SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of a Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell System with Anion Exchange Membranes
Award amount
$149,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Tremont Technology LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-06-30
- Contract end date
- 2011-12-27
- UEI
- EKFXAQGYKBN5
- Solicitation number
- 2011.1
- Topic code
- A11-022
Research abstract
The proposed project will develop a direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) system based on our recent research breakthroughs in non-platinum catalysts, alkaline ionomers, and anion-exchange-membranes. The AEM-DEFC system will have several advantages, including (1) non-Pt catalysts with ethanol tolerance can be used in the cathodes of the DEFCs; (2) concentrated ethanol solutions can be used in the DEFCs; (3) higher power capacity and better durability than the PEM-DMFC system. US Military Forces have great needs for long lasting power sources and the proposed DEFC technology has several advantages for military applications, including lower weight, better safety, shorter down time (no recharging time, unlike secondary batteries), and lower heat signature (as compared to combustion engines). It also overcomes most of the difficulties of the existing PEM-DMFC technologies.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell
- Development of a Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell System with Anion Exchange Membranes
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2011–2017). Reported award amounts total $1,526,346. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense