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Space and Operational Environmental Protection for Thin Multijunction Solar Cells

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA9453-10-M-0180
Agency Tracking Number: F093-092-1517
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF093-092
Solicitation Number: 2009.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-03-22
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-12-22
Small Business Information
55 W. L. Runnels Industrial Dr.
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
United States
DUNS: 147162866
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 joseph Lichtenhan
 President
 (601) 544-3466
 Lichtenhan@hybridplastics.com
Business Contact
 Carl Hagstrom
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Phone: (601) 544-3466
Email: Chagstrom@hybridplastics.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The recent development of colorless, transparent polyimides provides a break-out solution for the operational and environmental protection of thin multijunction solar cells. The incorporation of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes into the polyimide backbone renders these systems radiation hard toward proton, electron and atomic oxygen degradation. The POSS polyimides also exhibit 5x improved impact and tear resistance relative to conventional imides. The incorporation of POSS also enables the spray application of a fully imidized coating and eliminates the post-bake procedures for conventional imide coatings. BENEFIT: Terrestrial solar cell encapsulation, encapsulants for quantum dot arrays, durable computer and pda screen coatings.

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