An electrochemical cell includes solid-state, printable anode layer, cathode layer and non-aqueous gel electrolyte layer coupled to the anode layer and cathode layer. The electrolyte layer provides physical separation between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and comprises a composition configured to provide ionic communication between the anode layer and cathode layer by facilitating transmission of multivalent ions between the anode layer and the cathode layer.

A carbon paste including a carbon powder, a resin, and an oxygen releasing oxidizer. The amount of the oxidizer is 3 to 30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the carbon powder and the resin. A solid electrolytic capacitor element is prepared by a method which includes making a valve-action metal powder sintered to obtain an anode body, electrolytically oxidizing a surface of the anode body to chemically convert the surface into a dielectric layer, electrolytic polymerization to form a semiconductor layer of an electro conductive polymer on the dielectric layer, applying the carbon paste onto the semiconductor layer, and drying and hardening the carbon paste to form a carbon layer.

A blank suitable for use as a body of a supercapacitor comprises a first porous semiconductor volume and a second porous semiconductor volume, the second porous semiconductor volume laterally surrounded by the first porous semiconductor volume and separated from it by a trench that is suitable for receiving an electrolyte, whereby the first and second porous semiconductor volume comprise channels opening to the trench. A supercapacitor comprises a body formed by using the blank according to any one of the preceding claims, so that the first porous semiconductor volume acts as one electrode and the second porous semiconductor volume acts as another electrode, with an electrolyte in the trench.

An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element that includes an anode body that has a porous structure, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer that covers at least a part of the dielectric layer. The anode body contains a first group metal including at least one selected from the group consisting of tantalum, niobium, titanium, aluminum, and zirconium. The dielectric layer contains an oxide of the first group metal and a second group metal including at least one selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, copper, silicon, molybdenum, sodium, and nickel. A ratio X of a total number of atoms of the second group metal to a total number of atoms of the first group metal in the dielectric layer is equal to or less than 100 ppm.

An improved capacitor is provided. The capacitor comprises an anode and a functional dielectric on said anode and a conductive layer on the functional dielectric. An anode wire extends from said anode wherein the anode wire has a thickened dielectric layer thereon.

A capacitor with an anode and a dielectric over the anode. A first conductive polymer layer is over the dielectric wherein the first conductive polymer layer comprises a polyanion and a first binder. A second conductive polymer layer is over the first conductive polymer layer wherein the second conductive polymer layer comprises a polyanion and a second binder and wherein the first binder is more hydrophilic than the second binder.

The invention relates to a method for producing electrode foils (1) for capacitors (10), comprising the method steps of: A) providing a metal foil (1), B) transferring microstructures (2) located on a stamping die onto a main surface of the metal foil by a reforming process.

An electrolytic capacitor production method is performed in the following procedure. An anode body having a dielectric layer is impregnated with a dispersion containing a conductive polymer and a first solvent. Then, a pH of the dispersion with which the anode body has been impregnated is adjusted or a base is added to the dispersion with which the anode body has been impregnated. Then, at least a part of the first solvent is removed from the anode body.

A solid electrolytic capacitor that comprises an anode that contains a dielectric formed on a sintered porous body is provided. The sintered porous body is formed from a valve metal powder having a specific charge of about 100,000 microFarads*Volts per gram or more. The solid electrolyte overlies the anode, and includes an intrinsically conductive polymer containing repeating units having the following formula (I): ##STR00001##
wherein, R is (CH.sub.2).sub.a—O—(CH.sub.2).sub.b; a is from 0 to 10; b is from 1 to 18; Z is an anion; and X is a cation.

A capacitor element sequentially including a dielectric layer containing an amorphous tungsten oxide, a layer coating a part or all of the dielectric layer and containing a crystalline tungsten oxide, a semiconductor layer and a conductor layer on a tungsten-containing anode body. The capacitor element is manufactured by a method including a sintering step of forming an anode body by sintering a formed body of a tungsten powder; a step of forming a dielectric layer by subjecting the anode body to a chemical conversion treatment; a step of forming a crystalline tungsten oxide layer on the dielectric layer; a step of forming a semiconductor layer for forming a semiconductor layer; and a step of forming a conductor layer for forming a conductor layer; in this order.