Diatomaceous energy storage devices
AssigneePrinted Energy Pty Ltd
InventorsVera N. Lockett, Yasser Salah, John G. Gustafson, William J. Ray, Sri Harsha Kolli
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Abstract
The disclosed technology generally relates to energy storage devices, and more particularly to energy storage devices comprising frustules. According to an aspect, a supercapacitor comprises a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte, wherein at least one of the electrodes comprises a plurality of frustules having formed thereon a surface active material. The surface active material can include nanostructures. The surface active material can include one or more of a zinc oxide, a manganese oxide and a carbon nanotube.
Claims20
A supercapacitor configured to charge and discharge through an electrochemical process, the supercapacitor comprising:
- a pair of electrodes contacting an electrolyte,
- wherein one of the electrodes comprises frustules coated with a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and
- wherein the other of the electrodes comprises frustules coated with an active material.
A supercapacitor configured to charge and discharge through an electrochemical process, the supercapacitor comprising:
- a pair of electrodes contacting an electrolyte,
- wherein each of the electrodes comprises a plurality of frustules, and
- wherein one but not the other of the electrodes further comprises carbon nanotubes coating the frustules.
A supercapacitor configured to charge and discharge through an electrochemical process, the supercapacitor comprising:
- a pair of electrodes contacting an electrolyte,
- wherein one of the electrodes comprises a plurality of frustules and a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and
- wherein the one of the electrodes is configured substantially as an electric double layer capacitor, while the other of the electrodes is configured substantially as a pseudo capacitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.