Energy production and storage using nanotechnology

[Ubertino]

In re FastCAP Systems

FastCAP’s ultracapacitor is built upon patent-pending electrodes made with vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, each one thirty-thousandth the width of a human hair. The regular shape and alignment of the nanotubes makes a very efficient and high surface area electrode. The process for making the nanotube electrodes also yields an increased capability to withstand voltage. FastCAP's ultracapacitors retain and even improve upon the benefits of today's ultracapacitors while adding the high energy density benefit that batteries historically monopolized.

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IP

WO 2007131217 (A2)

ENGINEERED STRUCTURE FOR CHARGE STORAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING
WO 2007131217 (A2)

ENGINEERED STRUCTURE FOR CHARGE STORAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING

Publication date: 2007-11-15
Inventor(s):
SCHINDALL JOEL [US]; KASSAKIAN JOHN [US]; SIGNORELLI RICCARDO [US] +

Applicant(s):
MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY [US]; SCHINDALL JOEL [US]; KASSAKIAN JOHN [US]; SIGNORELLI RICCARDO [US] +

Abstract of WO 2007131217 (A2)

Engineered structure for charge storage. An electrolyte is disposed between two electrically conducting plates, each plate serving as a base for an aligned array of electrically conducting nanostructures extending from the surface of each plate into the electrolyte. The nanostructures have diameter and spacing comparable to the dimension of an ion of the electrolyte. An electrically insulating separator is disposed between the two plates. A CVD process (or other processes yielding similar results) is used to make the aligned array of electrically conducting nanostructures.

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