NEEIA: VSSC wins first prize

Thiruvananthapuram: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Isro, has been awarded first prize in the National Energy Efficiency Innovation Awards (NEEIA-2022) for the development of the lithium supercapattery, an innovative energy storage system.
On behalf of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the award was received by Dr S A Ilangovan, deputy director, VSSC, from President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on Thursday. The team also won third prize in the same category for ‘Supercapacitors for Space Transportation’, another energy storage device developed by VSSC.
Batteries, especially lithium based rechargeable cells, offer high energy density, but are not yet sufficiently efficient to deliver power, due to its slow Faradaic reactions involving the bulk of electrode.
On the other hand, conventional Supercapacitors unveil high power density and long cycle life but lack adequate energy storage provided by the battery.
Lithium supercapattery, the innovative product developed by VSSC, invokes the advantage of lithium battery and supercapacitors to deliver sustained energy and power in a single system through internal hybridization.
This cost effective system is capable of undergoing sustained repeated cycles of operations both for space systems as well as commercial applications. Supercapattery system was successfully flight tested as a piggyback mode in PSLV C52 mission.
Hybrid systems like these are promising candidates for providing energy efficient systems.