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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
  • H01G11/00—Hybrid capacitors, i.e. capacitors having different positive and negative electrodes; Electric double-layer [EDL] capacitors; Processes for the manufacture thereof or of parts thereof
  • H01G11/22—Electrodes
  • H01G11/30—Electrodes characterised by their material
  • H01G11/32—Carbon-based
  • H01G11/42—Powders or particles, e.g. composition thereof
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
  • H01G11/00—Hybrid capacitors, i.e. capacitors having different positive and negative electrodes; Electric double-layer [EDL] capacitors; Processes for the manufacture thereof or of parts thereof
  • H01G11/22—Electrodes
  • H01G11/30—Electrodes characterised by their material
  • H01G11/32—Carbon-based
  • H01G11/38—Carbon pastes or blends; Binders or additives therein
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
  • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
  • Y02E60/13—Energy storage using capacitors
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
  • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Definitions

• the disclosure relates to carbon electrode batch materials and methods of using the same.
• the disclosure relates to batch materials for forming carbon electrodes comprising at least one activated carbon, at least one binder, and a carrier substantially comprising water.
• the disclosure further relates to methods of making carbon electrode materials comprising extruding said batch materials.
• Carbon electrodes may be used, for example, in ultracapacitors, also known as supercapacitors, which are electrochemical devices that have highly reversible charge- storage processes per unit volume and unit weight as compared to batteries. Ultracapacitors may also be desirable because they may not contain hazardous or toxic materials and, therefore, may be easy to dispose of. Additionally, they may be utilized in large temperature ranges, and they have demonstrated cycle lives in excess of 500,000 cycles. Ultracapcitors may be used in a broad spectrum of electronic equipment such as, for example, batteries, fail-safe positioning in case of power failures, and electric vehicles.
• the materials for making carbon electrodes may be environmentally unfriendly and costly.
• the processes for making carbon electrodes may be complex, costly and time consuming.
• some materials may require dispersing, comminution or purification prior to use in the batch material, and the processes may require high-pressure compaction of the batch material or drying at high temperatures and/or for long periods of time.
• the disclosure relates to novel carbon electrode batch materials and methods of using the same.
• the carbon electrode batch materials for forming carbon electrodes comprise at least one activated carbon, at least one binder, and a carrier substantially comprising water; wherein the at least one binder comprises substantially unfibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
• PTFE substantially unfibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene
• the disclosure also relates to methods comprising extruding said batch materials.
• the methods relate to extruding said batch materials using twin screw extruders.
• the batch materials and methods of the disclosure may, in at least some exemplary embodiments, be environmentally friendly and/or cost effective.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a method of making carbon electrode materials according to at least one embodiment of the disclosure
• FIGS. 2A and 2B are SEM micrographs of a carbon electrode material made according to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.
• FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a twin screw extruder for use in making carbon electrode materials according to at least one embodiment of the disclosure.
• the disclosure relates to carbon electrode batch material and methods of using the same.
• carbon electrode batch material As used herein, the terms “carbon electrode batch material,” “batch material,” and variations thereof, are intended to mean a formulation for use in making a carbon electrode material which can be used for making carbon electrodes.
• the carbon electrode batch material may comprise both solid and liquid components.
• the carbon electrode batch material of the disclosure comprises at least one activated carbon, at least one binder material, and a carrier.
• activated carbon is intended to include carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and, thus, to have a high specific surface area.
• activated carbon may be characterized by a high BET specific surface area ranging from 300 to 2500 m 2 /g.
• the at least one activated carbon may be a powder having an average particle diameter ranging from 1 ⁇ to 10 ⁇ , for example from 3 ⁇ to 8 ⁇ , such as 5 ⁇ .
• Activated carbon for use in the batch material includes, but is not limited to, those marketed under the trade name Activated Carbon by Kuraray Chemical Company Ltd, of Osaka, Japan, Carbon Activated Corporation of Compton, California, and General Carbon Corporation of Paterson, New Jersey.
• the batch material may comprise at least 70 wt% of activated carbon, for example at least 80 wt%, such as 85 wt%.
• reference to weight percent for solids is relative to total particle loading; thus, 70 wt% of activated carbon indicates 70 wt% of solid particles or components in the batch are comprised of activated carbon.
• the term "binder material” and variations thereof, is intended to include materials that form a support, such as a fibrous lattice, for the other batch material components.
• the binder material may be chemically inert and electro chemically stable.
• the at least one binder material present in the batch material may be substantially unfibrillated PTFE.
• substantially unfibrillated is intended to mean that the PTFE particles have not been worked prior to or during preparation of the batch material to develop the fibrous nature of the material, for example by mixing with high shear forces, i.e., they are not yet fibrous.
