Safe and reliable high energy density storage devices with wide temperature of operation are required for Altair-lunar lander, extravehicular activities (EVA space suites), rovers for missions to outer planet, moon and asteroids, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and International X-ray Observatory (IXO). With the proposed solid electrolyte material, a highly stable and safe Li-ion battery can be developed that meets NASA's high energy density (greater than 500 Wh/kg, C/10) requirements at operating temperature of T=0 to 100 degrees centigrade.
The non-NASA applications include laptops, mobile phones, PDAs, portable TVs, radios, camcorders, electric razors, digital cameras, energy storage for renewable power generation (e.g., solar panels and wind turbines), electric bikes, automotives, and a wide range of military and aerospace applications such as power for sensors, and army soldier conformal batteries.
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