SBIR Phase I: New and Improved Zinc-Air Battery System and Devices

SBIR第一阶段：新型和改进的锌空气电池系统和设备

• 批准号: 1248895
• 负责人: Igor Barsukov
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: American Energy Technologies Company
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1248895&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; New; Improved; Zinc

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a series of primary and rechargeable Zinc-Air batteries of new generation. Individual cells will use a new and improved interior design, as well as will incorporate in their composition a host of novel materials and innovative technological solutions. A complete revision of the bill of materials for the battery is planned. The latter will seek to enhance practical Specific Energy of cells, dramatically boosting operational service life, increasing rate capability, preventing in-cell gassing due to corrosion of the anode, and making cells that can better resist the effects of humidity. New product concepts shall be assembled into three standard cell sizes (e.g. LR2450, AA and D) of uniquely modified interior design, and tested against their reference counterparts, so as to conclude on their performance advantages, and to establish grounds for prototyping and commercialization. The ultimate goal is to build cells that will demonstrate Specific Energy of 550+Wh/kg (achieving this value would put this technology at 25% improvement over industry leading brands).The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is to commercialize new and improved Zinc-Air Batteries and cells. They hold a tremendous potential for successful adoption by the market. The projected demand is driven by a number of factors, with the major one being a substantial installed base currently populated by the conventional Zinc-Air batteries. The latter is the technology of choice in the hearing aid medical devices. Driven by the aging population in the developed countries, the adoption of hearing aid devices is due to increase at a rate, which is forecasted to drive the market for Zinc-Air systems to $400M worldwide by 2017. Also, Zinc-Airs will continue to be used in some niches with the military. Three other lucrative opportunities identified for the specific battery is in the energy storage for utilities, unattended RFIDs, autonomous health monitoring systems and stationary power supplies.

该小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发一系列新一代一次和可充电锌空气电池。各个单元将采用新的和改进的内部设计，并将在其组成中融入大量新颖材料和创新技术解决方案。计划对电池材料清单进行全面修订。后者将寻求提高电池的实际比能，显着延长使用寿命，提高倍率能力，防止由于阳极腐蚀而导致电池内析气，并使电池能够更好地抵抗湿度的影响。新产品概念应组装成经过独特修改的内部设计的三种标准单元尺寸（例如LR2450、AA和D），并与其参考对应物进行测试，从而得出其性能优势，并为原型设计和商业化奠定基础。最终目标是制造比能量达到 550+Wh/kg 的电池（实现该值将使该技术比行业领先品牌提高 25%）。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是将新的和改进的锌空气电池和电池。它们拥有被市场成功采用的巨大潜力。预计需求受到多种因素的推动，其中主要因素是目前传统锌空气电池的大量安装基础。后者是助听器医疗设备的首选技术。在发达国家人口老龄化的推动下，助听器的采用率将会快速增长，预计到 2017 年，全球 Zinc-Air 系统市场将达到 4 亿美元。此外，Zinc-Airs 将继续用于军队的某些领域。为特定电池确定的其他三个利润丰厚的机会是公用事业的能量存储、无人值守的 RFID、自主健康监测系统和固定电源。