Capacitor with a double electric layer
First Claim
1. An electrical capacitor comprisinga. an electrolyte,b. at least one pair of electrolyte-impregnated electrodes which are elastically compressible and independently mechanically stable, said electrodes comprising a porous elastic dielectric means and a separate polymer binder,c. a separator impregnated with said electrolyte between and in contact with both of said at least one pair of electrolyte-impregnated electrodes for ionic conductance and electronically separating said electrodes,d. at least one pair of electrolyte-impermeable and electrolyte inert current collectors having a first and a second of said pair in contact with a first and a second respectively of the at least one pair of electrolyte-impregnated electrodes, ande. an uncompressed gasket for separating said at least one pair of electrolyte-impermeable and electrolyte inert current collectors outward of said separator and along the capacitor perimeter.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a large capacitor for accumulating electrical energy. In particular, to a capacitor with a double electric layer comprising an electrolyte; at least one pair of electrolyte impregnated electrodes which are elastically compressible and independently, mechanically stable; and a separator also impregnated with electrolyte for being in between and in contact with both of the at least one pair of electrolytic impregnated electrodes for ionic conductance but electronically separating the electrodes; at least one pair of electrolytes impermeable and electrolyte inert current collectors in contact respectively with the at least one pair of the electrolyte impregnated electrodes; and an insulating gasket for separating the electrolyte impermeable and electrolytic inert collectors.
In at least some embodiments of this capacitor, the electrolytic impregnated electrodes are composed of various forms of carbon particles in combination with porous elastic dielectrics and polymer binders.
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42 Claims
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1. An electrical capacitor comprising
a. an electrolyte, b. at least one pair of electrolyte-impregnated electrodes which are elastically compressible and independently mechanically stable, said electrodes comprising a porous elastic dielectric means and a separate polymer binder, c. a separator impregnated with said electrolyte between and in contact with both of said at least one pair of electrolyte-impregnated electrodes for ionic conductance and electronically separating said electrodes, d. at least one pair of electrolyte-impermeable and electrolyte inert current collectors having a first and a second of said pair in contact with a first and a second respectively of the at least one pair of electrolyte-impregnated electrodes, and e. an uncompressed gasket for separating said at least one pair of electrolyte-impermeable and electrolyte inert current collectors outward of said separator and along the capacitor perimeter.
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33. An electric double layer capacitor comprising
a. at least one pair of electrodes made of a mixture of activated carbon, dispersed carbon, porous dielectric particles and separate polymer binder means, b. separator means separating and in contact with at least one pair of said electrodes for ionic conductance and electronically separating said electrodes, c. a liquid electrolyte impregnating at least one pair of said electrodes and said separator, d. at least a pair of electrolyte impermeable and electrolyte inert current collectors in contact with at least one pair of said electrolyte impregnated electrodes, forming the body of the electric double layer capacitor, and e. an insulating gasket means along the perimeter and in between said current collectors separating said current collectors and at the same time preventing the leakage of said electrolyte from the capacitor.
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