PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE ELECTROCHEMICAL ULTRACAPACITOR

Award Information

Agency: National Science Foundation	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 14320	Program Year/Program: 1993 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 14320	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Giner, Inc.
89 Rumford Avenue Newton, MA -
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Minority-Owned: No

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Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1993

Title: PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE ELECTROCHEMICAL ULTRACAPACITOR

Agency: NSF

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $250,000.00

Abstract:
ELECTROCHEMICAL ULTRACAPACITORS STORE ENERGY BY UTILIZING DOUBLE LAYER AND SURFACE REDOX TYPE PROCESSES. HYBRID POWERSOURCES THAT COMBINE CONVENTIONAL BATTERIES WITH ELECTROCHEMICAL ULTRACAPACITORS ARE BEING DESIGNED TOWARD ELECTRIC VEHICLE AS WELL AS ADVANCED SPACE APPLICATIONS. GINER, INC. HAS DEVELOPED AN ALL-SOLID PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) BASED ULTRACAPACITOR. THE PROTON-EXCHANGE-MEMBRANE CAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY REPRESENTS A POTENTIALLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE, LIGHTER-WEIGHT, MORE RELIABLE, SAFER AND LONGER LIFE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER CURRENTCAPACITOR SYSTEMS. THE MAJOR LIMITATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ARTELECTROCHEMICAL ULTRACAPACITORS IS THE MAXIMUM AVAILABLE ENERGY DENSITY, AND IMPROVEMENT OF ONE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IS DESIRABLE. IN THE PROPOSED PROGRAM METHODS ARE ADDRESSED TO INCREASE THE ENERGY DENSITY OF THESE CAPACITORSBY INCREASING THE DISPERSION OF PARTICULATES USED TO MAKE THE ELECTRODES. IMPROVEMENTS OF 5-7 TIMES ARE ANTICIPATED AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM.

Principal Investigator:
S. Sarangapani
Director Of Research
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Small Business Information at Submission:

Giner, Inc.
14 Spring St Waltham, MA 02254

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Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No