Nanoporous Ordered Conducting Polymer Ultracapacitors

"Low-resistance high-surface-area electrodes, and tunable potential window through band gap tuning of electrode materials are key to achieving high performance capacitors. We have synthesized ordered intrinsically conducting polymers with high surface areaand copper-like conductivity using a proprietary process. Our assessment in this feasibility study, through extensive characterization of numerous capacitors, lead us to the conclusion that our capacitors perform well above established capacitortechnologies such as those based on carbon and ruthenium oxide, and, more importantly, that this technology is highly likely to yield viable devices. In Phase II, we will focus on (i) optimization of selected electrode materials that proved to be highperformance through optimization of the deposition process, (ii) characterization using different techniques to determine their electrical, electrochemical and morphological properties, (iii) construction of single-cell and multi-layer capacitors andcharacterization, (iv) scale up of electrode/current collector fabrication and characterization and (v) assembly of prototypes for commercialization purposes. Our unique approach has yielded the desired results needed for pursuing this effort furthertowards commercialization of this technology in collaboration with Evans Capacitor Co., for use in a variety of military and commercial applications."