# US 10,373,765 B2 · Graphene supercapacitor design and manufacture > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,765 B2 - Document ID: US10373765B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/601,106 - Filed: 2017-05-22 - Published: 2017-11-23 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-23 - Applicants: Ivan Araujo Dayrell - Inventors: Ivan Araujo Dayrell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373765B2 ## CPC - H01G 11/36: Nanostructures, e.g. nanofibres, nanotubes or fullerenes - H01G 11/10: Multiple hybrid or EDL capacitors, e.g. arrays or modules (housings, cases, encapsulations or mountings thereof H01G11/78) - H01G 11/12: Stacked hybrid or EDL capacitors - H01G 11/26: characterised by their structure, e.g. multi-layered, porosity or surface features - H01G 11/32: Carbon-based - H01G 11/56: Solid electrolytes, e.g. gels; Additives therein - H01G 11/58: Liquid electrolytes - H01G 11/76: specially adapted for integration in multiple or stacked hybrid or EDL capacitors - H01G 11/86: specially adapted for electrodes (carbonisation or activation of carbon for the manufacture of electrodes H01G11/34) - Y02E 60/13: Energy storage using capacitors - H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract Improvements in design and manufacturing techniques to produce a graphene based prismatic supercapacitor of very high capacitance with very high energy density storage able to outperform and replace the cutting edge batteries available in the market today. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors having increased energy density, comprising: perforating a series of orifices on an element sheet; layering the element sheet with photoresist on one or both sides; exposing portions of the photoresist to a light source to remove these portions from the element sheet; printing graphene ink within the remaining portions of the photoresist and through the orifices; printing graphene ink on both sides of the element sheet filling the orifices to create terminals that have a larger size as compared to the remaining portions and to connect both sides of the element sheet; removing remaining portions of photoresist thereby leaving a pattern design; printing electrolyte within the pattern design; and wherein the pattern design forming electrodes having minimal spacing between gaps to increase the energy density within the supercapacitor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 wherein the minimal gaps between the printed electrodes is less than five microns. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 wherein the minimal gaps between the printed electrodes is between one hundred nanometers to two microns. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising increasing the thickness of the photoresist to increase the depth of the graphene ink layer and the electrolyte layer thereby increasing the energy density of the supercapacitor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising replacing the graphene ink by an ink composed of a mixture selected from the group consisting of graphene, carbon nanotubes and activated carbon to increase the physical properties of the electrodes by increasing the number of pores into the electrodes thereby increasing the available surface area of the printed electrode and thereby increasing the capacitance and the energy density of the supercapacitor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising a pattern design having physical barriers that extend linearly in the direction of printing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising a pattern design that maximizes the number of individual capacitors that can be printed within the element sheet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising individual capacitors connected in parallel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising individual capacitors connected in series. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising individual capacitors connected in series and parallel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising a pattern design comprising individual fringes of the electrode terminating in a curved end with a matching curved contour on an adjacent electrode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising stacking element sheets in parallel to increase the capacitance and the current of the supercapacitor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising stacking element sheets in series to increase the voltage of the supercapacitor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The manufacturing process for the production of supercapacitors of claim 1 comprising stacking element sheets in series and parallel to increase the voltage, capacitance and current of the supercapacitor.