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Title: Mesoporous nanocrystalline film architecture for capacitive storage devices

Abstract

A mesoporous, nanocrystalline, metal oxide construct particularly suited for capacitive energy storage that has an architecture with short diffusion path lengths and large surface areas and a method for production are provided. Energy density is substantially increased without compromising the capacitive charge storage kinetics and electrode demonstrates long term cycling stability. Charge storage devices with electrodes using the construct can use three different charge storage mechanisms immersed in an electrolyte: (1) cations can be stored in a thin double layer at the electrode/electrolyte interface (non-faradaic mechanism); (2) cations can interact with the bulk of an electroactive material which then undergoes a redox reaction or phase change, as in conventional batteries (faradaic mechanism); or (3) cations can electrochemically adsorb onto the surface of a material through charge transfer processes (faradaic mechanism).

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1470743
Patent Number(s):
10,056,199
Application Number:
15/481,120
Assignee:
The Regents of the University Of California (Oakland, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0001342
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017 Apr 06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Dunn, Bruce S., Tolbert, Sarah H., Wang, John, Brezesinski, Torsten, and Gruner, George. Mesoporous nanocrystalline film architecture for capacitive storage devices. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Dunn, Bruce S., Tolbert, Sarah H., Wang, John, Brezesinski, Torsten, & Gruner, George. Mesoporous nanocrystalline film architecture for capacitive storage devices. United States.
Dunn, Bruce S., Tolbert, Sarah H., Wang, John, Brezesinski, Torsten, and Gruner, George. 2018. "Mesoporous nanocrystalline film architecture for capacitive storage devices". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1470743.
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abstractNote = {A mesoporous, nanocrystalline, metal oxide construct particularly suited for capacitive energy storage that has an architecture with short diffusion path lengths and large surface areas and a method for production are provided. Energy density is substantially increased without compromising the capacitive charge storage kinetics and electrode demonstrates long term cycling stability. Charge storage devices with electrodes using the construct can use three different charge storage mechanisms immersed in an electrolyte: (1) cations can be stored in a thin double layer at the electrode/electrolyte interface (non-faradaic mechanism); (2) cations can interact with the bulk of an electroactive material which then undergoes a redox reaction or phase change, as in conventional batteries (faradaic mechanism); or (3) cations can electrochemically adsorb onto the surface of a material through charge transfer processes (faradaic mechanism).},
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