SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Low-Cost, Graphite Anodes For Lithium-Ion Batteries Technology Available for Licensing
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - UT Battelle LLC (DOE Contractor), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6192
- ZIP Code
- 37831-6192
- Solicitation Number
- ORNL-TT-2014-08
- Archive Date
- 9/16/2014
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer T. Caldwell, Phone: 865-574-4180, Michael J Paulus, Phone: 8655741051
- E-Mail Address
-
caldwelljt@ornl.gov, paulusmj@ornl.gov
(caldwelljt@ornl.gov, paulusmj@ornl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- UT-Battelle, LLC, acting under its Prime Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the management and operation of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is seeking a commercialization partner for technology that produces low-cost, pyrolytic carbon black from tire rubber. The ORNL Technology Transfer Office will accept licensing applications through September 15, 2014. ORNL researchers have developed a process to recover carbon black composites from powdered tire rubber. The process includes the digestion of rubber powders in a hot oleum bath before pyrolysis yields sulfonated rubber powder. When the recovered hard carbons are treated properly before or during carbonization, they can yield very high surface area pyrolytic carbon black composites. To avoid potential impurities such as metal particles in the carbon powder, the powdered rubber can be washed with an acid solution during the recovery process. This carbon black-containing material can be incorporated in various applications including support systems for catalysts, water filtration, and incorporated in lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors, and sodium ion batteries This technology was originally developed using federal funds and selected for further development under the laboratory's Technology Innovation Program (TIP). TIP supports technology development using royalties from existing technology licenses to accelerate the market readiness of high potential technologies. License applications will be evaluated based on prospective partners' ability and commitment to successfully commercialize the technology. If a license is executed, the ORNL researchers developing the technology will be eligible to compete for additional TIP funding to further advance the technology. Additional background and technical information may be found on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Technology Transfer website (http://www.ornl.gov/connect-with-ornl/for-industry/partnerships/technology-licensing/licensing-opportunity-announcements). Please contact Jennifer Caldwell, Group Leader, Technology Commercialization, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 865-574-4180, caldwelljt@ornl.gov with any questions and to obtain a license application for this opportunity. Intellectual Property UTB ID 201202980, Pyrolytic Carbon Black Composite and Method of Making the Same, U.S. Patent Application 13/945,239, filed July 18, 2013.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/ORNL/ORNL/ORNL-TT-2014-08/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6192, United States
- Zip Code: 37831-6192
- Zip Code: 37831-6192
- Record
- SN03428529-W 20140719/140717235238-678510258963d2412bc25851edcce4ab (fbodaily.com)
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