MPOWER TECHNOLOGY INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A18-067
MPOWER TECHNOLOGY INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,227
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- A18-067
- Solicitation
- 18.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NM
- Period
- 2018-05-23 → 2019-12-18
Description
Ability to capture solar energy at the highest possible efficiency, with minimal area, weight and volume constraints is a critical capability desired by the Army. Although current flexible PV technologies meet some of these needs, they do not meet the desired bending radius requirements, power conversion efficiency targets and manufacturing volume and delivery needs. mPower Technology Inc.’s Dragon SCALEsTM product leverages the extremely high volume crystalline silicon photovoltaics (PV) infrastructure and has the potential to deliver ultra-flexible (10mm bend radius), high efficiency (>20% power conversion efficiency), lightweight and compact solar power harvesting capability for both Solider portable and Expeditionary Maneuver (e.g. soft shelters) areas of interest.