SBIR/STTR Research Award
Rechargeable Lunar Battery
Award amount
$156,491Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-09-08
- Contract end date
- 2026-03-27
- UEI
- F7G8SHTEHNU7
- Solicitation number
- SBIR 2025-I
- Topic code
- Z-LIVE
Research abstract
Survivability in low-temperature lunar conditions and sustained lunar surface operations require a new generation battery modules capable of operating in ambient conditions as low as -200 °C, combined with >200 Wh/kg specific energy at room temperature. Lunar surface temperatures range from -230 °C at night to -90 ÷ +120 °C during day, depending on latitude. It is critical for cell chemistry to support both charge and discharge at low temperature to enable continuous lunar surface operations. Conventional Li-ion cells degrade fast when repeatedly charged at low temperature due to lithium plating. A novel cell design expanding the temperature range of operation combined with novel battery thermal management is needed to address the extreme temperature challenges presented by upcoming NASA lunar and other missions.
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.
- Prognostic Real-Time Operation Machine Learning for Engine Health and Usage Supervision
- Safe, Inexpensive Sodium-Ion Batteries for Naval Applications
- High Entropy Alloys with AI-Designed Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (HEAT)
- High Power Light Weight Safe Battery Cell
- Multi-spectral Electromagnetic Target Silhouette
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Electrochemical Compression of Martian Atmospheric CO2 for In-Situ Resource Utilization
- Lunar In-Situ Thermal Wadis
- Gravity-Independent Heat Exchangers and Oil-Free Compressors for Modular Refrigeration System
- Engineered Solar Reflective Coating with High Infrared Transparency
- Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites for Lunar Dust Mitigation and Surface Longevity
Research funding history
384 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2026). Reported award amounts total $175,315,942. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security