SBIR Phase I: High-throughput Nanocatalyst Synthesis and Screening for Broad Decarbonization

SBIR 第一阶段：高通量纳米催化剂合成和筛选以实现广泛脱碳

• 批准号: 2151713
• 负责人: Jordan Swisher
• 金额: $ 25.59万
• 依托单位: MATTIQ INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-02-15 至 2023-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2151713&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; throughput; Nanocatalyst; Synthesis

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is an acceleration in how new materials are discovered, designed, and commercialized in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. One aim is to increase the use of renewable electricity in the chemical and energy industries. A major hurdle is the lack of efficient electrocatalysts that enable renewable processes, such as green hydrogen production, carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion into carbon-neutral chemicals and fuels, or other processes that can broadly decarbonize various industries. Traditional discovery methods are slow and serial, which limits the development of novel, commercially viable electrochemical processes demanded by the climate crisis. This project will enable a more rapid and exhaustive search for electrocatalysts, resulting in a deeper understanding of the nature of catalysts, and facilitating the decarbonization of the chemicals and energy industries by displacing traditional fossil fuel-based processes with a transition to electrification which utilizes increasing levels of renewable energy. The proposed platform will expedite the discovery and development of enabling materials, which can be brought to market and deployed globally to enable more renewable chemical processes.This SBIR Phase I project proposes to develop a generalizable platform that can rapidly search through vast materials spaces for higher performance electrocatalyst materials, displacing the current materials which are simply the best amongst the limited candidates tested to date. Using this project’s proprietary Megalibrary technology, which enables the rapid synthesis of libraries of tens of thousands of unique, well-defined, monodisperse, and complex metal nanoparticles in a single experiment, coupled with high-throughput screening technologies, it is possible to quickly probe hundreds of thousands of unique catalyst candidates to find electrocatalysts optimized for performance. To accomplish this goal, the project must adapt protocols to allow the synthesis of electrocatalyst Megalibraries on electrodes and enable electrocatalyst screening. Additionally, the approach requires robust and high-throughput screening methods that can site-specifically interrogate the electrocatalytic properties of the catalyst candidates. Using these two innovations, it will be possible to then demonstrate the power of the platform by searching the entirety of a three element platinium and materials (Pt-M1-M2) space for the best hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst on a per platinum-atom basis. This demonstration will solidify the ability to translate this platform to a much broader materials space and set of reactions, which can impact businesses and industries globally.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在过渡到碳中性经济中如何发现，设计和商业化的新材料的加速度。一个目的是增加化学和能源工业中可再生电力的使用。一个主要的障碍是缺乏能够实现可再生过程的有效电催化剂，例如绿色氢，二氧化碳（CO2）转化为碳中性化学品和燃料，或其他可以广泛脱碳的过程。传统的发现方法是缓慢而序列的，这限制了气候危机所需的新颖，商业上可行的电化学过程的发展。该项目将对电催化剂进行更快，更详尽的搜索，从而更深入地了解催化剂的性质，并通过取代传统的化石燃料工艺，并过渡到电气化，从而支持化学品和能源行业的脱碳化，从而利用了增加可重新可再生能源的水平。提议的平台将加快启用材料的发现和开发，可以将其推向市场并在全球范围内部署，以启用更可再生的化学过程。该SBIR I阶段I期项目的提案可以开发可快速通过庞大的材料空间来快速搜索的材料空间，以在高性能的电型电材料中，在当前的材料中取代最佳的材料，这些材料是最佳的限量测试，可以预示着限制性测试。 Using this project’s proprietary Megalibrary technology, which enables the rapid synthesis of libraries of tens of thousands of unique, well-defined, monodisperse, and complex metal nanoparticles in a single experiment, coupled with high-throughput screening technologies, it is possible to quickly probe hundreds of thousands of unique catalyst candidates to find electrocatalysts optimized for performance.为了实现这一目标，该项目必须调整协议，以允许在电极上合成电催化剂巨纤维并启用电催化剂筛选。此外，该方法需要强大的高通量筛选方法，该方法可以特异性地特异性地询问催化剂候选物的电催化特性。利用这两项创新，可以通过搜索三个元素铂和材料（PT-M1-M2）空间来证明平台的功能，以在每个铂 - 原子基础上以最佳的氢进化反应催化剂。该演示将巩固将该平台转化为更广泛的材料空间和一系列反应的能力，这可能会影响全球的企业和行业。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子的优点和更广泛的影响来审查标准，被视为通过评估来获得珍贵的支持。