The commercial realization of a battery with specific energy in excess of 2000Wh/kg would permit a mass reduction of ca. 5x vs. consumer Li/MnO2 and Zn-air batteries. Such improvements may permit the 3-D nanofilm Li-Air battery to supplant Li/MnO2 and other high-energy batteries in applications such as hearing aids, consumer electronics, military communications, transportation, automated meter reading, memory backup and RFID.
For this solicitation, NASA has sought advanced high-energy battery systems for use in Exploration Medical Capabilities mission applications such as power for mobile oxygen concentrators. The commercial realization of a battery with specific energy in excess of 2000Wh/kg would permit a mass reduction of ca. 3x vs. current state of the art Li/CFx and ca. 5x vs. consumer Li/MnO2 batteries. Given the sensitivity of space flight to weight, such a high-energy battery would enable increased mission time or increased payload.
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