mPhase Technologies, Inc., unveiled the completion of the technical work under Phase 2 STTR grant awarded by the U.S. Army for the multi-cell Smart NanoBattery.
Company officials added that the team completed the work sponsored by the Army Research Office, which encourages deep technical exploration. The Research Office funds small businesses involved in innovative research projects for miniature energy storage designs, by hastening research and development concepts for long-term commercialization efforts.
The mPhase technical team used the STTR funding to develop functional prototypes and to conduct detailed analysis of the novel multi-cell reserve battery designs. The funding allowed the mPhase team to create a substantial IP portfolio and to achieve a Technical Readiness Level 4/5.
This implies that the original Smart Nanobattery design and technology has progressed to meet the criteria for prototype testing in both laboratory and simulated deployment environments.
mPhase sources explained that the completed Smart Nanobattery is based on a complex MEMS device design which consists of layers of silicon and glass fabricated to the exact specifications of the mPhase team by its commercial foundry partner.
The mPhase team populated each battery with the electrode stacks of lithium and carbon monofluoride materials (Li/CFx) in the finished the assembly in order to provide 3 volts per cell. The unique design of the multi-cell battery offers it longer shelf life until it is activated by the electrowetting technique. This enables programmable triggering in the mPhase reserve battery.
mPhase is striving to get more funds to further upgrade the battery’s design and increase the technical level of development so that it can be used in commercial opportunities for defense and commercial applications. The company’s scalable smart reserve cell technology is one of the items in the current Defense Appropriations Bill that has been passed by the United States House of Representatives and is awaiting final action by the United States Senate, confirmed mPhase officials.
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