SBIR/STTR Research Award
SECONDARY BATTERIES BASED ON LOW TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALTS
Award amount
$36,905Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Minotaur Technologies
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A SURVIVABLE, LIGHTWEIGHT HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS. A NEW CLASS OF ELECTROLYTES, LOW TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALTS (AND MODIFICATIONS THEREOF), OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY OF UTILIZING HIGH ENERGY DENSITY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODES IN PREVIOUSLY UNTRIED COMBINATIONS. THE USE OF THESE LOW TEMPERATURE SYSTEMS OBVIATES SOME OF THE MATERIALS COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER ENERGETIC, LOW TEMPERATURE SYSTEMS.
Technology keywords
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