1 WHILE LI ION BATTERIES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES, THEIR ENERGY DENSITY EVEN AFTER MAXIMAIZATION FALLS FAR SHORT FOR ELECTRIC POWERED AIRCRAFTS AND HYBRID, ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN GENERAL. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE THEORETICAL ENERGY DENSITY OF LI AIR BATTERIES IS NEARLY 10 TIMES THAT OF CONVENTIONAL LI ION BATTERIES. HOWEVER, MANY REMAINING CHALLENGES PREVENT THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. REVOLUTIONARY IMPROVEMENT IN ENERGY DENSITY AND CYCLABILITY IN LI AIR BATTERIES, EQUIVALENT TO GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES IN A SINGLE CHARGE, WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN ADDRESSING ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IN THE CURRENT AERONAUTICS RESEARCH, WHICH IS HOW TO OBTAIN POWER SYSTEMS THE OPTIMUM COMBINATION OF LOW COST, ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN, LIGHT WEIGHT, EFFICIENT, COMPACT ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION FOR EITHER PROPULSION OR ONBOARD SYSTEMS. WITH RESPECT TO SPACE EXPLORATION, POWER GENERATION AND STORAGE IS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION AND MANY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE ENERGY NEEDS FOR FUTURE LONG DURATION MISSIONS Funding Only Action $68.0k 3/31/17 Not listed WHILE LI ION BATTERIES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES THEIR ENERGY DENSITY EVEN AFTER MAXIMAIZATION FALLS FAR SHORT FOR ELECTRIC POWERED AIRCRAFTS AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN GENERAL. ON THE OTHER HAND THE THEORETICAL ENERGY DENSITY OF LI AIR BATTERIES ISNEARLY 10 TIMES THAT OF CONVENTIONAL LI ION BATTERIES. HOWEVER MANY REMAINING CHALLENGES PREVENT THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. REVOLUTIONARY IMPROVEMENT IN ENERGY DENSITY AND CYCLABILITY IN LI AIR BATTERIES EQUIVALENT TO GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES IN A SINGLE CHARGE WOULD HAVESIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN ADDRESSING ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IN THE CURRENT AERONAUTICS RESEARCH WHICH IS HOW TO OBTAIN POWER SYSTEMS THE OPTIMUM COMBINATION OF LOW COST ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN LIGHT WEIGHT EFFICIENT COMPACT ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION FOR EITHER PROPULSION ORONBOARD SYSTEMS. WITH RESPECT TO SPACE EXPLORATION POWER GENERATION AND STORAGE IS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION AND MANY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE ENERGY NEEDS FOR FUTURE LONG DURATION MISSIONS $68.0k 3/31/17 Not listed WHILE LI ION BATTERIES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES THEIR ENERGY DENSITY EVEN AFTER MAXIMAIZATION FALLS FAR SHORT FOR ELECTRIC POWERED AIRCRAFTS AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN GENERAL. ON THE OTHER HAND THE THEORETICAL ENERGY DENSITY OF LI AIR BATTERIES ISNEARLY 10 TIMES THAT OF CONVENTIONAL LI ION BATTERIES. HOWEVER MANY REMAINING CHALLENGES PREVENT THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. REVOLUTIONARY IMPROVEMENT IN ENERGY DENSITY AND CYCLABILITY IN LI AIR BATTERIES EQUIVALENT TO GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES IN A SINGLE CHARGE WOULD HAVESIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN ADDRESSING ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IN THE CURRENT AERONAUTICS RESEARCH WHICH IS HOW TO OBTAIN POWER SYSTEMS THE OPTIMUM COMBINATION OF LOW COST ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN LIGHT WEIGHT EFFICIENT COMPACT ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION FOR EITHER PROPULSION ORONBOARD SYSTEMS. WITH RESPECT TO SPACE EXPLORATION POWER GENERATION AND STORAGE IS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION AND MANY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE ENERGY NEEDS FOR FUTURE LONG DURATION MISSIONS $75.0k 2/11/17 2 WHILE LI ION BATTERIES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES, THEIR ENERGY DENSITY EVEN AFTER MAXIMAIZATION FALLS FAR SHORT FOR ELECTRIC POWERED AIRCRAFTS AND HYBRID, ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN GENERAL. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE THEORETICAL ENERGY DENSITY OF LI AIR BATTERIES IS NEARLY 10 TIMES THAT OF CONVENTIONAL LI ION BATTERIES. HOWEVER, MANY REMAINING CHALLENGES PREVENT THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. REVOLUTIONARY IMPROVEMENT IN ENERGY DENSITY AND CYCLABILITY IN LI AIR BATTERIES, EQUIVALENT TO GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLES IN A SINGLE CHARGE, WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN ADDRESSING ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IN THE CURRENT AERONAUTICS RESEARCH, WHICH IS HOW TO OBTAIN POWER SYSTEMS THE OPTIMUM COMBINATION OF LOW COST, ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN, LIGHT WEIGHT, EFFICIENT, COMPACT ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION FOR EITHER PROPULSION OR ONBOARD SYSTEMS. WITH RESPECT TO SPACE EXPLORATION, POWER GENERATION AND STORAGE IS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION AND MANY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE ENERGY NEEDS FOR FUTURE LONG DURATION MISSIONS Funding Only Action $75.0k 2/11/17 Not listed WHILE LI ION BATTERIES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES, THEIR ENERGY DENSITY EVEN AFTER MAXIMAIZATION FALLS FAR SHORT FOR ELECTRIC POWERE $80.0k 2/3/16