Provided is a nonaqueous lithium storage element which is obtained by housing an electrode body and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt in an outer case, said electrode body being composed of a negative electrode that is composed of a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer laminated on one or both surfaces of the negative electrode collector, a positive electrode that is composed of a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer laminated on one or both surfaces of the positive electrode collector, and a separator.

Provided is a nonaqueous lithium storage element which is obtained by housing an electrode body and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt in an outer case, said electrode body being composed of a negative electrode that is composed of a negative electrode collector and a negative electrode active material layer laminated on one or both surfaces of the negative electrode collector, a positive electrode that is composed of a positive electrode collector and a positive electrode active material layer laminated on one or both surfaces of the positive electrode collector, and a separator.

A method of preparing a porous carbon material is provided. The method comprises a) freezing a liquid mixture comprising a polymer suspended or dissolved in a solvent to form a frozen mixture; b) removing the solvent from the frozen mixture to form a porous frozen mixture; and c) pyrolyzing the porous frozen mixture to obtain the porous carbon material. A porous carbon material prepared using the method, and uses of the porous carbon material are also provided.

The present invention relates to a coconut shell-derived modified activated carbon having a BET specific surface area of 1400 to 2000 m.sup.2/g, a value of hydrogen content/carbon content of 0.0015 to 0.0055, and intra-skeletal oxygen of 0.9 mass % or less.

The present invention relates to a coconut shell-derived modified activated carbon having a BET specific surface area of 1400 to 2000 m.sup.2/g, a value of hydrogen content/carbon content of 0.0015 to 0.0055, and intra-skeletal oxygen of 0.9 mass % or less.

The disclosure discloses electrode material, preparation methods thereof and supercapacitors based thereof. Raw material for preparing the electrode material include PVDF and an additive which can be reacted with the PVDF to generate conductive active substance, the amount of the PVDF is 50 to 99 mass percentage, and the amount of the additive is 1 to 50 mass percentage. A PVDF-based composite film can be prepared from the raw materials; and activating treatment is performed on the film by virtue of a physico-chemical process, so that PVDF can generate a conductive active substance, the contact resistance of the PVDF and the active substance is reduced, and the conductive active substance is distributed in the PVDF-based composite film more uniformly. Button and wound supercapacitor and flexible capacitor, which are prepared from the electrode material, are high in power density and energy density, long in cycle life.

A hybrid supercapacitor has two electrodes, one of which functions as a cathode, and the other as an anode. The hybrid supercapacitor further includes an electrolyte arranged between the cathode and the anode. The electrolyte contains a solvent selected from the group consisting of methanol, 1-propanol, 1-heptanol, ethyl acetoacetate, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, glycerol, benzyl alcohol, di-n-butyl phthalate and mixtures thereof.

A hybrid supercapacitor has two electrodes, one of which functions as a cathode, and the other as an anode. The hybrid supercapacitor further includes an electrolyte arranged between the cathode and the anode. The electrolyte contains a solvent selected from the group consisting of methanol, 1-propanol, 1-heptanol, ethyl acetoacetate, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, glycerol, benzyl alcohol, di-n-butyl phthalate and mixtures thereof.

Provided is a process for producing an electrolyte-impregnated laminar graphene structure for use as a supercapacitor electrode. The process comprises (a) preparing a graphene dispersion having multiple isolated graphene sheets dispersed in an electrolyte; and (b) subjecting the graphene dispersion to a forced assembly procedure, forcing the multiple graphene sheets to assemble into an electrolyte-impregnated laminar graphene structure, wherein the multiple graphene sheets are alternately spaced by thin electrolyte layers, less than 5 nm in thickness, and the graphene sheets are substantially aligned along a desired direction, and wherein the laminar structure has a physical density from 0.5 to 1.7 g/cm.sup.3 and a specific surface area from 50 to 3,300 m.sup.2/g, when measured in a dried state of the laminar structure with the electrolyte removed. This process leads to a supercapacitor having a large electrode thickness, high active mass loading, high tap density, and exceptional energy density.

Provided is a process for producing an electrolyte-impregnated laminar graphene structure for use as a supercapacitor electrode. The process comprises (a) preparing a graphene dispersion having multiple isolated graphene sheets dispersed in an electrolyte; and (b) subjecting the graphene dispersion to a forced assembly procedure, forcing the multiple graphene sheets to assemble into an electrolyte-impregnated laminar graphene structure, wherein the multiple graphene sheets are alternately spaced by thin electrolyte layers, less than 5 nm in thickness, and the graphene sheets are substantially aligned along a desired direction, and wherein the laminar structure has a physical density from 0.5 to 1.7 g/cm.sup.3 and a specific surface area from 50 to 3,300 m.sup.2/g, when measured in a dried state of the laminar structure with the electrolyte removed. This process leads to a supercapacitor having a large electrode thickness, high active mass loading, high tap density, and exceptional energy density.