SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS WITH ELECTRON BEAM-PROCESSED POLYPHOSPHAZENEMEMBRANES
Award amount
$499,945Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2001Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Science Research Laboratory, Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MKKPT9RCLJQ1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are candidates to fill the Army's need for high-energy lightweight power sources. Methanol is a more convenient fuel source than gaseous hydrogen, but requires advanced membrane materials and alternativeprocessing. SRL with partners Tulane University and Northeastern University has demonstrated Electron-Beam-crosslinked polyphosphazene membranes with good properties, has fabricated Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) using these materials and obtainedcurrent - voltage curves in the Phase I STTR. The most promising property of these MEAs is very low methanol crossover currents compared to Nafion 117 at comparable thickness, temperatures between 50 and 80¿C and methanol concentrations up to 5M in directmethanol fuel cells (DMFCs). In Phase II, Science Research Laboratory will address the critical processing issues identified in Phase I to produce Polyphosphazene-Based MEAs, develop a
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Efficient Compact Diode-Pumped High-Power Fiber Coupled Laser Modules
- Super Efficient Compact Kilowatt Laser (SPECKLE)
- Compact, Efficient, Fiber-Coupled High Power Laser Diode Pump Module
- Variable Gravity Two-Phase Heat Sink for Airborne Directed Energy Systems
- Acceleration Insensitive Heat Sinks for Airborne Directed Energy Systems
Research funding history
228 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1984–2020). Reported award amounts total $66,288,679. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation