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US 12,646,661 · App. 18/404,833 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Electrode of energy storage element and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Hung-Hsin Shih (Hsinchu City, TW); Kun-Ping Huang (Miaoli County, TW); Chi-Chang Hu (Hsinchu City, TW); Da-Je Hsu (Taoyuan City, TW); Chen-Wei Tai (Hsinchu City, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
H01G11/86C01B32/186C01B32/194C23C16/26C23C16/511C23C16/56H01G11/32C01B2204/04C01B2204/22C01P2002/82C01P2002/85C01P2004/03C01P2006/40
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Patent No.
US 12,646,661
App. No.
18/404,833
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method of an electrode of an energy storage element includes: providing a substrate into microwave plasma equipment; introducing a carrier gas and a carbon precursor gas into the microwave plasma equipment; forming multi-layer graphene walls on the substrate through microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition; and immersing the substrate containing the multi-layer graphene walls in an electrolyte solution to perform electrochemical activation treatment, so that ions in the electrolyte solution are intercalated between adjacent graphene walls. A volume ratio of the carrier gas to the carbon precursor gas is 1:10 to 10:1. An electrode of an energy storage element is also provided.

Claims (28)

1 . A manufacturing method of an electrode of an energy storage element, comprising:

providing a substrate into microwave plasma equipment;

introducing a carrier gas and a carbon precursor gas into the microwave plasma equipment;

forming multi-layer graphene walls on the substrate through microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition; and

immersing the substrate containing the multi-layer graphene walls in an electrolyte solution to perform electrochemical activation treatment, so that ions in the electrolyte solution are intercalated between adjacent graphene walls,

wherein a volume ratio of the carrier gas to the carbon precursor gas is 1:10 to 10:1.

2 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the number of cycles of performing the electrochemical activation treatment is one or more.

3 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon precursor gas comprises a hydrocarbon gas.

4 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition comprises electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition (ECR-CVD), multi electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition (MECR-CVD), microwave plasma torch chemical vapor deposition (MPT-CVD), focused plasma chemical vapor deposition (FMP-CVD), or a combination thereof.

5 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein a microwave frequency used in the microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition is greater than or equal to 300 MHz and less than or equal to 300 GHz.

6 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein microwave output power used in the microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition is greater than 400 W and less than 75 KW.

7 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the volume ratio of the carrier gas to the carbon precursor gas is 1:2 to 2:1.

8 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the number of layers of the multi-layer graphene walls is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 10.

9 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the number of layers of the multi-layer graphene walls is greater than 10 and less than or equal to 20.

10 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate comprises a metal material, wherein the metal material is selected from copper, gold, silver, titanium, nickel, tin, platinum, palladium, aluminum, or a combination of the foregoing.

11 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate comprises a conductive polymer material, wherein the conductive polymer material is selected from polyaniline, polyacetylene, polyparastyrene, polyparaphenylene, polypyrrole, polythiophene, or a combination of the foregoing.

12 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte solution comprises LiPF 6 , LiBF 4 , TEABF 4 , LiFSI, LiTFSI, or a combination of the foregoing.

13 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the performing the electrochemical activation treatment comprises performing a constant current method, cyclic voltammetry, or a combination of the foregoing.

14 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein an operating potential range in the electrochemical activation treatment is greater than or equal to 0V and less than or equal to 6V, or greater than or equal to −6V and less than or equal to 0V.

15 . The manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier gas comprises argon or nitrogen.

16 . An electrode of an energy storage element formed by using the manufacturing method of the electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 1 , the electrode of the energy storage element comprising:

the substrate; and

the graphene arranged on the substrate and comprising the multi-layer graphene walls.

17 . The electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 16 , wherein the number of layers of the multi-layer graphene walls is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 10.

18 . The electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 16 , wherein the number of layers of the multi-layer graphene walls is greater than 10 and less than or equal to 20.

19 . The electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 16 , wherein a material of the substrate comprises a metal material, wherein the metal material is selected from copper, gold, silver, titanium, nickel, tin, platinum, palladium, aluminum, or a combination of the foregoing.

20 . The electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 16 , wherein a material of the substrate comprises a conductive polymer material, wherein the conductive polymer material is selected from polyaniline, polyacetylene, polyparastyrene, polyparaphenylene, polypyrrole, polythiophene, or a combination of the foregoing.

21 . The electrode of the energy storage element according to claim 16 , wherein the graphene is doped with nitrogen, silicon, or sulfur.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: SHIH, HUNG-HSIN; HUANG, KUN-PING; HU, CHI-CHANG; HSU, DA-JE; TAI, CHEN-WEI
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 066105/0475 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112143808 · Nov 14, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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