DOE Microbattery Design Prize Phase I Selections (feat. RI)
The DOE has announced awards for eight new designs for microbatteries, through phase 1 of the Microbattery Design Prize. This prize aims to accelerate the commercialization of these innovative microbattery designs, along with their integration into the existing technologies needed for clean energy manufacturing.
Representing the EPSCoR jurisdictions is:
- AUDIANCE, Inc., East Greenwich, RHODE ISLAND. Award Amount: $75,000.
In this first ‘Ideas’ phase, competitors developed and submitted technical designs and schematics for microbatteries that serve a specific application (like a grid monitoring devices) and meet certain performance goals (like a specific storage capacity, cycle lifetime, safety, or recyclability) that go beyond what is commercially available today.
In addition to automatically advancing to phase two of this prize, each of the eight selected project will receive an award consisting of $75,000 in a cash prize along with performance and safety testing services with DOE National Laboratories.