Nanostructured electrode for energy storage device

Patent · 05 January 2021

OSTI ID:1805361

Brambilla, Nicol Michele; Martini, Fabrizio

Disclosed herein is electrode comprising a current collector comprising a conductor layer having at least a first surface; and elongated metal carbide nanostructures extending from the first surface; and a carbonaceous energy storage media disposed on the first surface and in contact with the elongated metal carbide nanostructures. Disclosed herein too is an ultracapacitor comprising at least one electrode comprising a current collector comprising a conductor layer having at least a first surface; and elongated metal carbide nanostructures extending from the first surface; and a carbonaceous energy storage media disposed on the first surface and in contact with the elongated metal carbide nanostructures.

• Research Organization: Fastcap Systems Corp., Boston, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AR0000035; EE0005503
• Assignee: Fastcap Systems Corporation (Boston, MA)
• Patent Number(s): 10,886,074
• Application Number: 16/591,901
• OSTI ID: 1805361
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English