Novel Chemistry and Nanostructured Cathode for Advanced Thermal Battery Navy SBIR FY2011.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2011.2 Topic No.: N112-091 Topic Title: Novel Chemistry and Nanostructured Cathode for Advanced Thermal Battery Proposal No.: N112-091-0076 Firm: CFD Research Corporation 215 Wynn Dr., 5th Floor Huntsville, Alabama 35805 Contact: Vojtech Svoboda Phone: (256) 327-0681 Web Site: www.cfdrc.com Abstract: The present thermal battery technologies cannot currently meet future requirements that call for higher power and capacity with a smaller footprint. The principal avenue for increasing thermal battery specific energy is to identify and develop new electrode materials that provide higher specific capacity and power performance. The overall objective of the proposed effort is to develop (design, fabricate, test and demonstrate) novel cathode materials for thermal battery with five times higher Li+ storage capacity and enhanced electronic conductivity. In Phase I, we will utilize a judicious combination of experimentation and knowledge of thermal battery systems to establish proof-of-concept for the newly proposed cathode material. CFDRC developed advanced silicon nanostructured anode, thermal battery research laboratory, experimental hardware and instrumentation will be leveraged for the cathode technology development. We will focus on characterization and demonstration of the proposed cathode's properties through: (1) numerical based design of the proposed cathode, (2) synthesis of cathode material, (3) development and fabrication of custom experimental testing equipment, and (4) experimental testing and characterization of the proposed thermal battery cathode as well as complete single cell. Benefits: The major outcome of Phase I will be a high power and capacity cathode material for thermal batteries. Among DoD needs, the developed technology will find ready applicability the U.S. NAVY and U.S. Army missile systems, including PMA-259, Sidewinder AIM 9X, legacy and emerging programs. Programs that would benefit from this technological innovation include also: TOW, Excalibur, Stinger, Javelin, NLOS, Griffin and JAGM. The development of other military applications of this technology may include future urban warfare surveillance/reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles. Other than the immediate DoD needs as identified above, the technology will also be aggressively marketed to other government agencies and industries such as aviation, agriculture, health care, etc. Return