The use of lithium (LI) metal as an anode material has emerged as one highly attractive option for achieving high specific energy due to lithium having the highest capacity (3876 MAH G-1) of all…
Ended Definitive Contract Awarded
- Contract number
- NNX15CC16C
- Awardee
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Solid Power Operating, Inc. UEI P6C4J2FTTUM7
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $749,899
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $749,899.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
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- Current, with exercised options
- Potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 500 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Superior, CO 80027, USA
- Research
- SBIR Program Phase II Action
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
This is a $749,899 definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Solid Power Operating, Inc., a small business, to develop high-energy, long-life solid-state batteries for aerospace applications. The contract is part of NASA's "Ultra High Energy Solid-State Batteries for Next Generation Space Power" program and aims to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving over 600 Wh/kg and 1,000 Wh/L at the cell level, which would represent a 3-5x improvement over the best battery technologies currently planned for NASA missions. The contract leverages Solid Power's expertise in all-solid-state battery technologies, particularly its sulfide-based solid electrolyte batteries, to address safety and reliability concerns with the use of lithium metal anodes in high-energy battery systems.
Description
The use of lithium (LI) metal as an anode material has emerged as one highly attractive option for achieving high specific energy due to lithium having the highest capacity (3876 MAH G-1) of all potential anode materials. However, the reliable use of these exceptionally high capacity anodes in a commercial cell has not been achieved due to safety and reliability concerns resulting from thermal runaway and short-circuit issues due to dendritic growth on the metal anode from lithium plating during charge-discharge cycles. Solid-state electrolytes (SSE) have been identified as one option to address this cell failure mode, but SSE technologies must be developed that combine high conductivity and mechanical properties conducive to smooth LI plating with feasible manufacturing processes. Also, the LI anode must be combined with an ultra-high capacity cathode in order to reach NASA's aggressive cell-level energy goals. To address this need, solid power proposes to utilize a LI-metal-compatible solid-state battery design to far exceed the specific energies achieved by state-of-the-art (SOTA) LI-ION batteries in a format that also provides for intrinsic safety and abuse tolerance. Phase I will demonstrate the feasibility of surpassing 600 WH/KG and 1000 WH/L at the cell level which will give a 3-5X improvement over the best battery technologies planned for NASA missions today.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract NNX15CC16C?
NNX15CC16C was awarded to Solid Power Operating, Inc. by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on May 11, 2015.
How much is contract NNX15CC16C worth?
The government has obligated $749,899 on NNX15CC16C.
Was contract NNX15CC16C competed?
The extent of competition for NNX15CC16C was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 500 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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