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| 20090026422 | Electrode Material for Electric Double Layer Capacitor and Process for Producing the Same, Electrode for Electric Double Layer Capacitor, and Electric Double Layer Capacitor - The present invention provides an electrode material for an electric double layer capacitor which can provide an electric double layer capacitor having a low internal resistance and a large capacitance, a process for producing the same, and an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor and an electric double layer capacitor using the same. The electrode material of the present invention is characterized by comprising a carbonaceous material and an activated carbon, the carbonaceous material obtained by thermal-treating or activating a fullerene-containing soot or an extracted residue obtained by substantially extracting at least a part of fullerene from a fullerene-containing soot using a solvent. The electrode for an electric double layer capacitor and the electric double layer capacitor of the present invention is characterized by using the electrode material. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090086411 | Capacitor - A capacitor includes a metal case and a terminal plate. The metal case accommodates a capacitor element together with a driving electrolyte and is joined to one of the electrodes of the capacitor element at its inner bottom surface. The terminal plate is joined to the other electrode at its inner surface so as to seal the opening of the metal case. The terminal plate is provided with a pressure regulating valve also functioning as a driving-electrolyte filling hole. The pressure regulating valve includes a ring-shaped elastic member which is pressed into the wall formed on the terminal plate. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090195964 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An electric double layer capacitor includes first and second collectors, first and second polarizable electrode layers provided on the first and second collectors, respectively, a separator having an insulating property provided between the first and second polarizable electrode layers, and an electrolytic solution impregnated in the separator and the first and second polarizable electrode layers. A lower electric potential is to be applied to the second collector than to the first collector. The electrolytic solution contains anion including fluorine as electrolyte. The separator includes a separation layer facing the second polarizable electrode layer, and an inhibition layer facing the first polarizable electrode layer. The separation layer contains cellulose. The inhibition layer is made of material different from that of the separation layer. The inhibition layer prevents cellulose from decomposing. This electric double layer capacitor prevents the separator from dissolving, having an excellent long-term reliability. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090231781 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - An electric double layer capacitor includes a first collector, a first polarizable electrode layer provided on the first collector, a second collector, a second polarizable electrode layer provided on the second collector and facing the first polarizable electrode layer, a separator having an insulating property and provided between the first polarizable electrode layer and the second polarizable electrode layer, and a driving electrolyte impregnated in the first polarizable electrode layer and the second polarizable electrode layer. The polarizable electrode layers mainly contain activated carbon made from phenol resin, have a surface roughness not larger than 0.6 μm, and have an electrode density ranging from 0.5 g/cm | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090262485 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - An electric double layer capacitor includes a case, an electrolyte solution accommodated in the case, and an electrode foil immersed in the electrolyte solution. The electrode foil includes a collector and an electrode layer covering the collector. The collector has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The collector has apertures provided therein. The apertures communicate with the first surface and the second surface of the collector. The collector includes a projection provided at an edge of at least one aperture out of the apertures. The projection projects from the first surface of the collector and penetrates the electrode layer. The electric double layer capacitor provides a large contact area and a large joining strength between the collector and the electrode layer, and allows the collector to have a small thickness, hence having a large output density and a large energy density. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090271961 | METHOD FOR PRETREATING ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR NEGATIVE ELECTORDE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR USING THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE - A negative electrode of an electrochemical capacitor includes an electrode layer using a material capable of reversibly absorbing and releasing a lithium ion. A method for pretreating the negative electrode includes forming a lithium layer on a substrate by a gas phase method or a liquid phase method, and transferring the lithium layer onto a surface of the electrode layer of the negative electrode. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273886 | CAPACITOR - The capacitor has a capacitor element, a tubular metallic case, an electrolyte, and a terminal plate. The case contains the capacitor element and is joined to a first electrode of the capacitor element at its inner bottom surface. The terminal plate is joined to the second electrode of the capacitor element and seals the opening of the case. At least one of the terminal plate and the case is provided with a through hole, into which a hermetic plug made of a rubber-like elastic body and having an external diameter larger than a diameter of the through hole is inserted. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100149727 | CAPACITOR - In a capacitor, a capacitor elements of which positive and negative electrodes are drawn out in reverse directions is put in a metal case, and one electrode is bonded to the inner bottom of the metal case, and other electrode of the capacitor element is bonded to the inner side, and on the surface of a terminal plate sealing the opening of the metal case, a junction part of flat plate projecting to a position higher than the metal case is provided. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110111284 | ACTIVATED CARBON FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT USING THE SAME - Van der Waals molecular diameters of a cation, an anion, and a solvent contained in an electrolytic solution are denoted by Lc, La, and Ls, respectively. The minimum widths of van der Waals molecules of the cation, anion, and solvent are denoted by Lmin,c, Lmin,a, and Lmin,s, respectively. The maximum values of Lc, La, Ls, Lmin,c, Lmin,a, and Lmin,s is denoted by W1. The minimum values of (Lc+La), (Lc+Ls), (La+Ls), (Lmin,c+Lmin,a), (Lmin,c+Lmin,s), and (Lmin,a+Lmin,s) is denoted by W2. Under these definitions, the total pore volume of the activated carbon in which a slit width obtained by the MP method is W1 or more and W2 or less is 15% or more of the total pore volume in which the slit width is 2.0 nm or less. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110128672 | CAPACITOR - A capacitor includes a first collector made of metal foil, a first electrode layer placed on a surface of the first collector and mainly containing a carbonaceous material, a resin layer provided on the first electrode layer, a second electrode provided on the resin layer and mainly containing a carbonaceous material, a second collector provided on the second electrode layer and made of metal foil, a case accommodating the first collector, the first electrode layer, the resin layer, the second electrode, and the second collector therein, and an electrolyte accommodated in the case. The resin layer has a non-woven fabric form of fibers made of resin irregularly bonded to one another. The fibers of the resin layer intertwine with the first electrode layer. The fibers of the resin layer intertwine with the first electrode layer. This capacitor can be thin and small. | 06-02-2011 |
