Energy Dense Advanced Li Ion Batteries for Lunar Surface Missions

The near-term goal for NASArsquo;s Moon to Mars campaign is the delivery of payloads to the Moon for scientific study and the advancement of technology capabilities to support sustained long-term lunar surface operations. nbsp;Lightweight, reliable and energy dense power generation and energy storage systems are key enabling technologies to support such long duration lunar mission.nbsp; Rechargeable secondary batteries with high specific energy of gt; 400 Wh/kg are specifically required to support planetary rovers, landers, and probes.nbsp; Lynntech proposes to combine Li metal anode with Lynntechrsquo;s high capacity cathode work to potentially achieve high specific energy numbers up to 500 Wh/kg at the cell level.nbsp; The Phase I project will work on addressing the safety and reliability of the Li metal anode based battery design.nbsp; The phase I will focus on demonstration in relevant pouch cell format.nbsp; The Phase II will demonstrate the battery at relevant scale for select application such as unpressurized lunar rover.