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Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for High-Efficiency Functional Gradient Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-06-M-2638
Agency Tracking Number: F061-174-2307
Amount: $95,202.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF06-174
Solicitation Number: 2006.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2006-03-31
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2007-12-31
Small Business Information
3911 Singer NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
United States
DUNS: 175348549
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Marcus Johnson
 Senior Applications Engineer
 (651) 641-2852
 mjohnson@optomec.com
Business Contact
 Jennifer Silva
Title: Accounting Manager
Phone: (505) 761-8250
Email: jsilva@optomec.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The use of functionally-graded materials in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can improve performance and reliability of the devices. However, cost effective and dependable manufacturing methods to achieve these functionally graded materials have been hard to come by. Optomec’s M3D technology is ideal for this application as materials can be perfectly mixed in an aerosol form before being deposited to form a homogeneous layer. By adjusting flow rates to the individual atomizer units, composition can be very accurately controlled. In addition, M3D provides excellent spatial control mechanisms for material deposition; these can be utilized to introduce synthetic porosity thereby improving transport of gasses to and from the electrolyte region.

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