High Energy Density Thermal Battery for Military Applications

With long shelf life and high reliability, thermal batteries are employed in virtually every strategic defense and tactical weapon system such as projectiles, rockets, bombs, mines, missiles, decoys, torpedoes and similar applications. Due to limited space allowance for the payload, next generation thermal batteries will be required to deliver higher power and energy in packages smaller and lighter than those available with baseline lithium alloy / FeS2 technology to meet the growing demands for power by on-board electronics, fuze and actuation components. Giner, Inc. (Giner) proposes to address these problems by developing high voltage and capacity fibrous electrodes for applications in next-generation high power/energy density thermal batteries. In the Phase I program, Giner will synthesize the composite electrodes and demonstrate their performance in prototype cells. On a Phase II program, Giner will scale up this composite cathode and anode and develop optimized electrode fabrication procedures and full size prototype cells will be fabricated and tested in nonoperational and operational environments.