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Advanced Materials for Electrochemical
Storage/Conversion Devices
Small Business Innovation Research
T/J Technologies, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI
INNOVATION
T/J Technologies specializes in the design,
development, and commercialization of
nanostructured materials. Products that benefit
from such materials include ultracapacitors,
lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and chemical
sensors. For NASA, T/J Technologies is
developing high surface area transition metal
nitrides and carbides for use in
ultracapacitors. Because of their high
conductivities and open microstructures, these
electrodes can be used to produce ultracapacitors
with lower resistances and higher power densities
than devices based on commercially available
carbon electrodes.

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Included in 1999 top-ten fastest-growing
  companies in Michigan.
• 2000 Department of Defense Nunn-Perry Award
  winner with Lockheed Martin.
• Black Enterprise magazines Business Innovator of
  the Year (1998).
• 1999 Product or the Year (ultracapacitor) by
  Michigan Small Business Association.
• NASA Glenn Garrett Morgan Commercialization
  Award.
• COMMERCIALIZATION
• Improving the market demands of portable
  electronics longer run times smaller, lighter
  devices more features in tight places rapid
  recharge etc.
• Developing a new class of tin-based anode
  materials for implementation in rechargeable
  lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries. These
  innovative anode materials hold promise for
  energy densities twice those of carbon-based
  anode materials. Their use will significantly
  increase the energy densities of rechargeable
  batteries used in portable electronics, motor
  vehicles, and defense/aerospace applications, a
  combined 15Billion market.
• Ultracapacitor applications wireless
  communication devices, portable electronics,
  automotive subsystems, and uninterrupted power
  supplies.
• Fuel-cell applications Have developed lower
  cost electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells. Fuel
  cells could provide power to facilities,
  vehicles, and portable electronics.

Ultracapacitors developed for cell phone and
military applications. (Photo courtesy of
Lockheed Martin.)

• GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
• Potential for satisfying power requirements for
  microgavity payloads for Space Station.
• Participated in Mentor Protégé Program with Air
  Force and Lockheed Martin to develop
  ultracapacitors as energy and power sources for
  defense applications.
• Awarded contracts from NASA, Ballistic Missile
  Defense Organization, Air Force, Army, Department
  of Energy, National Science Foundation.
• Fuel-cell applications in space and military
  transport and test vehicles.

Marshall Space Flight Center Subtopic 10.03,
Energy Storage and Electrochemical Power Systems
Contacts MSFC, Tom Knight 256-544-5353 T/J
Technologies Maria Thompson 734-213-1637 1999
Phase 3 NAS8-99109