Definitive Contract FA945314C0025

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a technology to enable the manufacture of high-efficiency (>40%), quadruple-junction solar cells on lightweight germanium (Ge) substrates. The key innovation is the use of a new semiconductor alloy, InGaAsN, as the 1.18...

This federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) is for a three-year project to develop a high-efficiency, high-temperature InGaN-based tandem solar cell designed to operate above 25% efficiency at temperatures above 400°C. The goal is to enable transformational improvements in solar power generation capabilities for space applications. The $593,533.24 grant leverages ASU's expertise in III-nitride materials and device...

The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $1,000,000.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee SBIR Phase II contract to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer, for the development of "Epitaxial Lift-Off Solar Cells for Cost Effective, High-Efficiency, Flexible Photovoltaics." This contract, set aside for small businesses, is focused on advancing solar cell technology to support aerospace and defense applications. Microlink Devices Inc....

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Angstrom Designs Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronic and lighting systems based in Santa Barbara, California. The $749,860 fixed-price contract is for the development of a solid-state, large-area, pulsed, solar simulator (SSLAPSS) that can simulate the AM0 (air mass zero) response of single, dual, 3, 4, 5, and 6-junction solar cells. The prototype developed in...

This is a $125,000 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer of advanced solar cell technologies. The contract is for the development of an innovative fabrication process to introduce backside contacts to Microlink's large-area, multi-junction epitaxial lift-off (ELO) solar cells. This...

This is a $750,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer of advanced solar cell technologies. The contract is for the development of "Integrated Photon Management for Multijunction Solar Cells," which involves research and development of lightweight, flexible, and high-efficiency solar cells, solar cell...

This federal contract award to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer, is for the development of a low-cost, manufacturable, 6-inch wafer bonding process for next-generation 5-junction inverted metamorphic (IMM+Ge) photovoltaic devices. The award, valued at $900,000.00, is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program, and is set aside for small businesses. The goal is to enable the production of...

This is a $891,713 Firm Fixed Price Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer. The contract is for the development of high-efficiency, radiation-hard, and lightweight inverted metamorphic (IMM) solar cells that incorporate quantum dots to improve end-of-life performance by over 5%. The resulting solar cells...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a small business, was awarded a $124,932 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop new solar cells based on a ferroelectric semiconductor absorber material. This novel material is expected to yield a 30% increase in efficiency and 20% increase in specific power compared to current triple-junction III-V solar cells. The proposed cells would leverage a unique charge separation...

This is a $125,000 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer. The contract is focused on developing "Double Epitaxial Lift-Off (D-ELO) in conjunction with semiconductor bonding" to produce 38% efficient six-junction solar cells. These solar cells are intended...