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Activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrode and method for producing the activated carbon

US8993478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 24, 2010
Grant dateMar 31, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/70
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for producing an activated carbon for an electric double layer capacitor, with which the wettability of a carbon material with an alkali activator is improved, thereby improving contact efficiency between the carbon material and the alkali activator and efficiently promoting reaction between the carbon material, which is a starting material and the activator. The method comprises adjusting a carbon material as it is or after having been calcined to produce a carbon powder having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 15 μm, oxidizing the carbon powder to contain 3 percent by mass or more of oxygen, and activating the oxidized product with an alkali activator.

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