MAX POWER INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A19-074
MAX POWER INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $106,568
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- A19-074
- Solicitation
- 19.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- PA
- Period
- 2019-06-04 → 2020-02-20
Description
Through MaxPower’s advanced development of Rechargeable Lithium Technology, the electrochemical feasibility of “superconcentrated” electrolyte solution for rechargeable application using Lithium metal anode was demonstrated for HESS(Hybrid Energy Storage System). A feasible platform has been established and confident is high that this seemingly leading-edge technology will be demonstrated in our deliverables (BB-2590) at the end of this Phase I effort. Specifically, current state-of-the-art Li-ion-battery (based on BB-2590) offers up to 210 Wh/Kg, which falls short of meeting mission requirements: 72-hour run time and less than 1 Kg of weight. To overcome these challenges MaxPower has proposed an approach to replace graphite anode with lithium metal, which can result in a ~35% increase in specific energy and a ~50% increase in energy density. Successful development of lithium metal battery technology would have far reaching impact beyond Army applications.