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Poor word choice on my part, he looked forward to working with Neah power battery for over a year, he was not a confirmed collaborator until after his report.

He knows of it know and has reported to his bosses that they are back on track.... it was a 12 month grant.......and has Neah power listed as a collaborator on long term on going research

Post-Test Analysis of Lithium-Ion
Battery Materials at Argonne National
Laboratory

https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/06/f34/es166_bloom_2017_p.pdf

Milestone Due date Type Status
Report to DOE 12/31/15 Quarterly
. . .
Complete
Report to DOE 3/31/16 Quarterly
progress measure
Complete
Report to DOE 6/30/16 Quarterly
progress measure
Complete
Compare aqueous- and
organic-processed
electrode, elucidating
differences.
9/30/16 Annual SMART
milestone
Delayed. Initial
comparison showed a
difference in reactivity
Report to DOE 12/31/16 Quarterly
progress measure
Complete. 9/30
milestone delayed due
to XPS issues. Should
be complete in
January
Report to DOE 3/31/17 Quarterly
progress measure
Complete. 9/30
milestone complete
Report to DOE 6/30/17 Quarterly
progress measure

Compare pre- and postabuse
event cell
materials, elucidating
changes in electrode
materials
9/30/17 Annual
SMART milestone








From: Blankenship, Angela A.
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:18 PM
To: Kelley, Julia S.
Subject: FW: Is this project dead? No movement in a year.

Hi Julia,

Is it possible that ANL has incurred cost that they just haven’t invoiced yet? We haven’t received any invoices at all, and the beginning date for the PO was 10/27/2016.

Julia,

I contacted the PI (Ira Bloom) and here is his update on this project:

Greg: It took a while to get the CRADA paperwork in place. The CRADA was fully executed on 4/18/2017. We received the initial samples for characterization from NEAH Power. The samples were shipped to us on 5/26/2017 and were received in June. The baseline material was characterized in terms of microstructure; these results were shared with NEAH by e-mail and discussed with them on a phone call on 7/10/2017. We continue to characterize their materials and should have more results to share with them by the end of the week. --Ira

So, it looks like things are now on track and the project is underway.


http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2013/06/polaris_battery_labs_offers_be.html


The missing link could be Polaris Battery Labs, Morris' new Beaverton-based manufacturing and testing lab that might even the playing field for U.S. battery companies.

The battery industry is "completely dominated by Asian companies, yet all of the inventions come out of the U.S.," said Morris, 57, who has acted as a consultant for battery startups since 2003.

Morris previously spent 21 years with Motorola. He recently served as vice president of operations at battery company Enevate.

Morris said his for-hire lab is rare in the U.S., and demand is strong. Nearly 40 potential customers, mostly American, have expressed interest in working with Polaris once its lab opens in July, Morris said.

An anonymous investor based in Asia, who Morris said "owns the No. 5 battery-tech company in the world," paid $850,000 of Polaris' startup costs. Polaris also won a $50,000 grant from electric-vehicle industry group Drive Oregon, and the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute awarded $50,000 to Polaris, Portland State University and Oregon Institute of Technology.

Morris expects Polaris to break even in early 2014 and earn more than $5 million in sales in its first five years.


A carbon and graphite mixture dries on a thin sheet of foil before it is tested for uniformity at Polaris Battery Labs in Beaverton. Multiple sheets of the coated foil are used in smartphone batteries that the newly opened lab plans to manufacture and test for other companies.
Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian
Pradip Banerjee, principal with NovusFolium Venture Partners, said Angstron Materials, an Ohio-based company he works with, is considering hiring Polaris.

"We are looking to outsource the engineering activities, particularly building some high-performance batteries," Banerjee said. "We feel confident and comfortable with Polaris."

Most battery manufacturing takes place in Asia, Banerjee said, and it is "very helpful" to find a U.S.-based facility.

Tony Hancock, executive director of the Kentucky-Argonne Battery Manufacturing Research & Development Center, said Polaris is the only other laboratory besides his that offers manufacturing to startups. Since launching eight months ago, Hancock's center has received many more applications from startups than it can accept, he said.

Battery companies like A123 Systems in Massachusetts struggled because they invested in construction and equipment before building a market for their products, Hancock said. Laboratories like his and Morris' can help startup companies avoid similar problems, he said.

Polaris could be "sort of a West Coast version of us," said Hancock, adding that he has tried to lure Morris to Kentucky. "Other than us, I think the only people that have this sort of capability are in China."