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 in which particle sizes of a cathode active material and an anode active material are different from each other, and a difference in the particle size between the cathode active material and the anode active material is 3 to 10 ?m; or conductive agent contents in electrode active material compositions of a cathode and an anode are different from each other, and a difference in the conductive agent content between the electrode active material compositions of the cathode and the anode is 5 to 25 wt %.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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.

Abstract: There is provided an exhausting device and an energy storage device, including: a housing; a lower valve; an upper valve; a cover; and an elastic member provided between a lower surface of the cover and an upper surface of the opening/closing member to provide a downward pressure to the opening/closing member, and it can appropriately release an increase in an inside pressure due to gas generated inside an energy storage device by the exhausting device, thereby improving reliability of the energy storage device, extending lifespan of the energy storage device, and allowing semi-permanent use of the energy storage device.

Abstract: It is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal electrode having transition metal oxide coating layer and a metal electrode manufactured thereby, which eliminates a contact resistance problem and simultaneously improves electric conductivity of the electrode by using a one body electrode, which is not requiring separate current collector and binder, and further maintains pseudo-capacitance from the redox reaction by coating the metal surface with a transition metal oxide.

Abstract: It is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal electrode having transition metal oxide coating layer and a metal electrode manufactured thereby, which eliminates a contact resistance problem and simultaneously improves electric conductivity of the electrode by using a one body electrode, which is not requiring separate current collector and binder, and further maintains pseudo-capacitance from the redox reaction by coating the metal surface with a transition metal oxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas venting structure for an energy storage device including: a bolt consisting of a body and a head and having an outlet inside to pass gas therethrough; a case having a bolt insertion hole inside to insert the bolt therein; and a barrier coupled with the case to block the outlet of the bolt, and an energy storage device including the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are electrodes having a multi-layered structure, including at least two active material layers formed on an electrode current collector or including at least two active material layers formed on an electrode current collector, wherein at least two active material layers are stacked thereon, and a supercapacitor comprising the same. The electrodes including at least two active material layers configured of the activated carbon layer having large specific surface area and the graphene layer having excellent electrical conductivity in order to reduce the internal resistance and stacked in a multi layered structure are manufactured and the supercapacitor includes the electrodes to increase capacitance due to the large specific surface area of the activated carbon and reduce the internal resistance due to excellent electrical conductivity of the graphene, thereby making it possible to improve the capacitance and electrical conductivity.

Abstract: There are provided a lithium ion capacitor and a method of fabricating the same. The lithium ion capacitor includes: a first electrode made of a first electrode material including activated carbon, a water-soluble metal oxide, and a water based binder; and a second electrode disposed to be faced to the first electrode, having a separating film therebetween and made of a second electrode material capable of reversibly containing lithium ions. Therefore, the lithium ion capacitor having improved energy density and output density may be provided, and the fabricating method thereof having environmentally-friendly characteristics and a competitive pricing may be provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an energy storage device. The energy storage device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a case providing an internal space with a first space and a second space; an electrolyte solution filled in the internal space of the case; a positive electrode structure disposed on an interface between the first space and the second space and having a cathode active material layer including metal oxide composite; a first negative electrode disposed in the first space and having a first anode active material layer including graphite; and a second negative electrode disposed in the second space and having a second anode active material layer including activated carbon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy storage device. The energy storage device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a case providing an internal space with a first space and a second space; an electrolyte solution filled in the internal space of the case; a positive electrode structure disposed on an interface between the first space and the second space and having a cathode active material layer including activated carbon; a first negative electrode disposed in the first space and having a first anode active material layer including graphite; and a second negative electrode disposed in the second space and having a second cathode active material layer including activated carbon.