Energy charge storage device using a printable polyelectrolyte as electrolyte material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9754727-B2
Application number	US-200913380007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2009
Priority date	Jun 26, 2009
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

An energy charge storage device, particularly from the group consisting of super capacitor, a hybrid electrochemical capacitor, a metal hydride battery and a fuel cell, comprising a first and second electrode and an electrolyte wherein the electrolyte comprises a printable polyelectrolyte e.g. polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSH). The present invention also refers to methods of obtaining such energy storage device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An energy charge storage device comprising a first and second electrode and a printable polymer gel electrolyte positioned between the first and second electrodes, wherein:
the polymer gel electrolyte forms a separator between the first and second electrodes and is in direct contact with the first and second electrodes,
said polymer gel electrolyte consists of a printable homopolymeric polyelectrolyte or a printable copolymeric polyelectrolyte,
said homopolymeric polyelectrolyte comprises a single homopolymer or said copolymeric polyelectrolyte comprises a single copolymer, and
said energy charge storage device is selected from the group consisting of a supercapacitor, a hybrid electrochemical capacitor, and a metal-hydride battery.

2. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said printable copolymeric polyelectrolyte consists of at least two different monomers which are selected from acids or bases;
wherein said acids are selected from the group consisting of phosphonic acid, acrylic acid, vinyl sulphuric acid, vinyl sulphonic acid, vinyl phosphonic acid, methacrylic acid, anetholsulphonic acid, styrene sulfonic acid and derivatives thereof;
wherein said bases are selected from the group consisting of ethyleneimine, vinylamine, 2-vinylpyridine, 4-vinylpyridine, 2-methyl-5-vinylpyridine, trimethylamino styrene, allylamine, diallyldimethylammonium, di(pentyl-5-trimethylamino)-9-fluorene and derivatives thereof.

3. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said printable homopolymeric polyelectrolyte is a polyacid or a polybase.

4. The energy charge storage device of claim 3 , wherein said polyacid is selected from the group consisting of alginic acid, phytic acid, polyvinyl sulphuric acid, polyvinyl sulphonic acid, polyvinyl phosphonic acid, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyanetholsulphonic acid, polystyrene sulfonic acid, oxalic acid, maleic acid, succinic acid, methylsuccinic acid, malonic acid, adipic acid, glutaric acid, fumaric acid, dihydroxyfumaric acid, malic acid, mesaconic acid, itaconic acid, phthalic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acids, 1,2,3-cyclohexane tricarboxylic acid, 1,2,4-cyclohexane tricarboxylic acid, 1,3,5-cyclohexane tricarboxylic acid, 1,2- and 1,3-cyclopentane dicarboxylic acids, citric acid, tartaric acid, dihydroxyterephthalic acid, 1,2,3-, 1,2,4- and 1,2,5-benzene tricarboxylic acids, tricarballylic acid, 1,2,4,5-benzene tetracarboxylic acid, norbornene tetracarboxylic acid, 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenone tetracarboxylic acid, 1,2,3,4,5,6-benzene hexacarboxylic acid, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, derivatives of the aforementioned substances and combinations thereof.

5. The energy charge storage device of claim 3 , wherein said polybase is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyridine, polyvinylaziridine, polyimidazole, polylysine, chitosan, poly(amino and alkylated amino)ethylenes, ethoxylated polyethyleneimine, propoxylated polyethyleneimine, polyethyleneimine, polyvinylamine, poly(2-vinylpyridine), poly(4-vinylpyridine), poly(2-methyl-5-vinylpyridine), trimethylamino polysterene, polyallylamine, polydiallyldimethylammonium, di(pentyl-5-trimethylamino)-9-polyfluorene, ethylenediamine, 1,2-propane diamine, 1,3-propanediamine, 1,2,3-triaminopropane, cis-1,2-cyclohexanediamine, trans-1,2-cyclohexanediamine, 1,3-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, o-, m- and p-phenylenediamine, tetramethyl o-, m- and p-phenylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine, hexamethylenetetraamine, diethylenetriamine, tetraethylenepentamine, pentaethylenehexamine, pentamethyl diethylenetriamine, tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, 1,1,4,7,10,10-hexamethyl triethylenetetramine, tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, tetramethylethylenediamine, triethylenetetraamine, 4,4′-bipyridyl derivatives of the aforementioned substances and combinations thereof.

6. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said printable homopolymeric polyelectrolyte or copolymeric polyelectrolyte comprises a counter ion which is selected from the group consisting of Et 4 N + , Bu 4 N + , H + , NH 4 + , Li + , Na + , K + , Rb + and Cs + .

7. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said printable homopolymeric polyelectrolyte or copolymeric polyelectrolyte comprises a counter ion which is selected from the group consisting of HSO 4 − , SO 4 2− , H 2 PO 4 − , HPO 4 2− , PO 4 3− , ClO 4 − , PF 6 , − BF 4 , F − , Cl − , Br − , I − and OH − .

8. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said printable homopolymeric polyelectrolyte or copolymeric polyelectrolyte is polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSH).

9. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said first and said second electrode are independently made of a material selected from the group consisting of metals, alloys, conductive polymers, graphite, carbonaceous materials, metal oxide particle coated nanostructured materials, noble metal particle coated nanostructured materials, ceramic, glass, isinglass (Muscovy-glass), borosilicate glass, acrylic glass and aluminum oxynitride.

10. The energy charge storage device of claim 9 , wherein said carbonaceous material is a nanostructured hydrophobic material forming a first layer which is arranged on a nanostructured hydrophilic material forming a second layer.

11. The energy charge storage device of claim 9 , wherein said carbonaceous material is a single layer comprising a mixture of a nanostructured hydrophobic material and a nanostructured hydrophilic material.

12. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said energy charge storage device is a supercapacitor.

13. The energy charge storage device of claim 1 , wherein said printable homopolymeric polyelectrolyte or said copolymeric polyelectrolyte has a viscosity of between about 0.1 Pa*s to 20 Pa*s during printing.

14. A method of manufacturing an energy charge storage device of claim 1 , comprising:
preparing a polymer film made of a printable polymer gel electrolyte, wherein said polymer gel electrolyte consists of a printable homopolymeric polyelectrolyte or a printable copolymeric polyelectrolyte, wherein said homopolymeric polyelectrolyte comprises a single homopolymer or said copolymeric polyelectrolyte comprises a single copolymer; and
arranging the polymer film in between a first and a second electrode.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein said first and second electrodes are supported by a substrate which is located on a side of one of the first and second electrodes not facing said polymer film.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein said polymer film has a thickness between about 0.1 mm to about 1 cm.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein said polymer film and said electrodes are manufactured by a roll-to-roll printing process.

Assignees

• Wee Tsyh Ying Grace
• Kaempgen Martti
• Srinivasan Madhavi
• Grimsdale Andrew
• Mhaisalkar Subodh
• Boey Yin Chiang Freddy
• Univ Nanyang Tech

Inventors

• Wee Tsyh Ying Grace
• Kaempgen Martti
• Srinivasan Madhavi
• Grimsdale Andrew
• Mhaisalkar Subodh
• Boey Yin Chiang Freddy

Classifications

• H01B1/122 Primary

  Ionic conductors · CPC title

• H01G9/038 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01G11/60

  characterised by the solvent · CPC title

• H01M8/1076

  Micromachining techniques, e.g. masking, etching steps or photolithography · CPC title

• H01G9/155

  Electricity · mapped topic