SBIR/STTR Research Award
MODULAR ALUMINUM-AIR FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM
Award amount
$306,991Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- ARPA-E
- Recipient company
- WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-07-09
- Contract end date
- 2026-01-08
- UEI
- Y4X2K8BLLBW5
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0003163
- Topic code
- DE-FOA-0003163
Research abstract
Wright Electric and Columbia University are developing an aluminum-air flow battery that has swappable aluminum anodes that allow for mechanical recharging. Aluminum air chemistry can achieve high energy density but historically has encountered issues with rechargeability and clogging from reaction products. To overcome these barriers, Wright Electric uses a 3D design instead of a 2D planar chemistry to improve the contact between anode and cathode. The system also circulates the electrolyte, preventing the accumulation of reaction products within the cell structure to remedy limitations of static aluminum-air batteries.
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.
- Solid Electrolyte Lithium Melted Aircraft battery (SELMA)
- START (Start-Cart, Transportable, ACE, Renegade, Tough)
- Battlefield Expeditionary Energy for Distributed Logistics Employment (BEEDLE)
- D2P2 Lightweight, power efficient electric generators
- Lightweight, power efficient electric generators
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Electrochemical Microchip Paired with Energetic Fuels for MW-hr Electrified Propulsion (EMPoWEr)
- POLYMER ELELCTROLYTE FUEL CELLS FUELED BY POWER PASTE
Research funding history
7 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2024). Reported award amounts total $3,931,015. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy