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A Fullerenes Based Oxygen Storage, Generation & Delivery Technology

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 26042
Amount: $60,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1994
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
7960 S. Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85706
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 T. Yadav
 (602) 574-1980
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

Fullerenes - the recently discovered pure carbon molecules - have a unique closed caged structure. This closed cage molecular structure bestows fullerene based solids with two important characteristics: first, an unprecedented lattice structure; and second, a molecular environment around fullerenes that is highly electronegative. The lattice structure of fullerene based solids consists of large octahedral sites, large enough to store any bi-molecular gas molecule. The highly electronegative molecular environment around fullerenes energetically favors physical adsorption of gas species - thereby providing the necessary thermodynamic incentive for gas storage. These unique combination of characteristics makes fullerene based solids ideally suited for storage, generation and delivery. This proposal will establish, as part of Phase I work, the proof-of-concept that fullerene based solids can store and delivery oxygen. The effort envisioned is to prepare fullerene based oxygen storage and generation units in many different forms. The Phase I effort will directly lead a scaled up design for the Phase II work. The Phase II work will focus on optimizing the performance of fullerene based oxygen storage and delivery technology. The Phase III effort will commercialize this fullerene based technology for applications in medicine, hygiene, energy, space, etc.

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