Conventional solar cells are limited in efficiency, require heavy weight for high power applications, and tend to degrade rapidly in the harsh radiation environment in space. Nvizix LLC proposes to…
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- Contract number
- NNX15CC66P
- Awardee
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Nvizix LLC UEI FNTKCJUX8H23
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $124,999
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- NNX15SBIRI Solicitation number
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $124,999.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and 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
- Stamford, CT 06901, USA
- Research
- SBIR Program Phase I Action
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
The U.S. government agency, Shared Services Center, awarded a $124,999.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Nvizix LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to demonstrate a novel high-efficiency solar cell technology based on vacuum photoemission and thermionic enhancement. The technology aims to address limitations of conventional solar cells in terms of efficiency, weight, and radiation resistance for space applications. The Phase I contract will demonstrate the efficiency and low weight of a small research-scale cell, and project a deployable design for a 120-watt solar array. A subsequent Phase II contract would be used to fabricate and demonstrate a prototype array.
Description
Conventional solar cells are limited in efficiency, require heavy weight for high power applications, and tend to degrade rapidly in the harsh radiation environment in space. Nvizix LLC proposes to demonstrate a novel concept for high-efficiency solar cells (patent pending), based on the phenomenon of vacuum photoemission (with thermionic enhancement). Recent advances in the technology of optical detectors for high-energy physics (such as photomultiplier tubes), together with manufacturing techniques for flat-panel displays, have enabled a breakthrough in microfabricated solar cell arrays that are broadband and highly efficient, extremely lightweight, as well as extremely resistant to radiation damage and degradation with time. Efficiencies up to 50% are expected (80% theoretical) for space-based solar power. A prototype array of solar panels is proposed, consisting of 8 panels, each the size of a 3U nanosatellite (10 CM X 30 CM). Such an array would provide 150 W of power, while weighing only 100 grams, and being easily stowed, before deployment, inside a small portion of the 3U package. Phase I will demonstrate efficiency and low weight in a small research-scale cell, and project a deployable design for a 120 W array. Phase II will fabricate a prototype array and demonstrate performance at an appropriate NASA laboratory.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract NNX15CC66P?
NNX15CC66P was awarded to Nvizix LLC by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on June 17, 2015.
How much is contract NNX15CC66P worth?
The government has obligated $124,999 on NNX15CC66P.
Was contract NNX15CC66P competed?
The extent of competition for NNX15CC66P 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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