Method for making thin carbon foam electrodes
Abstract
A method for fabricating thin, flat carbon electrodes by infiltrating highly porous carbon papers, membranes, felts, metal fibers/powders, or fabrics with an appropriate carbon foam precursor material. The infiltrated carbon paper, for example, is then cured to form a gel-saturated carbon paper, which is subsequently dried and pyrolyzed to form a thin sheet of porous carbon. The material readily stays flat and flexible during curing and pyrolyzing to form thin sheets. Precursor materials include polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polymethylacrylonitrile (PMAN), resorcinol/formaldehyde, catechol/formaldehyde, phenol/formaldehyde, etc., or mixtures thereof. These thin films are ideal for use as high power and energy electrodes in batteries, capacitors, and fuel cells, and are potentially useful for capacitive deionization, filtration and catalysis.
- Inventors:
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- Pleasant Hill, CA
- San Leandro, CA
- Pleasanton, CA
- Modesto, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872423
- Patent Number(s):
- 5932185
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B22 - CASTING B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; carbon; foam; electrodes; fabricating; flat; infiltrating; highly; porous; papers; membranes; felts; metal; fibers; powders; fabrics; appropriate; precursor; material; infiltrated; paper; example; cured; form; gel-saturated; subsequently; dried; pyrolyzed; sheet; readily; stays; flexible; curing; pyrolyzing; sheets; materials; polyacrylonitrile; pan; polymethylacrylonitrile; pman; resorcinol; formaldehyde; catechol; phenol; etc; mixtures; films; ideal; power; energy; batteries; capacitors; fuel; cells; potentially; useful; capacitive; deionization; filtration; catalysis; porous carbon; carbon electrode; metal fibers; metal fiber; fuel cell; carbon foam; fuel cells; capacitive deionization; precursor material; precursor materials; carbon electrodes; carbon paper; potentially useful; foam electrodes; highly porous; foam electrode; infiltrated carbon; foam precursor; /423/264/
Citation Formats
Pekala, Richard W, Mayer, Steven T, Kaschmitter, James L, and Morrison, Robert L. Method for making thin carbon foam electrodes. United States: N. p., 1999.
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Pekala, Richard W, Mayer, Steven T, Kaschmitter, James L, & Morrison, Robert L. Method for making thin carbon foam electrodes. United States.
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"Method for making thin carbon foam electrodes". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872423.
@article{osti_872423,
title = {Method for making thin carbon foam electrodes},
author = {Pekala, Richard W and Mayer, Steven T and Kaschmitter, James L and Morrison, Robert L},
abstractNote = {A method for fabricating thin, flat carbon electrodes by infiltrating highly porous carbon papers, membranes, felts, metal fibers/powders, or fabrics with an appropriate carbon foam precursor material. The infiltrated carbon paper, for example, is then cured to form a gel-saturated carbon paper, which is subsequently dried and pyrolyzed to form a thin sheet of porous carbon. The material readily stays flat and flexible during curing and pyrolyzing to form thin sheets. Precursor materials include polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polymethylacrylonitrile (PMAN), resorcinol/formaldehyde, catechol/formaldehyde, phenol/formaldehyde, etc., or mixtures thereof. These thin films are ideal for use as high power and energy electrodes in batteries, capacitors, and fuel cells, and are potentially useful for capacitive deionization, filtration and catalysis.},
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year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999}
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