Electrochemical flow capacitors

Title: Electrochemical flow capacitors

The present invention generally relates to devices for energy storage technologies, and more particularly to electrochemical flow capacitor systems and applications. In some aspects, these flow capacitors have at least one electrode comprising a non-stationary solid or semi-solid composition comprising supercapacitive particles and an electrolytic solvent in electrical communication with at least one current collector, and energy is stored and/or released by charging and/or discharging the electrode(s).

Inventors:: Gogotsi, Yury; Presser, Volker; Kumbur, Emin Caglan

Issue Date:: 2015-10-27

OSTI Identifier:: 1224427

Assignee:: Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) ORNL

Patent Number(s):: 9,171,679

Application Number:: 13/985,434

Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Feb 14

Research Org:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION

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