SBIR Phase I: High-performance flexible batteries for electronic wearables

Information

  • NSF Award
  • 1648481
Owner
  • Award Id
    1648481
  • Award Effective Date
    12/15/2016 - 8 years ago
  • Award Expiration Date
    11/30/2017 - 7 years ago
  • Award Amount
    $ 224,925.00
  • Award Instrument
    Standard Grant

SBIR Phase I: High-performance flexible batteries for electronic wearables

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is that the proposed flexible battery technology solves the major problems (e.g. mechanical failure, low capacity) of the existing battery designs for wearable/flexible electronics (e.g. smart watches, apparel, eye wear, and medical patches). Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation (XABC)?s battery design can potentially close the current technological gap between electronic devices and their supporting batteries and further accelerate the wearable/flexible electronics sector, which is expected to grow at 53.7% compounded annual growth rate. The development of this battery technology will provide important scientific insights and practical guidance towards various fundamental principles of battery designs such as stress handling, form factor adaptability, assembly, integration, and energy and power optimization. Furthermore, XABC?s novel battery fabrication technique, which utilizes a high throughput electroplating process to produce battery grade materials and electrodes, has the potential to drive innovations in other energy storage initiatives (e.g. high-energy, low-cost batteries for automotive) in both academia and industry. <br/><br/>This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project describes an innovative flexible battery design to meet the growing demand for wearable/flexible electronics. The proposed flexible batteries are made of electrodes realized via directly electroplating high-quality, high-energy battery materials on current collectors. In most existing flexible batteries, battery materials are bonded by polymer binders, resulting in loose contacts during bending and thus loss of battery materials. In contrast, the electroplated materials are chemically bonded to the current collector, which significantly enhances the electrode integrity during repeated bending and deformation. Such strong bonding also enables fast electron transport in the electrode and thus boosts the battery power. Here, XABC will develop high-performance flexible batteries via its patented electroplating technique. Research will focus on investigating various aspects of the flexible battery design including electroplating optimization, current collector selection, battery assembly, and packaging. XABC will demonstrate capability of making fully packaged flexible battery prototypes with various form factors for flexible electronics and perform detailed electrochemical and mechanical characterization. The proposed flexible battery prototype is expected to show high energy, high power, and excellent capacity retention after thousands of bending and deformation cycles.

  • Program Officer
    Muralidharan S. Nair
  • Min Amd Letter Date
    12/11/2016 - 8 years ago
  • Max Amd Letter Date
    12/11/2016 - 8 years ago
  • ARRA Amount

Institutions

  • Name
    Xerion Advanced Battery Corp
  • City
    Champaign
  • State
    IL
  • Country
    United States
  • Address
    60 Hazelwood Dr Ste 214
  • Postal Code
    618207460
  • Phone Number
    2173776888

Investigators

  • First Name
    Hailong
  • Last Name
    Ning
  • Email Address
    h.ning@xerionbattery.com
  • Start Date
    12/11/2016 12:00:00 AM

Program Element

  • Text
    SMALL BUSINESS PHASE I
  • Code
    5371

Program Reference

  • Text
    ADVANCED COMP RESEARCH PROGRAM
  • Code
    4080
  • Text
    SMALL BUSINESS PHASE I
  • Code
    5371
  • Text
    Hardware Components
  • Code
    8034
  • Text
    Hardware Devices
  • Code
    8035
  • Text
    HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING & COMM