Licensing Opportunity: Microballast Electrode Materials
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2024-09-11-z
- Agency
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Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Place of performance
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Energy has published a Special Notice for a licensing opportunity related to microballast electrode materials for battery applications. This invention aims to facilitate optimal particle interconnectedness and electron transport in battery anodes, resulting in faster charging, more efficient, and effective batteries through better alignment and wiring of the battery materials.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to make this patented technology available for licensing. The due date for interested parties to respond is October 26, 2024. There are no set-aside requirements, and the opportunity is open to all eligible contractors. The technology has applications in rechargeable batteries, battery fabrication, electrochemical systems, electric vehicles, and stationary power, and provides benefits such as faster battery charging, more efficient and effective batteries, and optimal electrode fabrication.
Notice text
Invention Reference Number: 202305514
Current battery materials such as silicon suffer from poor ion and electron transport due to non-optimal wiring. This invention facilitates particle interconnectedness to facilitate ion motion and electron transport overcoming poor assembly. Using a microscale ballast effect resulting in increased electrical connectivity between anode particles and conductive carbon constituents results in a composite electrode with optimal connectivity to facilitate ion transport and reduce corrosion.
Description
This technology aims to provide optimal electrode fabrication for better battery performance. The invention is a battery anode where electrons have to move through an optimized pathway so they go in the right direction. Typically, increasingly thick electrodes have poor electronic conductivity creating a less effective battery. This invention orients the pathway for electrons using a ballast effect to facilitate ion transport. This creates very fast pathways for electrons to go through all the materials, and optimizes how the battery material is assembled for better performance. The microballast makes the electrons orient in the right way and aligns particles so they give optimal transport. Thus it creates a more effective battery through better alignment and wiring of the battery.
Benefits
- Faster battery charging
- More efficient and effective batteries
- More effective ionic transport
- Optimal electrode fabrication
Applications and Industries
- Rechargeable batteries
- Battery fabrication
- Battery electrodes
- Electrochemical systems such as fuel cells, catalysts
- Cathode and anode chemistry, electrolyzers
- Electric vehicles
- Stationary power
Contact
To learn more about this technology, email partnerships@ornl.gov or call 865-574-1051.
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