{"673401":{"#nid":"673401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"McDowell Receives ARPA-E Funding to Develop Ultrahigh-Energy Density Battery Chemistries","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/matthew-mcdowell\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMatthew McDowell\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Woodruff Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and initiative lead for energy storage at the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/energy\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E has received $1.3 million in funding through the \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPioneering Railroad, Oceanic, and Plane Electrification with 1K energy storage systems (\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arpa-e.energy.gov\/technologies\/programs\/propel-1k\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPROPEL-1K\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E) program\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. Aimed at accelerating the electrification of the aviation, railroad, and maritime transportation sectors, PROPEL-1K is one of the latest ARPA-E grants with projects to develop energy storage systems that can achieve over 1,000 watt-hour per kilogram and 1,000 watt-hour per liter. These technologies will improve energy density fourfold over current technologies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EInspired by fuel injectors in internal combustion engines and conventional flow batteries,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E McDowell\u2019s project will advance an\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E alkali hydroxide triple phase flow battery to enable reversible operation of ultrahigh-energy density battery chemistries. The project\u2019s proposed design will increase energy density by leveraging innovative pumping and handling of molten alkali metal and hydroxide species to maximize the volume of reactants over inactive components. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMcDowell will work with \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/meche.mit.edu\/people\/faculty\/ase@mit.edu#other-details\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAsegun Henry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prior to MIT, Henry was an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECreated in 2007, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:https:\/\/arpa-e.energy.gov\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EARPA-E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E)\u0026nbsp;in the Department of Energy advances high-potential, high-impact energy technologies. The agency focuses on transformational energy projects that can be meaningfully advanced with a small amount of funding over a defined period through a streamlined awards process that enables quick action and catalyzes cutting-edge areas of energy research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMatthew McDowell, Woodruff Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering \u0026amp; initiative lead for energy storage at the Strategic Energy Institute, has received $1.3 million in funding through the PROPEL-1K program\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Matthew McDowell, Woodruff Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering \u0026 initiative lead for energy storage at the Strategic Energy Institute, has received $1.3 million in funding through the PROPEL-1K program"}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2024-03-07 19:10:29","changed_gmt":"2024-03-07 19:25:36","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-03-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673338":{"id":"673338","type":"image","title":"Matthew McDowell","body":"\u003Cp\u003EMatthew McDowell, Associate Professor in the George W. 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