resources and the creation of excessive landfill/waste materials.� Graphite, though the industry choice, creates greenhouse gasses and is not inert.� Long-term deployment of a monolithic Platinum Group Metals (PGM) is cost-prohibitive.� INL's solution:� A suitable combination of Transition Metals (TM) and Platinum Group Metals (PGM) have shown promising results.� The high temperature strength of TMs and the chemical inertness to obnoxious/reactive gasses of PGMs combine to create an alloy with both characteristics.� Initial experiments were performed with a molybdenum (TM) - ruthenium (PGM) alloy Two electrolytes were used in the temperature ranges Alloy anode was exposed to molten salts, oxygen and reactive gasses� No perceptible damages (thinning, mechanical degradation, necking) were observed in the alloy anode.� Applications� Recycling photovoltaic (PV) wastes Fabrication of thin film modules onto low-cost materials� Semiconducting-based thin film PV materials New alloys for coating energy materials� Removal of toxic elements (Pb, Cd) from waste materials (TV screens, PV wastes etc.)� INL is seeking to license the above intellectual property to a company with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Exclusive rights in defined fields of use may be available.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA
- Zip Code: 83415
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 83415
- Record
- SN05745755-F 20200807/200805230153 (samdaily.us)
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