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NOVEL, DUAL USE PSEUDOCAPACITORS CONTAINING MATERIALS PREPARED BY SOL-GEL…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
20201 		Program Year/Program:
1994 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
20201 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
COVALENT ASSOC., INC.
541 NW 11th Street Corvallis, OR 97330 6018
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1994
Title: NOVEL, DUAL USE PSEUDOCAPACITORS CONTAINING MATERIALS PREPARED BY SOL-GEL TECHNIQUES
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $375,000.00
 

Abstract:

The U. S. Air Force requires capacitors with both high gravimetric and volumetric energy densities for bridge power applications. While aqueous RuO*x*-based capacitors, currently being developed for the Strategic Defense Initiative, have excellent burst power capability, they are extremely expensive. In this proposal we suggest exploring non-toxic, inexpensive metal oxides as new non-aqueous "supercapacitor" materials which are known to possess a high pseudocapacitance. During Phase I these materials will be synthesized and configured into parallel plate capacitors. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy will be used to assess both the dielectric and pseudocapacitance as well as the charge transfer resistance. Capacitors comprising these new materials will be charged to a variety of voltages and cycled galvanostatically at room temperature.

Principal Investigator:

Dr Victor R. Koch
6179381140

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Covalent Associates, Inc.
10 State Street Woburn, MA 01801

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No