High voltage window electrolyte for supercapacitors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10665396-B1
Application number	US-202016746503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jan 17, 2020
Priority date	Nov 8, 2016
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

A supercapacitor according to the present invention includes a negative carbon-comprising electrode which does not intercalate sodium, and a positive carbon-comprising electrode. An electrolyte composition comprises sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether. The supercapacitor has an electrochemical voltage window of from +0.0 V to 3.5 V (full cell voltage). The electrolyte has an electrochemical voltage window of from +0.05 V to 3.9 V vs. Na/Na+. A method of making and a method of operating a supercapacitor is also disclosed.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method of making a supercapacitor, comprising the steps of:
providing a negative carbon-comprising electrode which does not intercalate sodium on a negative electrode current collector;
providing a positive carbon-comprising electrode on a positive electrode current collector;
providing an electrolyte composition comprising sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether;
positioning the electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode;
wherein the electrolyte has an electrochemical voltage window of from +0.05 V to 3.9 V vs. Na/Na + .

2. The method of making a supercapacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte composition consists essentially of sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether.

3. The method of making a supercapacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte composition consists of sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether.

4. The method of making a supercapacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the positive carbon-comprising electrode and the negative carbon-comprising electrode comprise between 80 and 95 wt % carbon, and between 5 and 20 wt % binder.

5. The method of making a supercapacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the negative carbon-comprising electrode is comprised of carbon black, wherein the carbon black is high surface area carbon black Black Pearls® 2000.

6. A method of operating a supercapacitor, comprising the steps of:
providing a negative carbon-comprising electrode which does not intercalate sodium on a negative electrode current collector;
providing a positive carbon-comprising electrode on a positive electrode current collector;
providing an electrolyte composition comprising sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether;
positioning the electrolyte between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to form a supercapacitor; and,
operating the supercapacitor within an electrochemical voltage window of from +0 V to 3.5 V (full cell voltage).

7. The method of operating a supercapacitor according to claim 6 , wherein the electrolyte composition consists essentially of sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether.

8. The method of operating a supercapacitor according to claim 6 , wherein the electrolyte composition consists of sodium hexafluorophosphate and a non-aqueous solvent comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether.

9. The method of operating a supercapacitor according to claim 6 , wherein the positive carbon-comprising electrode and the negative carbon-comprising electrode comprise between 80 and 95 wt % carbon, and between 5 and 20 wt % binder.

10. The method of operating a supercapacitor according to claim 6 , wherein the negative carbon-comprising electrode is comprised of carbon black, wherein the carbon black is high surface area carbon black Black Pearls® 2000.

Assignees

• Ut Battelle Llc

Inventors

• Ruther Rose E
• Delnick Frank M
• Nanda Jagjit

Classifications

• H01G11/04

  Hybrid capacitors · CPC title

• H01G11/60 Primary

  characterised by the solvent · CPC title

• H01G11/06

  with one of the electrodes allowing ions to be reversibly doped thereinto, e.g. lithium ion capacitors [LIC] · CPC title

• H01G11/32

  Carbon-based · CPC title

• Y02E60/13

  Energy storage using capacitors · CPC title