SBIR/STTR Research Award
Mixed-Feed Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Award amount
$728,398Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Gibbard Research and Development Corp.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-11-15
- Contract end date
- 2005-11-14
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2003.2
- Topic code
- A03-051
Research abstract
The Phase I results give encouragement Phase II goals of a specific energy of 1 kWhr/kg and an energy density of 1 kWh/liter for a 20 W system and a 1 kWh mission are achievable under the following conditions: optimization of cathode catalyst and catalyst layer formulations to obtain higher and sustainable operating power density; optimization of bipolar stack design for minimum weight and size; optimization of system concept and hardware for minimum weight and size; and implementation of a fuel delivery strategy that is consistent with acceptably low loss of methanol vapor in the mixed-feed discharge.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Awards with the same topic code
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- Portable 20 W DMFC using mixed reactants
- Portable DMFC using mixed-reactants
- Mixed-Feed Direct Methanol Fuel Cell