High-voltage devices
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1. A supercapacitor device comprising:
- an array of electrodes, wherein each electrode comprisesa current collector; and
an active material directly on a portion of a first surface of the current collector,wherein the active material comprises two or more expanded and interconnected carbon layers, wherein at least one of the carbon layers is corrugated and one atom thick, wherein a portion of the carbon layers is separated by a distance of about 25 nm to about 150 nm.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides supercapacitors that may avoid the shortcomings of current energy storage technology. Provided herein are supercapacitor devices, and methods of fabrication thereof comprising the manufacture or synthesis of an active material on a current collector and/or the manufacture of supercapacitor electrodes to form planar and stacked arrays of supercapacitor electrodes and devices. Prototype supercapacitors disclosed herein may exhibit improved performance compared to commercial supercapacitors. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a simple, yet versatile technique for the fabrication of supercapacitors through masking and etching.
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1. A supercapacitor device comprising:
an array of electrodes, wherein each electrode comprises a current collector; and an active material directly on a portion of a first surface of the current collector, wherein the active material comprises two or more expanded and interconnected carbon layers, wherein at least one of the carbon layers is corrugated and one atom thick, wherein a portion of the carbon layers is separated by a distance of about 25 nm to about 150 nm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of fabricating an array of electrodes comprising:
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a) applying an active material directly onto a portion of a first surface of a current collector, wherein the active material comprises two or more expanded and interconnected carbon layers, wherein at least one of the carbon layers is corrugated and one atom thick, wherein a portion of the carbon layers is separated by a distance of about 25 nm to about 150 nm; and b) drying the active material on the current collector; provided that each electrode is separated from a subsequent electrode by a gap. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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