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Refined carbon material

a carbon material and carbon nanotube technology, applied in the field of carbon nanotubes, can solve the problem of reducing the interplanar spacing dsub>002 in high-temperature processing, and achieve the effect of preventing the explosive reaction of oxygen

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-16
ADVANCED CAPACITOR TECH
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a method for removing active oxy-hydrogens from a carbon material, such as activated carbon or nonporous carbon, for use as a material for activating polarizable electrodes in an electrical double-layer capacitor. The method involves heat-treating the carbon material with a transition metal or transition metal compound in a reducing gas stream, such as hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, to remove the hetero element-containing functional groups present on the surface of the carbon material. The resulting refined carbon material can be used as a polarizable electrode material in a variety of electrical double-layer capacitors. The method is simple, safe, and effective in removing the active oxy-hydrogens from the carbon material.

Problems solved by technology

However, in the case of nonporous carbons having graphite-like crystallites of carbon and small specific surface areas, it has been observed that high-temperature processing reduces the interplanar spacing d002 in the crystallites of carbon.

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[0091] As illustrated in FIG. 3, a petroleum-based needle coke was used as a raw material carbon. This was pretreated at 750° C. for 4 hours in an inert gas ambient, thus producing “calcined carbon”. Two parts by weight of KOH was added to the carbon. The mixture was processed at 800° C. for 4 hours to activate it. Then, the mixture was washed with water to remove the alkali components. Subsequently, the mixture was dried to thereby obtain nonporous carbon A. Then, 0.5 g and 1.5 g of powder of metal Co (31 G produced by Moritec Co., Ltd., Japan, having a purity of 99.8%; 200 mesh (less than 74 μm)) were added to two samples, respectively, of the nonporous carbon A each having a weight of 3 g. Each mixture was ground well with a pestle within a mortar to disperse the powder of metal Co in the nonporous carbon sufficiently.

[0092] Then, three boat-like containers made of alumina and each having a capacity of about 10 ml were prepared. The nonporous carbon in which the above-described ...

experimental example 2

[0106] Instead of the carbon materials used in Experimental Example 1, 2.5 g of commercially available phenolic resin-based, KOH-activated carbon MPS-20 (produced by Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd., Japan) was used. Three samples each of which comprised 2.5 g of the activated carbon and to which 0.5 g of metal Co, 1.5 g of metal Co, and 0 g of metal Co (no addition) were added, respectively, were prepared, in the same way as in Experimental Example 1. Thus, refined carbon materials were derived.

[0107] The amount of active oxy-hydrogens (short and moderate relaxation time components) in each obtained, refined carbon material was measured by pulsed NMR, in the same way as in Experimental Example 1. Also, capacitors were assembled using the refined carbon materials as materials for activating carbon. Their charge-discharge characteristics were evaluated. The obtained results are shown in FIG. 8 and in Tables 1 and 2.

experimental example 3

[0108] Instead of the carbon materials used in Experimental Example 1, three kinds of refined carbon material to which 0.5 g of metal Co, 1.5 g of metal Co, and 0 g of metal Co (no addition) were added, respectively, were prepared using different carbon species of nonporous carbon B, in the same way as in Experimental Example 1. The amounts of active oxy-hydrogens (short and moderate relaxation time components) in each obtained, refined carbon material were measured by pulsed NMR in the same way as in Experimental Example 1. Furthermore, capacitors were assembled using the obtained, refined carbon materials as materials for activating the carbons. Their charge-discharge characteristics were evaluated. The obtained results are shown in FIG. 9 and in Tables 1 and 2.

[0109] The aforementioned nonporous carbons B were prepared by preheating petroleum-based needle coke available from a different supplier (produced by Koa Oil, Japan) at 750° C. for 4 hours to produce “calcined carbon”, ad...

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Abstract

A method of efficiently removing active oxy-hydrogens (e.g., existing as hetero element-containing functional groups such as COOH, CHO, and OH) present in a carbon material at a relative low temperature. The invention also provides a carbon-activating material adapted for use in a polarizable electrode typically used in an electrical double-layer capacitor. The method of removing residual active oxy-hydrogens in the carbon material starts with mixing the carbon material and a transition metal or a transition metal compound. The resulting mixture is thermally processed within a stream of a reducing gas. Preferably, the transition metal or transition metal compound is removed from the thermally processed mixture.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a carbon material used as an activating material in the negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery or in a polarizable electrode in an electrical double-layer capacitor. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of efficiently removing electrochemically active oxy-hydrogens (hydrogen atoms bonded to oxygen atoms in the natural state, e.g., hydrogen atoms existing as hetero element-containing functional groups, such as COOH, CHO, and phenolic OH) at a relatively low temperature. Where an electrode is fabricated from such a carbon material, the aforementioned electrochemically active oxy-hydrogens are one of the causes of inability to achieve a high-voltage operation, and are present on the surface of the carbon material or within micropores. [0003] 2. Description of Related Art [0004] In an electrical double-layer capacitor, a pair of polarizable electrodes is pl...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C01B31/00C01B31/02C01B31/08C01B31/12H01G9/00H01G11/20H01G11/22H01G11/24H01G11/26H01G11/32H01G11/38H01G11/42H01G11/84H01G11/86H01M4/133H01M4/583H01M10/05
CPCC01B31/02C01B31/08Y02E60/122Y02E60/13H01G9/155C01B32/05H01G11/34H01G11/86
Inventor TAKEUCHI, MAKOTO
Owner ADVANCED CAPACITOR TECH