Abstract: There is provided a power inductor including a coil supporting layer having a through-hole, first and second coil layers formed in a spiral shape on both surfaces of the coil supporting layer, an inductor body having the coil supporting layer and the first and second coil layers buried therein so that end portions of the first and second coil layers are exposed through both end surfaces thereof, and first and second external electrodes formed on both end surfaces of the inductor body, to be connected to the exposed end portions of the first and second coil layers, respectively, wherein in the inductor body, a core formed in the through-hole is formed of a magnetic material including spherical metal powder particles, and upper and lower cover parts are formed of a magnetic material including flake shaped metal powder particles.

Abstract: There is provided a soft magnetic core including: a composite metal powder in which surfaces of iron (Fe) particles are coated with an insulating layer; a body part formed by compressing the composite metal powder; and an alloying element diffused from a surface of the body part to an inside thereof.

Abstract: There are provided a wireless charging apparatus and an electronic apparatus including the same, and more particularly, a wireless charging apparatus in which a wireless charging coil is integrally formed with a case and an electronic apparatus including the same, the wireless charging apparatus including a case forming an exterior of a product and containing a magnetic powder, and a coil pattern formed on an outer surface of the case.

Abstract: There is provided an input device including a display panel having a first region for displaying an image, a touch panel attached to the display panel and detecting a touch input, and a digitizer module attached to the display panel and detecting an electromagnetic type digitizer input, wherein the digitizer module includes a plurality of circuit units formed in a second region corresponding to an edge of the first region, and at least a portion of the plurality of circuit units operates as a circuit unit for wireless communications.

Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion capacitor. The lithium anode capacitor includes an anode including an anode active material layer including an anode current collector, first active material particles disposed on at least one surface of the anode current collector, and second active material particles disposed in pores between the first active material particles, increasing energy density of the lithium ion capacitor.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor. The method includes the steps of: contacting a lithium supplying source to an anode directly; pre-doping lithium ions into the anode by immerging the anode and the lithium supplying source into a doping electrolyte solution; forming an electrode cell by sequentially stacking the lithium ions on the pre-doped anode and a cathode with placing a separator therebetween; cleaning the doping electrolyte solution absorbed to terminals of the electrode cell; fusing the terminals; and sealing the electrode cell with exposing the fused terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode for an energy storage and a method for manufacturing the same and provides a useful effect of improving resistance characteristics of an electrode for an energy storage and strengthening adhesion by forming trenches of predetermined dimensions on a surface of a current collector, forming a conductive layer, which includes a conductive agent as much as possible, on the surface of the current collector, and forming a bonding layer including an active material, a conductive agent, and a binder and an electrode layer including an active material and a binder on the conductive layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric double layer capacitor including: an anode formed by applying a conductive layer and an anode active material layer on an anode current collector; and a cathode including a cathode active material layer on a cathode current collector. According to the present invention, resistance of the anode is reduced through a change of the electrode structure of the cathode and the anode by applying the conductive layer on the anode current collector and applying the anode active material on the conductive layer. Therefore, it is possible to minimize capacity reduction compared to conventional methods and improve energy density of a cell by improving a withstand voltage of the cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric double layer capacitor including electrodes using a cathode current collector and an anode current collector with different thicknesses. According to the present invention, the cathode current collector is formed to be relatively thin compared to the anode current collector so that an electrode structure has the two electrode current collectors with different thicknesses. Therefore, it is possible to minimize capacity reduction compared to conventional methods and improve energy density of a cell by improving a withstand voltage of the cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal oxide electrode material, an electrochemical capacitor using the same, and a method for producing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a metal oxide electrode material substituting a sublattice location of metal for one or more kinds of different metals, an electrochemical capacitor using the same, and a method for producing the same in metal oxides constituting an electrochemical capacitor electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode for an energy storage and a method for manufacturing the same and provides a useful effect of improving resistance characteristics of an electrode for an energy storage by forming a trench of predetermined dimensions on a surface of a current collector, forming a conductive layer, which includes a conductive agent as much as possible, on the surface of the current collector, and forming an electrode layer including an electrode active material, a conductive agent, and a binder on the conductive layer.

