Increased Energy Density of Solid State Supercapacitors for Habitats via Advanced Manufacturing

Completed TRL 4 (started at 3, targeting 5)

Description

Development and optimization of Spark Plasma Sintering process for supercapacitor fabrication. Optimization of materials and coatings to yield highest energy density that is comparable to Li ion commercial energy storage

Benefits

Solid state energy storage devices that are completely safe in terresterial and space environments. Benefits of solid state storage are: rapid charging and no degradation of performance through many charging cycles. Much lower mass and volume than electrochemical energy storage systems.

Details

Technology area	Aerospace Power and Energy Storage
Program	Center Independent Research & Development: MSFC IRAD (MSFC IRAD)
Lead organization	Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Start date	2019-10-01
End date	2021-09-30

Project contacts

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Dennis S Tucker
Dennis S Tucker
Curtis W Hill — curtis.w.hill@nasa.gov
Ryan P Wilkerson — ryan.p.wilkerson@nasa.gov

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