• the at least one binder material may be a substantially unfibrillated PTFE having molecular weight ranging from 1 x 10 6 g/mol to 10 x 10 6 g/mol, for example from 2 x 10 6 g/mol to 6 x 10 6 g/mol, such as 5 x 10 6 g/mol.
• Substantially unfibrillated PTFE for use in the batch material includes, but is not limited to, those products marketed under the trade name Polytetrafluoroethylene by Sigma- Aldrich Corp. of St. Louis, Missouri and by Alfa Aesar, a division of Johnson Matthey, of Ward Hill, Massachusetts.
• the batch material may comprise from 0.1 wt% to 20 wt% of at least one binder material, for example from 1 wt% to 10 wt%, such as 8 wt% of at least one binder material.
• the term “carrier,” and variations thereof, is intended to mean a material that aids the transport or flow of the batch material.
• the carrier substantially comprises water, and in a further embodiment, the water may be deionized.
• substantially comprises water is intended to mean that at least 50% by weight of the carrier comprises water, for example, at least 60 wt%>, 70 wt%>, 80 wt%, 90 wt%, 95 wt%, 99 wt% or 99.9 wt%.
• the carrier may comprise less than 200 wt% of the batch material as a super addition, for example less than 180 wt%>, such as 160 wt%>.
• reference to weight percent for liquids is as a super addition, i.e., relative to 100 wt%> of the solids.
• 200 wt% of the carrier indicates that for 100 g of batch solids, 200 g of carrier was present.
• the amount of carrier present in the batch material is chosen such that the batch material is a moist malleable material, for example clay-like, prior to introduction to an extruder, and may exit the extruder in a semi- dry state.
• the carbon electrode batch material may comprise at least 80 wt% activated carbon, unfibrillated PTFE, and a carrier substantially comprising water.
• the carbon electrode batch material may further comprise at least one carbon black.
• carbon black is intended to include forms of amorphous carbon with a high specific surface area.
• carbon black may be characterized by a high BET specific surface area, for example ranging from 25 m 2 /g to 2000 m 2 /g, such as ranging from 200 m 2 /g to 1800 m 2 /g and ranging from 1400 m 2 /g to 1600 m 2 /g.
• the at least one carbon black may be a powder having an average particle diameter ranging from 1 ⁇ to 40 ⁇ , for example from 10 ⁇ to 25 ⁇ , such as 17 ⁇ .
• Carbon blacks for use in the batch material include, but are not limited to, those marketed under the trade name BLACK PEARLS ® 2000 by Cabot Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, VULCAN ® XC 72 by Cabot Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, and PRINTEX ® L6 by Evonik of Essen, Germany.
• the batch material may comprise an amount of carbon black ranging from 0.1 wt% to 15 wt%, for example 1 wt% to 10 wt%, such as 5 wt%.
• the carbon electrode batch material may further comprise at least one second binder material.
• the at least one second binder material may be chosen from styrene -butadiene rubber copolymers, such as those marketed under the commercial name LICO ® LHB-108P as a water-based dispersion by Lico Technology Corporation of Taiwan.
• the batch material may comprise an amount of at least one second binder material ranging from 0.1 wt% to 5 wt%, for example 1 wt% to 3 wt%, such as 1.5 wt%.
• the carbon electrode batch material may further comprise at least one additive.
• additive includes, but is not limited to, moisture absorbers.
• the at least one additive is a moisture absorber.
• the moisture absorber may be chosen from carboymethylcelluloses, such as, for example those marketed under the trade name
• Carboxylmethylcellulose by Sigma- Aldrich Corp. of St. Louis, Missouri and
• the batch material may comprise an amount of at least one additive ranging from 0.01 wt% to 5 wt%, for example 0.1 wt% to 2 wt%, such as 0.5 wt%.
• the solid batch components are chosen to be compatible with water as a carrier.
• the carbon electrode batch materials are chosen to be compatible with acetonitrile for use as an electrolyte.
• the disclosure further relates to methods of making carbon electrode material comprising extruding said carbon electrode batch materials.
• the methods of making carbon electrode material comprise mixing a carbon electrode batch material as described herein; extruding the batch material using a twin screw extruder to make extruded material; and calendaring the extruded material to make calendared material.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a method of making carbon electrode material according to one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.
• mixing carbon electrode batch material comprises combining the solid batch components 101, including the at least one carbon and at least one binder, with the liquid components 102, including the carrier, in a mixer 103.
• the mixing may be manual or mechanical, for example using TILT-A-MIX ® mixing equipment marketed by Processall Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio.
• the batch components may be used in their as-received state, meaning that they are not further treated, such as by solution mixing, sonication, heating, or in-situ polymerization, before mixing with the other batch components.
• the carbon electrode batch material is substantially free of fibrillation before extrusion.
• the term "substantially free of fibrillation,” and variations thereof, is intended to mean that the batch material has not been worked prior to extrusion to develop the fibrous nature of the at least one binder material, for example by mixing with high shear forces.
