SBIR Phase II: Research and development of production-scale high-efficiency Thermal Photovoltaic (TPV) cells to enable ultra-low cost energy storage.

SBIR 第二阶段：研究和开发生产规模的高效热光伏（TPV）电池，以实现超低成本储能。

• 批准号: 1951284
• 负责人: David Bierman
• 金额: $ 73.49万
• 依托单位: Antora Energy, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1951284&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Research; development

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to generate inexpensive, reliable electricity through solar cells. As renewables such as wind and solar provide a new low-cost means of generating power domestically, energy storage systems capable of transforming these intermittent sources into dispatchable ones are increasingly commercially attractive. However, conventional energy storage technologies, such as advanced batteries, cannot provide the needed resiliency of on the length scale of days. Ultra-low-cost storage technologies, such as those based on thermal energy storage in earth-abundant materials, have the potential to address this large commercial opportunity. The proposed project will advance the development of a new type of heat engine to convert heat into electricity. The proposed project aims to move this thermophotovoltaic (TPV) heat engine from the lab to the market. The goal of this project is to develop large-scale and high-yield manufacturing of these cells with industrial equipment and large-area substrates. The proposed project will explore the cost-performance trade space toward the goal of high-volume production of PV material.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是通过太阳能电池产生廉价，可靠的电力。 由于风能和太阳能等可再生能源提供了一种新的低成本国内发电方式，能够将这些间歇性能源转化为可调度能源的储能系统在商业上越来越有吸引力。 然而，传统的能量存储技术，如先进的电池，不能提供所需的弹性的长度尺度上的天。 超低成本的储能技术，例如那些基于地球丰富材料中的热能储存的技术，有可能解决这一巨大的商业机会。该项目将推动新型热机的开发，将热量转化为电能。该项目旨在将这种热光伏（TPV）热机从实验室推向市场。该项目的目标是利用工业设备和大面积基板开发这些电池的大规模和高产量制造。该项目将探索成本效益贸易空间，以实现光伏材料的大批量生产。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。