Capacitors having electrodes made of interconnected corrugated carbon-based networks (ICCNs) are disclosed. The ICCN electrodes have properties that include high surface area and high electrical conductivity. Moreover, the electrodes are fabricated into an interdigital planar geometry with dimensions that range down to a sub-micron scale. As such, micro-supercapacitors employing ICCN electrodes are fabricated on flexible substrates for realizing flexible electronics and on-chip applications that can be integrated with micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology and complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology in a single chip. In addition, capacitors fabricated of ICCN electrodes that sandwich an ion porous separator realize relatively thin and flexible supercapacitors that provide compact and lightweight yet high density energy storage for scalable applications.

Capacitor with electrodes made of an interconnected corrugated carbon-based network

The present invention provides a solid-state energy storage device having at least one quantum confinement species (QCS), where the QCS (102) can include a quantum dot (QD), quantum well, or nanowire. The invention further includes at least one layer of a dielectric material (104) with at least one QCS incorporated there to, and a first conductive electrode (106) disposed on a top surface of the at least one layer of the dielectric material, and a second conductive electrode (108) is disposed on a bottom surface of the at least one layer of dielectric material, where the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed to transfer a charge to the at least one QCS, where when an electrical circuit is disposed to provide an electric potential across the first electrode and the second electrode, the electric potential discharges the transferred charge from the at least one QCS to the electrical circuit.

Quantum dot ultracapacitor and electron battery

The present invention relates generally to the field of sequential surface chemistry. More specifically, it relates to products and methods for manufacturing products using Atomic Layer Deposition ("ALD") to depose one or more materials onto a surface. ALD has the capability for high-quality defect free film deposition with few molecular layers. The present invention includes, in varying embodiments, methods of manufacturing electric components such as batteries, capacitors and electrochemical capacitors by ALD, and the products manufactured by those methods.

Sintered and nanopore electric capacitor, electrochemical capacitor and battery and method of making the same

A porous interconnected corrugated carbon-based network (ICCN) 
composite and methods for making the same are disclosed. The porous ICCN 
composite is made up of a plurality of carbon layers that are interconnected 
and expanded apart from one another to form a plurality of pores. Metallic 
nanoparticles are disposed within the plurality of pores. In one embodiment, a 
light exposure only based method for producing the porous ICCN composite is 
disclosed. In another embodiment a light exposure plus an electrodeposition 
method for producing the porous ICCN composite is disclosed. In yet another 
exemplary embodiment, a capacitor having a first electrode and a second 
electrode separated from the first electrode by a dielectric wherein at least one 
of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed from the porous ICCN 
composite is disclosed.

Porous interconnected corrugated carbon-based network (ICCN) composite

A capacitor includes a pair of electrically conductive layers; a plurality of substantially or nearly tubular dielectric materials disposed between the pair of electrically conductive layers formed of anodic oxide of metal; first electrodes which are filled in hollow portions of the dielectric materials and connected to one of the electrically conductive layers; and a second electrode that is filled in voids between the respective dielectric materials and connected to the other electrically conductive layer.

Capacitor and method of manufacturing the same

A capacitor device having a first conductive element and a second conductive element The capacitor includes a porous membrane disposed between the first and second conductive elements The capacitor has pores included in the porous membrane extending from the first conductive element to the second conductive element, and a conductive material is disposed inside the pores and in contact with the first conductive element

Olgierd A. Palusinski

Papers

Nano scale digitated capacitor