AMERICAN LITHIUM ENERGY CORP. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: This proposal targets developing a safe, high-rate, ultra-high capacity 18650-size cell wi
AMERICAN LITHIUM ENERGY CORP. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,999
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2011.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2011-07-29 → 2012-01-10
Description
This proposal targets developing a safe, high-rate, ultra-high capacity 18650-size cell with a minimum capacity of 4 Ah, a minimum specific energy of 300 Wh/kg, able to provide at least 100 cycles at C/3 charging and discharging rates. The cell achieves this performance by the use of a novel, highly reversible, pre-lithiated, Si nano-composite negative with a novel ceramic layer on the electrode surface besides the high capacity positive (>300 mAh/g). This cell is intended for military batteries such as Land Warrior battery (4S4P) and BB2590 battery (8S3P), but will have other applications as well.