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Development of Dielectric Films for Wound Capacitors

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-08-M-0190
Agency Tracking Number: N081-076-1254
Amount: $99,949.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N08-076
Solicitation Number: 2008.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-05-12
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-02-12
Small Business Information
200 Innovation Blvd. Suite 237
State College, PA 16803
United States
DUNS: 784136116
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Shihai Zhang
 Director of Engineer
 (814) 238-7400
 szhang@strategicpolymers.com
Business Contact
 Ralph Russo
Title: President & CEO
Phone: (814) 238-7400
Email: rrusso@strategicpolymers.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

We propose to develop advanced capacitor films with low-cost by modifying the current commercial capacitor films. The dielectric constant, energy density, and temperature stability of commercial capacitor films can be significantly improved by depositing a high-dielectric constant organic or inorganic dielectric coating using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process. With proper composition design and careful tuning of the interface, the dielectric blocking layer can also minimize charge injection and leakage current so the capacitor charge-discharge efficiency can be improved too. The innovative capacitor film will have energy density higher than 10 J/cc, dielectric loss less than 1%, delivery rates faster than milliseconds, improved thermal performance above 120 „aC, and graceful failure feature. Furthermore, since no expensive capacitor film processing facility (> $25M USD) required, the high energy density capacitor film can be scaled up and produced with the well-developed roll-to-roll PECVD technology with low capital investment (< $2MUSD).

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