SBIR/STTR Research Award
Generating Formate from CO2 on-site
Award amount
$111,500Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- DIOXIDE MATERIALS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-06-01
- Contract end date
- 2021-02-23
- UEI
- YXPXMCCWFKL4
- Solicitation number
- 20.1
- Topic code
- A20-028
Research abstract
This proposal aims to build an electrochemical device that can convert waste carbon dioxide from point sources on outposts and bases into potassium formate. The objectives for the Phase I are to 1) design and build a system that is capable of producing 5 lbs potassium formate from a CO2 stream; 2) test a system showing system efficiency >75% and projected lifetimes of >8000 hours is possible; 3) show low-cost production of formate is possible at scale. The results will be used in discussions with a commercialization partner/customer to build & test a larger system for phase II capable of producing 20 lbs of formate per day.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Electrochemical Compression of Martian Atmospheric CO2 for In-Situ Resource Utilization
- Alkaline stable membranes for anion exchange membrane electrolyzers
- Fluorine-Free Membranes for PEM Electrolyzers
- Alkaline stable membranes for alkaline electrolyzers
- High-Performance Alkaline Membranes For Solar Driven CO2 Electrolyzers
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- On-site Electro-synthesis of Potassium Formate from Recycled CO2 - Phase II
- On-site Electro-synthesis of Potassium Formate from Recycled CO2
- Efficient Potassium Formate Production by Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Research funding history
23 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2025). Reported award amounts total $8,212,132. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce