Conducting polymer electrodes for energy storage devices and method of making same
US5714053A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/13
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for making high power electrochemical capacitors (20) provides for depositing an electrically conducting polymer (24) onto a metal substrate (22). The electrically conducting polymer is initially grown in the presence of a soft anion, i.e., an anion having a high degree of polarizability. Subsequently, the polymer is treated with a relatively hard anion which at least partially replaces the soft anion in the polymer. The result is an electrochemical charge storage device which has enhanced electrochemical properties.
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