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MAY 3, 2021

Selected projects fall under 12 areas of interest, corresponding to the selected US basins that have the potential to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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West Virginia Wyoming Coal North Dakota 305

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JUNE 9, 2017

Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. These projects will pursue innovative approaches to developing novel precursors for high-strength carbon fiber at half the cost of current materials. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. DOE share (FY17).

Hydrogen 170

Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Low Cost 170

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Plasan Carbon Composites. The Pennsylvania State University. . $6,000,000. Zoltek Companies, Inc.

Carbon Fiber 268

Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

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AUGUST 31, 2016

PPG of Pennsylvania will partner with LBNL to decrease the time needed to paint automobiles in a project titled “Modeling Paint Behavior During Rotary Bell Atomization.”. Harper International Corp.

Manufacturer 150

Manufacturer EPRI Lithium Sulfur Carbon Fiber 150

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JUNE 16, 2009

million, project to develop hybrid nano carbon fiber/graphene platelet-based high-capacity anodes for lithium batteries. Angstron Materials LLC of Dayton, Ohio, teamed with Applied Sciences Inc. million with a DOE share of up to $1.6 MaxPower Inc.

Lithium Ion 150

Lithium Ion North Carolina Lithium Sulfur Li-ion 150

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JUNE 12, 2012

The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

Carbon Fiber 210

Carbon Fiber Manufacturer Carbon Lithium Sulfur 210

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

This project will demonstrate laser-assisted joining of aluminum and carbon fiber components to reduce vehicle weight. The Pennsylvania State University. This project will demonstrate a robust, cost effective, and versatile technique to join die cast magnesium to dissimilar aluminum alloys and mild and high strength steels.

Lithium Ion 210

Lithium Ion Transportation Universal Fuel Economy 210