SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Technology
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- NEXTECH MATERIALS, LTD.
- Proposal award date
- 2007-07-26
- Contract end date
- 2008-07-26
- UEI
- FFT3UEC6K414
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- OSD07-T006
Research abstract
In this Phase I STTR program, NexTech Materials, Ltd. (NexTech) and the University of Florida (UF) will collaboratively demonstrate a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) design and materials set tailored to provide military users with a rugged, compact power supply, operating at temperatures below 600°C. Utilizing robust, high performance cell designs demonstrated for intermediate temperature use (700-800°C), NexTech and UF will access even lower operating temperatures through the demonstration of high conductivity electrolyte materials. NexTech's anode technology, which has demonstrated sulfur tolerance (up to 1000 ppmv in H2 fuel) at intermediate temperatures, will be evaluated for low temperature operation, its performance enhanced by catalyst infiltration. UF's high performance cathode materials will be incorporated into NexTech's cell designs to enable higher performance at low temperatures. Based on single cell tests in Phase I, a preliminary stack design will be developed for Phase II demonstration.
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.
- Low-Cost Metal-Supported Metal Halide Energy Storage Technology
- Low-Cost Metal-Supported Metal Halide Energy Storage Technology
- Reversible Solid Oxide System Design with Integrated Fossil Assets
- Robust and Reversible Metal Supported Solid Oxide Cells for Lunar and Martian Applications
- Conversion of Biogas to Liquid Fuels on Superior Catalysts
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Materials for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- Portable, Moderate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- Advanced Materials for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- High Efficiency, Anode Supported, Low Temperature, Protonic SOFC
- Advanced Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Technology
Research funding history
103 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2025). Reported award amounts total $36,209,442. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency