SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Additively Manufactured 3D Engineered Catalytic Materials on Porous Carbon Supports
- Notice Date
- 11/6/2023 3:48:31 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333248
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- Contracting Office
- LLNS � DOE CONTRACTOR Livermore CA 94551 USA
- ZIP Code
- 94551
- Solicitation Number
- IL-13446
- Response Due
- 12/6/2023 4:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/21/2023
- Point of Contact
- Jared Lynch, Phone: 9254226667, Charlotte Eng, Phone: 9254221905
- E-Mail Address
-
lynch36@llnl.gov, eng23@llnl.gov
(lynch36@llnl.gov, eng23@llnl.gov)
- Description
- Opportunity: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a licensing agreement to further develop and commercialize its 3D printable resin used for the additive manufacturing of catalytic materials on porous carbon supports. Background: Devices for water-splitting are an environmentally-friendly way of generating hydrogen used for energy storage applications.� Electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) play a critical role in efficiency and stability of these devices. �The traditional methods used to produce catalytic electrodes is to deposit the catalysts onto a substrate, via solution casting or electrodeposition.� The drawback of these methods is the morphology and the transport properties within the formed catalyst layer cannot be well controlled.� There is a need for next generation fabrication methods for catalytic electrodes that can be finely tuned for optimum performance and not limited to just creating surface coatings on substrates. Description: LLNL researchers have developed novel catalytic electrodes for energy storage applications from inexpensive starting materials.� The LLNL team are using a group of 3D printing inks that contain precursors of earth-abundant catalysts (e.g. Ni, Co and Fe compounds); the catalytic materials are imbedded into the ink matrix.� To carefully control the properties such as surface area and those related to liquid electrolyte and gas transportation, the ink is used to 3D print complex scaffold structures. Afterwards, the 3D printed structures are post-processed to ensure uniform distribution of the catalysts throughout the scaffold of the electrode. Advantages/Benefits:� (1) Uses earth-abundant catalysts made of non-noble metals (e.g., nickel, iron, cobalt) (2) Tunable hierarchical pore size and distribution (3) Enhanced surface area, and as a result, improved catalytic capability per area. The 3D structure increases accessibility of catalysts distributed throughout the carbon scaffold. (4) LLNL inventors believe they can achieve < 300 mV overpotentials for OER and < 150 mV overpotentials for HER based on the 3D printed electrocatalysts tested using chronopotentiometry. (5) In addition to hydrogen generation, this same technique can be used for other catalytic reactions such as carbon dioxide reduction, oxygen reduction/evolution. Potential Applications:� Photoelectrochemical water splitting to produce hydrogen CO2 capture and conversion Electrolysis Gas phase catalytic reaction processes 3D printing applications Development Status:� Current stage of technology development:� TRL 3 LLNL has patent(s) on this invention. U.S. Patent No. 11655550 Engineering catalytical electrodes for applications in energy areas published 5/23/2023 LLNL is seeking industry partners with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Moving critical technology beyond the Laboratory to the commercial world helps our licensees gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. All licensing activities are conducted under policies relating to the strict nondisclosure of company proprietary information.� Please visit the IPO website at https://ipo.llnl.gov/resources for more information on working with LLNL and the industrial partnering and technology transfer process. Note:� THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT.� Companies interested in commercializing LLNL's Additively Manufactured 3D Engineered Catalytic Materials on Porous Carbon Supports should provide an electronic OR written statement of interest, which includes the following: Company Name and address. The name, address, and telephone number of a point of contact. A description of corporate expertise and/or facilities relevant to commercializing this technology. Please provide a complete electronic OR written statement to ensure consideration of your interest in LLNL's Additively Manufactured 3D Engineered Catalytic Materials on Porous Carbon Supports. The subject heading in an email response should include the Notice ID and/or the title of LLNL�s Technology/Business Opportunity and directed to the Primary and Secondary Point of Contacts listed below. Written responses should be directed to: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Innovation and Partnerships Office P.O. Box 808, L-779 Livermore, CA� 94551-0808 Attention:�� IL-13446
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Livermore, CA, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06876797-F 20231108/231106230128 (samdaily.us)
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