Abstract: A metal current collector including a metal substrate having grooves formed along a triple junction line of a surface thereof and a conductive layer formed on the metal substrate, a method for preparing the same, and electrochemical capacitors with same. A metal current collector including a metal substrate having grooves formed along a triple junction line of a surface thereof and a conductive layer formed on the metal substrate has a large surface area and low electrical resistance. This metal current collector can be effectively used in electrochemical capacitors with high capacity and high output characteristics by improving contact characteristics with an active material layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal current collector including a metal substrate having grooves on a surface thereof, a carbon buffer layer formed on the metal substrate, and a conductive layer formed on the carbon buffer layer, a method for preparing the same, and electrochemical capacitors comprising the same. According to the present invention, a metal current collector including a metal substrate having grooves on a surface thereof, a carbon buffer layer formed on the metal substrate, and a conductive layer formed on the carbon buffer layer has a large surface area and low electrical resistance. This metal current collector can be effectively used in electrochemical capacitors with high capacity and high output characteristics by improving contact characteristics with an active material layer.

Abstract: An electrode active material composition, including: an electrode active material; a ketjen black subjected to hydrophilization treatment; and a water-based solvent, and an electrochemical capacitor including an electrode having a current collector coated with the composition. A hydrophilic group is attached on a surface of the ketjen black conducting powder having very strong hydrophobicity, through hydrophilic treatment, and thus, dispersibility of an active material of a carbon material such as activated carbon, and the conducting agent, can be improved when an electrode using a water-based solvent is prepared, with the result that an electrode having improved flowability and uniformity of electrode active material slurry can be prepared.

Abstract: Electrodes and electrochemical capacitors including the same including an electrode active material layer having two layers or more formed on a current collector, wherein the electrode active material layer has a gradient of the specific surface area value to the electric conductivity along a thickness direction of a current collector. Exemplary embodiments manufacture the electrodes having the gradient of the specific surface area value to the electricity conductivity along the thickness direction of the current collector by forming the electrode active material layer having compositions in which a kind of electrode active materials and conductive materials are different along the thickness direction of the current collector. The exemplary embodiments can increase the capacitance of the electrochemical capacitor including the electrode and lower the electric resistance thereof, by appropriately controlling the resistance and capacitance value of the electrode.

Abstract: An electrode active material including a first layer formed on a surface of activated carbon and having a porous structure, and a second layer formed on the first layer and having polar groups, a method for preparing the same, and an electrochemical capacitor including an electrode using the same. There can be provided an electrode active material for an electrochemical capacitor having improved performances in which capacitance per unit weight is large, inner resistance is small, and performance is not largely deteriorated even at high current. Furthermore, high-priced activated carbon mainly dependent on imports can be substituted with low-priced activated carbon prepared by double surface treatment, and thus superior economical effects can be obtained.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor, and a lithium ion capacitor manufactured using the method are provided. The method for manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor includes: disposing a lithium metal on a capacitor cell including a cathode, a separation film, and an anode; impregnating the capacitor cell with electrolyte including a lithium salt; changing the cathode and the anode to allow lithium ions within the electrolyte to be occluded into the anode; performing a primary reaction in which the cathode and the lithium metal are short-circuited to emit anions from the cathode and lithium ions from the lithium metal and a secondary reaction that the lithium ions emitted from the lithium metal are occluded into the cathode; and recharging the cathode and the anode to allow the lithium ions, which have been occluded into the cathode and the lithium ions within the electrolyte, to be occluded into the anode.

Abstract: A composition for an electrode active material slurry and an electrochemical capacitor including an electrode using the same. The electrochemical capacitor includes: an electrode having a current collector coated with the composition for an electrode active material slurry including an electrode active material, a material including a nonpolar hydrophobic functional group, and a surfactant; a separator; and an organic electrolyte. Additives improving flowability of the electrode active material slurry and wettability to the electrolyte, thereby increase an effective electrode area contacted with the electrolyte and decrease inner resistance of the electrode, with the result that there can be provided an electrochemical capacitor having higher capacitance and lower electrode resistance when the active material and conductive material are added in the same amount.

Abstract: An electrode for an electrochemical capacitor including a carbon material that is doped and two types of conductive materials with different particle sizes, and an electrochemical capacitor including the same. The doped carbon material is used as the active material and the two types of conductive materials with different particle sizes are added between the active materials with a relatively large particle size, so that the electrode with high density can be prepared by increasing the amount of active material per unit volume, and can be efficiently used in a low resistance and high output electrochemical capacitor by increasing the filling density of the conductive material with excellent conductivity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hybrid capacitor including: a first structure including a cathode containing activated carbon and an anode containing lithium; and a second structure including activated carbon layers formed on both surfaces of a current collector. With the hybrid capacitor, characteristics of an LIC and characteristics of an EDLC are implemented in a single cell, thereby making it possible to increase energy density and improve output characteristics.