SBIR Phase I: Enabling Better Grid-Scale Energy Storage with Organic Additives

SBIR 第一阶段：利用有机添加剂实现更好的电网规模储能

• 批准号: 2013880
• 负责人: Onas Bolton
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Octet Scientific, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2013880&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Enabling; Better; Grid

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will be to develop a more economical, scalable and sustainable type of battery for the renewable power grid. As wind and solar power generation become more common, economical energy storage is needed to supply power in the absence of wind or sun. Older battery technologies, such as lithium ion and lead acid batteries, pose challenges with supply, safety, longevity, and sustainability. This project will produce new chemical components to enable new grid-scale batteries based on safe, abundant, and recyclable zinc metal. The proposed batteries will last longer and run more efficiently to lower energy prices, reduce end-of-life costs, and accelerate the use of renewable energy. This SBIR Phase I project proposes to produce chemical additives to improve the lifetime and efficiency of zinc-bromine batteries. These batteries pose challenges through unwanted side reactions occurring during battery charging. This project will develop new additives to prevent uneven zinc deposition and gas formation without sacrificing performance or adding significant cost. The research objectives include modification of currently available chemicals to achieve the desired performance, as well as to develop a suite of design principles for further improvements to battery additives. The proposed work is to validate the materials for long-term stability in harsh battery electrolytes and validate performance in suitable battery conditions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将是为可再生电网开发更经济，可扩展和可持续的电池类型。随着风能和太阳能发电变得越来越普遍，在没有风或太阳的情况下，需要经济的能源存储来供电。 较旧的电池技术，例如锂离子和铅酸电池，对供应，安全性，寿命和可持续性构成挑战。该项目将生产新的化学组件，以基于安全，丰富且可回收的锌金属的新网格尺度电池。拟议的电池将持续更长的时间，并更有效地运行，以降低能源价格，降低寿命结束成本并加速使用可再生能源。该SBIR I期项目提议生产化学添加剂，以提高锌溴电池的寿命和效率。这些电池通过电池充电期间发生不必要的侧面反应构成挑战。该项目将开发新的添加剂，以防止锌沉积和气体形成不平衡，而无需牺牲性能或增加成本。研究目标包括修改当前可用的化学品，以实现所需的性能，以及开发一套设计原理，以进一步改进电池添加剂。拟议的工作是验证材料在苛刻的电池电解质中的长期稳定性，并在适当的电池条件下验证性能。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估标准来评估值得支持的。 。