Definitive Contract N0017314C2024

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 to the University of Illinois, a public land-grant research university, aims to develop high-efficiency, low-cost solar cell technology. The $320,000.00 grant will fund research into growing a thin gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) solar cell on top of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR), which is expected to increase the short-circuit current density and overall efficiency of the GaAsP cell. The research seeks to mitigate issues with defects and low diffusion length in...

This is a fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Semprius Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the development of 40% air mass zero efficiency solar cells for space applications. The contract, valued at $149,753.00, is funded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase I. The period of performance runs from the award date of July 21, 2015 to the ultimate completion date of April 22, 2016. The contract is set aside for small...

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 firm fixed-price Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC), a civilian agency, to Tentguild Engineering Co. The contract, valued at $729,793.00, is for the development and validation of a photovoltaic (PV) array design with unique and enabling characteristics, including the ability to be smoothly deployed from compact stowage with a total PV surface area up to and beyond 4,000 square meters. The design utilizes flexible PV...

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 is a federal contract award to Solaero Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of Emcore Corporation, by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The contract, valued at $5,664,192.00, is for the development and demonstration of high-efficiency solar cells for space and near-space applications. The objective is to produce solar cells that can effectively convert solar energy to usable electrical power for satellites under the space solar spectrum. This contract is part of the Advanced Space Power...

This is a $1,097,437.58 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Mpower Technology Inc., a for-profit organization located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The contract is for the development of "ULTRA-FLEXIBLE HIGH EFFICIENCY PHOTOVOLTAICS" and has a period of performance through September 28, 2022. This SBIR Phase II award follows the successful completion of a Phase I effort, and is...

This is a federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Solaero Technologies Corp., a for-profit manufacturer of solar cells, solar panels, and related components for aerospace applications. The contract, valued at $5,439,349.00, is for Solaero to develop advanced solar cell, solar array, and related technologies that will provide greater than 60 kW/m3 stowed power density, greater than 200 W/kg specific power, and improved robustness against natural and man-made...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,500,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Microlink Devices Inc., a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business manufacturer, for the development of a "FLEXIBLE, LIGHTWEIGHT SOLAR CELL WITH 40% EFFICIENCY FABRICATED BY EPITAXIAL LIFTOFF AND WAFER BONDING." This contract, which is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, has a completion date of May 27, 2022. Microlink Devices Inc....