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US 6,310,762 B1Granted
Carbon material for electric double layer capacitor, method of producing same, electric double layer capacitor and method of fabricating same
AssigneeJEOL Ltd.
InventorsMichio Okamura, Makoto Takeuchi
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Abstract
There is disclosed a carbon material from which an electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) having a large capacitance can be fabricated. First, a carbon material is activated to produce crystallites of graphite-like carbon having interlayer distances of 0.365 to 0.385 nm. Positive and negative plates are fabricated using the crystallites.
Claims10
An electric double layer capacitor comprising:
- polarized plates made of a carbonaceous material that expands on application of a voltage with an expansion pressure in excess of 1 kg/cm2;
- and
- a dimension-limiting structure in which said polarized plates are mounted such that expansion of the plates is limited by said dimension-limiting structure on application of the voltage.
An electric double layer capacitor comprising:
- polarized plates made of a carbonated material that expands on application of a voltage;
- and
- a dimension-limiting structure in which said polarized plates are mounted such that expansion of the plates is limited by said dimension-limiting structure on application of the voltage wherein an expansion pressure of more than 2 kg/cm2 is produced on the plates.
An electric double layer capacitor comprising:
- polarized plates made of a carbonaceous material that expands on application of a voltage;
- and
- a dimension-limiting structure in which said polarized plates are mounted such that expansion of the plates is limited by said dimension-limiting structure on application of the voltage wherein said carbonaceous material is obtained by preheating petroleum coke, mixing the coke into potassium hydroxide to produce a mixture, and heat treating the mixture in an inert ambient.
An electric double layer capacitor comprising:
- polarized plates made of a carbonaceous material that expands on application of a voltage;
- and
- a dimension-limiting structure in which said polarized plates are mounted such that expansion of the plates is limited by said dimension-limiting structure on application of the voltage wherein said capacitor is charged at a voltage higher than the rated voltage of the capacitor during initial charging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.