STTR Phase I: Supramolecular Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells

Information

  • NSF Award
  • 0512917
Owner
  • Award Id
    0512917
  • Award Effective Date
    7/1/2005 - 19 years ago
  • Award Expiration Date
    6/30/2006 - 18 years ago
  • Award Amount
    $ 100,000.00
  • Award Instrument
    Standard Grant

STTR Phase I: Supramolecular Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project develop a new generation of proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology. The proposed project will investigate processing techniques for synthesizing polyphosphazine membranes, which are hydrogen bonded to form supramolecules. Such supramolecular interactions can be fully miscible or self organized polymeric backbones to form two or more directional protonically conducting nanoscale channels. This will offer improved proton conductivity while being more economical to manufacture over existing PEM technologies. <br/><br/>The "Roadmap to a Hydrogen Economy - 2030" predicts that fuel cells to emerge between 2010-2020. Technology breakthroughs in PEMs and MEAs and their manufacturability are needed in order to make this timeline a reality. This will require low cost, reliable systems based on new PEM technologies. The proposed project, if successful, can have a significant impact on the fuel cell technology.

  • Program Officer
    Rathindra DasGupta
  • Min Amd Letter Date
    6/6/2005 - 19 years ago
  • Max Amd Letter Date
    9/26/2005 - 18 years ago
  • ARRA Amount

Institutions

  • Name
    ADVANCED MATERIALS & DEVICES INC
  • City
    Reno
  • State
    NV
  • Country
    United States
  • Address
    4750 Longley Lane, #104
  • Postal Code
    895025981
  • Phone Number
    7758268868

Investigators

  • First Name
    Gregory
  • Last Name
    Hitchcock
  • Email Address
    greg.hitchcock@charter.net
  • Start Date
    6/6/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • End Date
    09/26/2005
  • First Name
    Yanming
  • Last Name
    Liu
  • Email Address
    y.liu@amadinc.com
  • Start Date
    9/26/2005 12:00:00 AM

FOA Information

  • Name
    Technology Transfer
  • Code
    110000
  • Name
    Industrial Technology
  • Code
    308000