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New Electrode Materials for Batteries and Fuel Cells

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: DAAE07-02-C-L042
Agency Tracking Number: A012-0245
Amount: $68,900.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810
United States
DUNS: 073800062
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Karen Jayne
 Principal Scientist
 (978) 689-0003
 jayne@psicorp.com
Business Contact
 George Caledonia
Title: President and CEO
Phone: (978) 689-0003
Email: caledonia@psicorp.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop a novel process to making proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) electrodes using carbon nanofibers. The innovation put forth in this proposal is the use of electrospinning to fabricate a nanoscalefiber network with both the interconnectivity and the surface area properties of ultrahigh aspect ratio fiber networks. Electrodes fabricated from nanoscale fiber networks will have higher internal electrode surface area for electrocatalytic reaction andgreater electronic connectivity for more complete electrode utilization at lower mass loadings than currently used carbon microparticle (1 to 5 microns) electrodes. Because of the low percolation thresholds of nanoscale fiber networks, carbon massloadings can be reduced allowing the fabrication of electrodes with higher ionic conductivity and gas diffusion. This Phase I program will demonstrate enhanced performance of the carbon nanofiber electrodes. The success of this Phase I program will resultin a high performance electrod for PEM fuel cells which have both mobile and stationary power applications in industrial and military sectors.

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