| US Nanocorp®,
Inc. (“USN”) was incorporated in 1996 as a vehicle to identify,
develop, and commercialize breakthrough technologies in the field of energy
storage and energy conversion devices which exploit the extraordinary properties
of nanostructured materials. By convention, these are materials with physical
dimensions (particle diameter, film thickness, or grain size) less than
100 nanometers (0.1 microns). Nanomaterials present unprecedented opportunities
in a broad range of energy applications, including batteries, fuel cells,
thermoelectrics, and electrochemical supercapacitors. USN’s other
pioneering technology areas include thermal spray of active materials for
thin film battery and fuel cell electrodes and the use of fuzzy logic methods
to manage the operation of batteries and fuel cells.
In the nanomaterials
area, USN has developed (i) nanofibrous manganese dioxide (Filox®)
for advanced rechargeable lithium batteries and (ii) nanospherical nickel
hydroxide (NanoxTM) for alkaline rechargeable batteries and electrochemical
supercapacitors, funded under NSF, NIH, and the ATP (NIST). USN is developing
intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell components and large-area
thin-film battery electrodes using industrial thermal spray techniques,
funded under DOE, the Army, and the Navy.
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