SkyNano awarded a follow-on $1.6M from the Department of Energy
The Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant will help SkyNano scale its electrochemical manufacturing process.
It seems the news about SkyNano’s progress never ends!
SkyNano is once again making headlines for additional funding from the DOE—this time in the form of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to help the start-up commercialize its efforts.
In a press release from the start-up, SkyNano shared that the Phase I grant was issued in 2023 and our Phase II award was issued in late 2024.
“The award builds on our successful Phase I results and funds our Phase II work in this topic, allowing us to scale production towards commercial applications,” it said.
SkyNano’s goal with the funding is to develop a market-ready multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) synthesis technology that can be coupled with emissions from carbon black production. The result would be a higher-performance blended MWCNT/carbon black additive product, which can improve the performance of materials and devices compared to using MWCNTs or carbon black alone.
SkyNano’s electrochemical process captures CO2 from dilute streams and converts it into advanced carbon structures. This capture-and-conversion system outputs its flagship product, MWCNTs, which have applications across a wide range of industries.
“After Phase I success demonstrating high CO2 capture rates from dilute carbon black processing emissions streams, we are thrilled to begin scaling production,” said Douglas. “Our MWCNTs will help improve materials standards across the board, due to their versatile functionality! The domestic supply chain for MWCNTs will grow with us, introducing cost-competitive performance-improving options to various industries.”
Read more about the SkyNano projects here.
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