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Carbon Electrode Material for Improving the Performance of Supercapacitors and Method of Making Carbon Electrode Material

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  • Publication Date:
    February 13, 2025
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Document Number:
      20250054708
    • Appl. No:
      18/780828
    • Application Filed:
      July 23, 2024
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      One or more embodiments relate to a CEM having a hierarchical, interconnected, 3D network of thin, crumpled, graphene sheets, wherein the graphene sheets have irregularly shaped, micro-, macro- and meso-scale pore structures, where the CEM material has a BET SSA between approximately 1400 m2 g−1 and approximately 2200 m2 g−1, and where the CEM has a Raman ID/IG intensity ratio between approximately 0.05 to approximately 1.2, and a Raman I2D/IG intensity ratio between approximately 0.4 and approximately 0.8, and supercapacitors using the CEM as electrodes.
    • Claim:
      1. A carbon electrode material (CEM) comprising: a hierarchical, interconnected, 3D network of thin, crumpled, graphene sheets, wherein the graphene sheets comprise irregularly shaped, micro-, meso- and macro-scale pore structures, wherein the CEM comprises a BET SSA between approximately 1400 m2 g−1 and approximately 2200 m2 g−1, and wherein the CEM comprises a Raman ID/IG intensity ratio between approximately 0.05 to approximately 1.2.
    • Claim:
      2. The CEM of claim 1 further comprising a Raman I2D/IG intensity ratio between approximately 0.2 to approximately 0.8.
    • Claim:
      3. The CEM of claim 1 further comprising an atomic carbon/oxygen (C/O) ratio between approximately 20 to approximately 100.
    • Claim:
      4. The CEM of claim 1 further comprising a total pore volume between approximately 1.5 cm3 g−1 and approximately 2.5 cm3 g−1.
    • Claim:
      5. The CEM of claim 1 wherein the pores have a diameter between approximately 0.5 nm and approximately 200 nm.
    • Claim:
      6. The CEM of claim 1 wherein the CEM further comprises a conductivity between approximately 1000 Sm−1 and approximately 2500 Sm−1.
    • Claim:
      7. The CEM of claim 1 wherein the CEM further comprises a conductivity of at least 1000 Sm−1.
    • Claim:
      8. The CEM of claim 1 wherein the CEM is configured to have a conductivity of at least 1000 Sm−1 when an electrical current is applied to the CEM.
    • Claim:
      9. A supercapacitor comprising: a first electrode, a second electrode, a porous separator positioned between the first and second electrodes, and an electrolyte in electronic and physical contact with the first and second electrodes and the porous separator, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprise a carbon electrode material (CEM), the CEM comprising: a hierarchical, interconnected, 3D network of thin, crumpled, graphene sheets, wherein the graphene sheets comprise irregularly shaped, micro-, meso- and macro-scale pore structures, wherein the CEM comprises a BET SSA between approximately 1400 m2 g−1 and approximately 2200 m2 g−1, and wherein the CEM comprises a Raman ID/IG intensity ratio between approximately 0.05 to approximately 1.2.
    • Claim:
      10. The supercapacitor of claim 9 wherein the CEM further comprises a Raman I2D/IG intensity ratio between approximately 0.2 to approximately 0.8.
    • Claim:
      11. The supercapacitor of claim 9 wherein the CEM further comprises an atomic carbon/oxygen (C/O) ratio between approximately 20 to approximately 100.
    • Claim:
      12. The supercapacitor of claim 9 wherein the CEM further comprises a total pore volume between approximately 1.5 cm3 g−1 and approximately 2.5 cm3 g−1.
    • Claim:
      13. The supercapacitor of claim 9 wherein the pores have a diameter between approximately 0.5 nm and approximately 200 nm.
    • Claim:
      14. The supercapacitor of claim 9 wherein the CEM further comprises a conductivity between approximately 1000 Sm−1 and approximately 2500 Sm−1.
    • Claim:
      15. The supercapacitor of claim 9 wherein the CEM further comprises a conductivity of at least 1000 Sm−1.
    • Claim:
      16. The supercapacitor of claim 9 further comprising a maximum gravimetric energy density at current density of 1.0 A/g between approximately 8.0 Wh kg−1 and approximately 20.0 Wh kg−1.
    • Claim:
      17. The supercapacitor of claim 9 further comprising a gravimetric specific capacitance between approximately 150 F/g and approximately 250 F/g per gram CEM at a current density of 1.0 A/g of CEM.
    • Claim:
      18. The supercapacitor of claim 9 further comprising a gravimetric specific capacitance of at least 150 F/g of CEM at a current density of 1.0 A/g of CEM.
    • Current International Class:
      01; 01; 01
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edspap.20250054708