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Title: Method for making carbon super capacitor electrode materials

Patent ·
OSTI ID:672512

A method is described for making near-net-shape, monolithic carbon electrodes for energy storage devices. The method includes the controlled pyrolysis and activation of a pressed shape of methyl cellulose powder with pyrolysis being carried out in two stages; pre-oxidation, preferably in air at a temperature between 200--250 C, followed by carbonization under an inert atmosphere. An activation step to adjust the surface area of the carbon shape to a value desirable for the application being considered, including heating the carbon shape in an oxidizing atmosphere to a temperature of at least 300 C, follows carbonization. 1 fig.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corp., Livermore, CA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,776,384/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-511,384
OSTI ID:
672512
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 7 Jul 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English