• the carbon electrode batch material may be fed into a twin screw extruder 104.
• the twin screw extruder may comprise two screws 302, with an input 301 and exit through a die 303.
• the twin screw extruder may have an extrusion chamber aspect ratio (length 305/diameter 304) ranging from 30: 1 to 7: 1, for example ranging from 20: 1 to 10: 1, such as 15: 1.
• the extruder may be an 18 mm twin screw extruder.
• the twin screw extruder may be arranged in various configurations, including, but not limited to consolidation, kneading, mixing, and blistering stages. Devolitization and deairing may also be implemented using vacuum. In at least one embodiment, the configuration may comprise mixing, then kneading, and then mixing. [0039] It is within the ability of one skilled in the art to select an appropriate die for the extruder exit, including for example, consideration of the desired thickness of the extruded material and the ability of the extruded material to flow through the die without additional pressure. In at least one embodiment, the die may be a slot die.
• the extrusion may be performed at a continuous rate under the constant conditions of input rate and screw speed.
• the batch mixture may be manually or automatically fed into the extruder and extruded at a constant screw speed.
• the screw speed may be selected from the range of 10 rpm to 500 rpm, for example from the range of 10 rpm to 100 rpm, such as a constant screw speed of 50 rpm.
• the extrusion may be performed at batch material temperatures ranging from 0°C to 100°C, for example below 50°C, such as approximately room temperature, approximately 27°C.
• the batch material may enter the twin screw extruder as a moist (but not fluid) malleable material and may exit the extruder in a semi-dry state.
• the at least one binder of the batch material is not plasticized by the shear stresses exerted by the screws of the twin screw extruder.
• the extrusion of the at least one binder does not result in a large number of fibrillized binder particles coalescing and forming substantial agglomeration. Rather, the binder has fibrillized without coalescing, as seen at 201 and 202, thereby resulting in a substantially uniform distribution of the components in the extruded material.
• the extruded material may be calendared.
• FIG. 1 depicts the extruded material 105 exiting the extruder 104 and being calendared by four rollers 106. It is within the ability of one skilled in the art to select the calendaring conditions, including the number of passes through the rollers and their thickness settings, based on, for example, the desired thickness and flexibility of the calendared material.
• the calendared material may be calendared to a thickness of less than 0.01 inches, for example less than 0.005 inches or 0.002 inches, such as 0.0014 inches or 0.0012 inches.
• the calendared material may be dried, for example by heating, vacuum, dry air flow, and combinations thereof.
• the calendared material may be vacuum dried. It is within the ability of one skilled in the art to determine the appropriate apparatus and drying time and temperature for drying the calendared material.
• the material may be dried at a temperature ranging from 80°C to 130°C, such a ranging from 100°C to 120°C, or at 110°C.
• the carbon electrode material produced after drying is flexible.
• a carbon electrode made from the carbon electrode material may be rollable into a coil.
• the carbon electrode material may be compatible with conventional electrolytes, such as acetonitrile electrolyte.
• the methods of making carbon electrode material may be less complex, costly, and/or time consuming relative to
• batch components may be readily available in the market and/or may not require mixing, crushing, or dispersing, and the mixing and extruding may not require added pressure.
• the methods of making carbon electrode material disclosed herein may be more environmentally friendly than conventional methods.
• the disclosed methods may use water as a carrier and not organic solvents.
• the use of "the,” “a,” or “an” means “at least one,” and should not be limited to “only one” unless explicitly indicated to the contrary.
• the use of “the batch material” or “batch material” is intended to mean at least one batch material.
• 100 g of batch material was prepared by manually mixing 85 wt% of activated carbon having a particle size of approximately 5 ⁇ , 5 wt% of carbon black having an average particle size of 17 ⁇ , 8 wt% of PTFE having a molecular weight of 5x106 g/mol, 1.5 wt% of styrene-butadiene rubber in a water-based dispersion, and 0.5 wt% of
• carboxymethylcellulose 160 wt% deionized water was added and the batch material was manually mixed.
• the moist batch material was manually fed into an 18 mm co-rotating self swiping twin screw extruder with an extrusion chamber aspect ratio (length/diameter) of 15 : 1.
• the material was passed through the extruder once at a constant screw speed of 50 rpm. No pressure or heat was used.
• the material was extruded through a slot die (oval shaped) of length 0.75 inches and radius 0.25 inches.
• the extruded material was calendared for 4 passes at different spacings to form a thin and rectangular shape.
• the calendared material was then dried at 110°C for 24 hours under vacuum.
• the dried carbon electrode materials were characterized for thickness and fibrillization and/or agglomeration of the PTFE using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).
• SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
• the dried carbon electrode material was approximately 0.0014 inches thick. Additionally, as seen for example in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the materials contained fibrillized PTFE that did not agglomerate and instead formed a substantially uniform carbon electrode material.

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