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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, was one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2010 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It reviews ultracapacitors as energy and power storage devices. It covers how they work, their materials, their commercial and military uses, and new developments such as carbon nanotubes, thin films and magnetic capacitors. It concludes that the U.S. government must understand and adopt advanced ultracapacitors.
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UNCLASSIFIED//FIHl 8FFHil.t.k Wfili IH.k\f Contents Summary ................................................................................................................iv Chapter 1: Concept Overview ................................................................................ 1 Batteries and Ultracaps ...................................................................................... 3 History ............................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2: Materials Technology ........................................................................... 8 Electrolytes ........................................................................................................ 8 Electrodes .......................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 3: Applications ....................................................................................... 13 Electronics and Telecommunications ................................................................ 13 Industrial ......................................................................................................... 13 Transportation ................................................................................................. 14 Aerospace ........................................................................................................ 15 Chapter 4: Recent Developments ........................................................................ 17 CNTs and Advanced Carbons ............................................................................ 17 Thin Films ........................................................................................................ 20 Magnetic Capacitors ......................................................................................... 21 Chapter 5: Future Developments ......................................................................... 25 Chapter 6: Conclusions ........................................................................................ 27 Chapter 7: Endnotes ............................................................................................ 28 Figures Figure 1. Ultracaps in Various Configurations ....................................................... 1 Figure 2. Operation of an Ultracapacitor ................................................................ 3 Figure 3. Ragone Plot ............................................................................................. 5 Figure 4. Electrolytic Capacitor as Designed and Patented by SOHIO ..................... 5 Figure 5. Activated Carbon Porosity ..................................................................... 10 Figure 6. Ultracapacitor Use in a Forklift ................................................................ 14 Figure 7. CNT Forest ................................................................................................18 Figure 8. Transmission Electron Microscope Image of Graphene ......................... 19 Figure 9. Relationship Between Average Pore Size and Normalized Specific Capacitance ............................................................................................................. 20 ii UNCLASSIFIED//FQA: QEEICIOP 1!55 0111 ¥
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