SBIR/STTR Research Award
CORROSION RESISTANT CARBONS FOR AIR CATHODES IN PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS
Award amount
$490,910Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ELECTROSYNTHESIS CO., INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Q4GFVMNEBLL8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
FUEL CELLS OFFER THE PROMISE OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF FUEL TO ELECTRICITY. A KEY PROBLEM IN THE SUCCESS OF PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS IS THE OXIDATIVE CORROSION OF CATALYZED AIR CATHODE CARBONS. IN PHASE I, THE USE OF CORROSION STABLE, SPECIFICALLY FLUORINATED CARBONS WILL BE EVALUATED AS POTENTIAL CATALYST SUPPORTS. THESE WILL BE CHARACTERIZED, FABRICATED INTO AIR CATHODES, AND TESTED IN CONCENTRATED PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION AT ABOUT 200EC. IMPROVEMENTS IN CORROSION STABILITY OVER UNTREATED CARBONS WILL BE DETERMINED. PHASE II STUDIES WILL INVOLVE OPTIMIZATION OF FLUORINE CONTENT AND GRAPHITIZATION LEVEL IN THE CARBONS TO PROVIDE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN CORROSION RESISTANCE.
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.
- SBIR Phase I: Novel Apparatus for Producing High-Purity Lithium Metal
- Not Available
- Not Available
- Not Available
- Redox Polymer Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide
Research funding history
35 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1984–2011). Reported award amounts total $3,735,909. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency