#The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

METHOD OF MAKING A THULIUM-171 DOPED BETAVOLTAIC BATTERY USING ERBIUM DOPANTS

Betavoltaic batteries and methods of making the same are provided. In embodiments, a method of making a thulium-171 electrically active betavoltaic battery includes: providing a starting semiconductor…

DRIVE·Jun 18·1 min read

G21H1/04 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Hydrogen fuel cell power source with metal bipolar plates

Disclosed herein is an apparatus having: a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stack capable of generating 1-6 kw and a compressor capable of delivering at least 10 g/s of air at 1 2 bar. The compr…

DRIVE·Jun 16·1 min read

H01M8/22 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Interface for digitization and detection of rip currents within optical imagery by way of a fuzzy set

A method of identifying a rip current that includes receiving an image comprising a body of water, and identifying, in the image an estimated location of a rip current associated with the body of wate…

DRIVE·Jun 9·2 min read

G06T7/73 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Hydrogen fuel cell power source with metal bipolar plates

Disclosed is a bipolar plate for a fuel cell stack. The article has two metal plates, each with inlets, outlets, and contours bordering wavy channels. At least some of the channels are partly divided …

DRIVE·Jun 2·1 min read

H01M8/1004 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

SINGLE-ION ELECTROLYTES FOR SOLID-STATE ALKALINE BATTERIES

Disclosed herein are materials for use in battery separators. They include copolymers of a divinylbenzene and one or both of the monomers below (non-linked and linked). R is an n-alkylene group, and n…

DRIVE·Apr 2·1 min read

H01M50/414 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

PROTECTIVE SULFIDE COATINGS ON SILVER ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES

Disclosed herein is a porous substrate having silver and optionally silver oxide and a silver sulfide coating. Also disclosed herein is a battery having a cathode, an anode, and a separator between th…

DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min read

H01M4/5815 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

System and Method for Coupled Ocean-Acoustic Data Assimilation

A method of determining ocean state. The method may include receiving, by a processing device, data associated with a prior ocean forecast state, and receiving, by the processing device, data associat…

DRIVE·Apr 11·1 min read

G01C13/002 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

FABRICATION AND FUSION OF ZINC PARTICLES IN POROUS ELECTRODES

A method of: placing a mixture of zinc particles; water; a water-soluble thickener; and water-insoluble inorganic porogen particles into a mold; evaporating the water to form a monolith; heating the m…

DRIVE·Jul 13·1 min read

H01M4/244 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Method and System for Multi-scale Assimilation of Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Observations

A method of forecasting an ocean state via a multi-scale two-step assimilation of Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) observations. The method may include receiving data associated with a prior ocea…

DRIVE·Feb 16·1 min read

G01C13/008 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

MULTI-INTERFACE MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY

A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly having: a proton exchange membrane, an anode catalyst coating on one side of the membrane, and a cathode catalyst coating on the other side of the membrane. The…

DRIVE·Dec 16·1 min read

H01M8/1004 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

ZINC ELECTRODE IMPROVEMENTS

Disclosed are methods of making porous zinc electrodes. Taken together, the steps are: forming a mixture of water, a soluble compound that increases the viscosity of the mixture, an insoluble porogen,…

DRIVE·Nov 4·1 min read

H01M4/30 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

CONTROLLERS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC-ENABLED DISTRIBUTION GRID

Centralized controllers for a photovoltaic-enabled distribution grid are described herein. Photovoltaic cells may generate electricity that may be supplied to the distribution grid, which may experien…

DRIVE·Feb 25·1 min read

H02J3/381 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

ZINC ELECTRODE IMPROVEMENTS

DRIVE·Jan 21·1 min read

H01M4/30 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL

Disclosed is a method of: providing a hydrogenated spcarbon allotrope, and releasing hydrogen gas from the carbon allotrope. The method may be used an apparatus having: a vessel for containing the hyd…

DRIVE·Jan 14·1 min read

C01B3/0021 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

ZINC ELECTRODES FOR BATTERIES

An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an em…

DRIVE·Nov 16·1 min read

H01M4/38 The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy