Patent ID: 8021524
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: B82Y,H01G,H01L,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A device having tunable response that comprises: (a) a nanostructured electrode component C of a first electrochemical electrode and an electrode component D of a second electrochemical electrode; (b) an ionically conducting material that is substantially electronically non-conducting that connects said first and said second electrochemical electrodes; and (c) a means of providing a voltage between said first and said second electrochemical electrodes, wherein the electrode component C is not in direct contact with an electrolyte, wherein the electrode component C has an achievable capacitance of above about 0.1 F/g for substantially non-faradaic charging, wherein the major volume fraction of C does not function predominately as a catalyst, and wherein properties changes of the electrode component C in response to predominately non-faradaically injected charge are used to achieve device performance.