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A CALCIUM/ORGANIC CATHOLYTE CELL

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 7601
Amount: $49,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20 Assembly Square Drive
Somerville, MA 02145
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DR FRASER WALSH
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Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS TO INITIALLY CHARACTERIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF A NEW CLASS OF CALCIUM CELLSWHICH USE AN ORGANIC CATHOLYTE. BASED ON INITIAL DATA, THISCLASS OF CELLS WILL HAVE THE ENERGY AND POWER DENSITIES OF BOBBIN-TYPE LI/SOC12 CELLS. THE MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF THIS NEW CLASS OF CELLS ARE ITS HIGH PERFORMANCE LEVEL, THE NON-CORROSIVE NATURE OF ITS CATHOLYTE, THE LOW COST OF ITS COMPONENTS, AND ITS IMPROVED SAFETY ON ABUSE. THE PROGRAM APPROACH IS TO TEST SELECTED COMBINATIONS OF CATHOLYTES CAPABLE OF PROVIDING AN ENERGY-DENSE CELL WITH TAA-CATALYZEDCARBON CATHODES TO DEVELOP A COMBINATION WHICH WILL PROVIDE BOTH AN ENERGY AND A POWER DENSE CELL. THE MECHANISM OF THETAA-CATALYZED CATHODE REACTION WILL BE STUDIED USING A ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE SYSTEM; THE RESULTS OBTAINED WILL BE VERIFIED USING GC AND GC/MS.

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