Energy storage media for ultracapacitors

Title: Energy storage media for ultracapacitors

An ultracapacitor includes at least one electrode that includes carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes may be applied in a variety of ways, and a plurality of layers may be included. Methods of fabrication of carbon nanotubes and ultracapacitors are provided.

Inventors:: Brambilla, Nicol Michelle; Martini, Fabrizio; Ramachandra, Kavya; Signorelli, Riccardo; Corripio, Luna Oscar Enrique

Issue Date:: 2015-12-22

OSTI Identifier:: 1233576

Assignee:: FastCAP Sysems Corporation ARPA-E

Patent Number(s):: 9,218,917

Application Number:: 13/491,593

Contract Number:: AR0000035

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 07

Research Org:: FastCAP Sysems Corporation, Boston, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

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