Energy storage cell, capacitive energy storage module, and capacitive energy storage system
AssigneeCapacitor Sciences Incorporated
InventorsIan S. G. Kelly-Morgan, Matthew R. Robinson, Paul Furuta, Daniel Membreno, Pavel Ivan Lazarev
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an energy storage cell comprising at least one capacitive energy storage device and a DC-voltage conversion device. The capacitive energy storage device comprises at least one meta-capacitor. The output voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is the input voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device. The present disclosure also provides a capacitive energy storage module and a capacitive energy storage system.
Claims26
An energy storage cell comprising:
- at least one capacitive energy storage device;
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- a DC-voltage conversion device;
- wherein the capacitive energy storage device comprises one or more meta-capacitors, wherein the one or more metacapacitors comprise a first and second electrodes and a meta-dielectric material layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, wherein the meta-dielectric material layer is comprised of one or more composite organic compounds characterized by polarizability and resistivity, wherein a relative permittivity of the meta-dielectric material layer is equal to or greater than 100,
- wherein the output voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is an input voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device during discharging the capacitive energy storage device,
- wherein the input voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is an output voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device while charging the capacitive energy storage device.
A capacitive energy storage module comprising two or more individual energy storage cells having anodes and cathodes and an interconnection system, wherein the interconnection system connects the anodes and cathodes of the individual energy storage cells to create a common anode and common cathode of the capacitive energy storage module, wherein each individual energy storage cell includes one or more meta-capacitors coupled to a DC-voltage conversion device, wherein each individual energy storage cell includes at least one capacitive energy storage device and a DC-voltage conversion device;
- wherein the capacitive energy storage device comprises one or more meta-capacitors, wherein the one or more metacapacitors comprise a first and second electrodes and a meta-dielectric material layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, wherein the meta-dielectric material layer is comprised of one or more composite organic compounds characterized by polarizability and resistivity, wherein a relative permittivity of the meta-dielectric material layer is equal to or greater than 100,
- wherein the output voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is an input voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device during discharging the capacitive energy storage device,
- wherein the input voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is an output voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device while charging the capacitive energy storage device.
A capacitive energy storage system comprising:
- two or more capacitive energy storage modules, wherein each of the one or more storage modules includes two or more individual energy storage cells having anodes and cathodes and an interconnection system, wherein each of the two or more individual energy storage cells includes at least one capacitive energy storage device and a DC-voltage conversion device, wherein the capacitive energy storage device comprises one or more meta-capacitors, wherein the output voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is an input voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device during discharging the capacitive energy storage device, wherein the input voltage of the capacitive energy storage device is an output voltage of the DC-voltage conversion device while charging the capacitive energy storage device;
- an interconnection system coupled to the two or more capacitive energy storage modules, wherein the interconnection system connects the anodes and cathodes of the individual energy storage cells to create a common anode and common cathode of the capacitive energy storage module, wherein each individual energy storage cell includes one or more meta-capacitors coupled to a DC-voltage conversion device, wherein the one or more metacapacitors comprise a first and second electrodes and a meta-dielectric material layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, wherein the meta-dielectric material layer is comprised of one or more composite organic compounds characterized by polarizability and resistivity, wherein a relative permittivity of the meta-dielectric material layer is equal to or greater than 100;
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- a power interconnection system and a system controller coupled to the two or more capacitive energy storage modules.
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