SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Low-cost Lithium Based Intercalation Powders
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334419
— Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Idaho National Laboratory, 2525 Fremont P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID, 83415-3920
- ZIP Code
- 83415-3920
- Solicitation Number
- 06-07
- Response Due
- 5/31/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2006
- Description
- Increased use of portable electronics such as cellular phones, laptop computers and PDAs over the last several years has increased the demand for compact, low cost, and environmentally friendly rechargeable batteries. Lithium based Solid Polymer Electrolyte (SPE) batteries have emerged as a forerunner in this growing technology. SPE batteries use solid lithium based polymers as their electrolyte (in place of traditional liquid electrolyte) sandwiched between a lithium metal sheet and a metal oxide sheet. This laminate construction allows for the creation of batteries which are as thin as a credit card and which can be configured in many different shapes and sizes. The use of a polymer electrolyte is also much safer and more environmentally friendly than traditional battery technologies. Presently, the most attractive cathode materials for use in SPE batteries are Li-based metal oxides. These compounds are in a class of compounds known as intercalation compounds which allow the insertion and removal of guest species (especially metal ions) into their crystalline lattice structures. Traditionally, Li-based intercalation compounds have been formed by a mixed oxide process, in which the oxides react at high temperatures to form the desired compound. Typical methods require mixing of solid oxides followed by a high temperature calcination (heating) process in the temperature range of 600-1000?C. Many of these processes also require long heating times in the range of 5 hours to several days and multiple heating and/or grinding steps. The long heating times and multiple grinding steps required by such processes drive up production costs considerably and introduce impurities. The patented invention elucidates a method to produce Li-based intercalation powders in less time and at a lower cost for use in secondary batteries and other applications. It relates to a process for preparing lithium intercalation compounds by plasma reaction. The INL is soliciting a written indication of interest from industry partners interested in funding a collaborative technology development project and/or entering into a license agreement for the purpose of developing and commercializing this technology. Interested parties should respond thirty (30) days after publication. Interested parties should send a description of their company and their ability to commercialize this technology to the contact listed below. Any questions or inquiries should be directed to the contact listed below. For more information please contact: Ida Shum Account Executive Technology Transfer & Commercialization Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC Telephone: (208) 526-0744 E-mail: ida.shum@inl.gov
- Record
- SN01020594-W 20060406/060404220340 (fbodaily.com)
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