SBIR/STTR Research Award
CONTAMINATION-TOLERANT ANODES FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS
Award amount
$75,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ICET, INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- JF7VN7UHFLM5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELLS HAVE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES OVER CONVENTIONAL ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS. THEIR HIGH POWER DENSITIES MAKE THEM PRIME CANDIDATES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A METHANOL REFORMER. HOWEVER, THE IMPURITIES FROM THE METHANOL REFORMATE EFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PLATINUM CATALYSTS, CAUSING REDUCTION IN POWER DENSITIES. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP CERTAIN MACROCYCLIC PROMOTERS FOR COUNTERING THE POISONING EFFECT OF THE ADSORBED RESIDUES FROM THE IMPURITIES PRESENT IN THE HYDROGEN STREAM. SEVERAL CATALYST SYSTEMS WILL BE SCREENED IN HALF CELLS AND SELECTED CATALYSTS WILL BE TESTED IN A PEM FUEL CELL. DURING PHASE II THESE CATALYSTS WILL BE DEVELOPED TOWARDS MAXIMUM POWER DENSITIES.
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.
- UTI Reduction in Neurogenic Bladder.
- A Topical Nasal Gel as an Invisible Shield Against Viral and Bacterial Pathogens
- UTI Reduction in Neurogenic Bladder
- Self-Healing Shape Memory Polymer Coatings for Chemical/Biological Protective Clothing
- KIDNEY STONE INHIBITORS
Research funding history
41 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2020). Reported award amounts total $7,675,180. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation