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High surface area nitride, carbide and boride electrodes and methods of fabrication thereof
Assignee: A123 Systems LLC
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Filing: 1994-12-12
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Granted: 1997-10-21
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Expires: 2014-12-12
Abstract
Abstract High surface area electrodes for use in electrical and electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices comprise conductive transition metal nitrides, carbides, borides or combinations thereof where the metal is molybdenum or tungsten. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing such electrodes by forming or depositing a layer of metal oxide, then exposing the metal oxide layer at elevated temperature to a source of nitrogen, carbon or boron in a chemically reducing environment to form the desired metal nitride, carbide or boride film. Also disclosed is an ultracapacitor comprised of the new high surface area electrodes having a specific capacitance of 100 mF/cm2 and an energy density of 100 mJ/cm3 with improved conductivity and chemical stability when compared to currently available electrodes.
Inventors
- 👤 Levi T. Thompson, Jr.
- 👤 Michael R. Wixom
- 👤 Jeffery M. Parker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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2026-11-03 09:41
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01G; H01G11/00; H01G11/22; H01G11/24; H01G11/30; H01G11/46; H01G11/84; H01G11/86; H01M4/86; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/13; Y02E60/30; Y02E60/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
40 words
A high specific surface area electrode comprising a substrate and a film layer thereon selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides and borides of the metals of the Groups III, IV, V, VI and VII of the Periodic Table.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
40 words
A high specific surface area electrode comprising a substrate and a film layer thereon selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides and borides of the metals of the Groups III, IV, V, VI and VII of the Periodic Table.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 1 wherein the film layer is first applied to the substrate as an oxide of at least one of the metals from Groups III, IV, V, VI and VII of the Periodic Table and the film layer subsequently reacted with a source of nitrogen, carbon or boron.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 1 wherein the metal of the film layer comprises at least two metals from Groups III, IV, V, VI and VII of the Periodic Table.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 1 wherein the substrate and the film layer metal are the same.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 1 wherein the film layer metal is selected from the group Mo, W or V.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 1 wherein the substrate is selected from the group Mo, W or Ti.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 1 wherein the film layer is formed by step wise first reacting the substrate surface with an oxidizing agent followed by reacting the oxidized substrate surface with a source of nitrogen, carbon or boron.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 7 wherein the oxidized surface is reacted with the source of nitrogen prior to being reacted with a source of carbon or boron.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
64 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 1 wherein the film layer is first applied to the substrate as a precursor, the precursor reacted to form an oxide of at least one of the metals from Groups III, IV, V, VI and VII of the Periodic Table and the oxide film layer further subsequently reacted with a source of nitrogen, carbon or boron.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The high specific surface area electrode of claim 2 wherein the oxide film layer comprises a high specific surface area oxide prior to being subsequently reacted.
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