SBIR/STTR Research Award
In-situ Cathode Formation for Thermal Batteries
Award amount
$1,649,520Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- ENSER Corporation, The
- Proposal award date
- 2004-08-05
- Contract end date
- 2008-08-13
- UEI
- KAQKM7RRGVA7
- Solicitation number
- 2003.1
- Topic code
- MDA03-057
Research abstract
The goal of this research is to significantly increase the specific and volumetric energy densities of thermal batteries by combining the functions of the cathode and heat pellet. The proposed method of achieving this is to form the cathode active material within the heat pellet by the pyrotechnic reaction between the metal powder and the alkali perchlorate. In order to accomplish this `in-situ cathode'; the active material formed will be a transition metal oxide instead of the typical metal disulfide. If successful, there will be a weight and volume savings of approximately 25% by eliminating the need to fabricate and incorporate discrete cathode pellets in the battery.
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.
- High Capacity Materials and Advanced Engineering for Thermal Batteries
- High Voltage Actuator Battery Development
- LOW-TEMPERATURE/HIGH-VOLTAGE THERMAL BATTERY
- High Voltage Actuator Battery Development
- New Thermal Battery Electrochemistry
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
27 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2014). Reported award amounts total $12,286,600. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense