Prime Photonics, LC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF10-BT22
Prime Photonics, LC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $997,634
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF10-BT22
- Solicitation
- 2016.0
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2016-08-10 → 2017-08-09
Description
Prime Photonics and Virginia Tech propose a hybrid power harvesting system with improved energy conversion efficiency by combining solar cells with magneto-thermoelectric generators (MTGs) as an active thermal backplane.The MTG is designed to maximize thermal to electrical conversion from the available thermal gradient behind PV cells, and at a weight and with scalable fabrication suitable for large arrays aboard solar air vehicles.The MTG will be multifunctional in providing additional energy per unit weight while also substituting for traditional honeycomb support structures required for packaged PVs.