Carbon fiber reinforced structural lithium-ion battery composite: Multifunctional power integration for CubeSats

Kathleen Moyer; Chuanzhe Meng; Breeanne Marshall; Osama Assal; Janna Eaves; Daniel Perez; Ryan Karkkainen; Luke Roberson; Cary L. Pint

doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2019.08.003

Carbon fiber reinforced structural lithium-ion battery composite: Multifunctional power integration for CubeSats

Kathleen Moyer
, Chuanzhe Meng
, Breeanne Marshall
, Osama Assal
, Janna Eaves
, Daniel Perez
, Ryan Karkkainen
, Luke Roberson
, Cary L. Pint

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Abstract

Here we demonstrate a multifunctional battery platform where lithium-ion battery active materials are combined with carbon fiber weave materials to form energy storage composites using traditional layup methods. This design utilizes epoxy resin as a packaging medium for the battery and the carbon fibers as both a conductive current collector and structurally reinforcing layer. These composites exhibit energy density surpassing 35 Wh/kg relative to combined active and inactive composite materials, stable full-cell cycling, and mechanical properties including tensile strength of 213 MPa and Young's modulus of ~1.8 MPa/(Δl/l). Structural battery panels developed from this approach are demonstrated as an integrated power delivery platform for a 1U CubeSat frame to augment or replace interior external battery packs. Overall, this approach shows a new path for battery integration into systems where the inactive materials for energy storage are the active composite structural materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	676-681
Number of pages	6
Journal	Energy Storage Materials
Volume	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2019.08.003
State	Published - Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes

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The authors acknowledge Philip Johnson, Nitin Muralidharan, Shaun Daly, Paul Mackey, Lawrence Batterson, Thomas Miller, Charles Langoni, Robert DeVor, Michael Galluzzi, Jose Nunez, Robin Midgett, Melanie Pickett, John Waugh, and Murtaza Zohair for helpful discussions and their assistance during this project. The authors also thank Gary Turner for helping design the CubeSat frame and Mike Lane, Dave McLoughlin, and the NASA prototype shop for their time and assistance. This work was supported by NASA grant number NNX16AT48A, K.M. was also supported by NSF graduate fellowship under grant 1445197. The authors acknowledge Philip Johnson, Nitin Muralidharan, Shaun Daly, Paul Mackey, Lawrence Batterson, Thomas Miller, Charles Langoni, Robert DeVor, Michael Galluzzi, Jose Nunez, Robin Midgett, Melanie Pickett, John Waugh, and Murtaza Zohair for helpful discussions and their assistance during this project. The authors also thank Gary Turner for helping design the CubeSat frame and Mike Lane, Dave McLoughlin, and the NASA prototype shop for their time and assistance. This work was supported by NASA grant number NNX16AT48A , K.M. was also supported by NSF graduate fellowship under grant 1445197 .

Keywords

Carbon fiber
CubeSats
Lithium-ion battery
Multifunctional energy storage
Structural battery

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