US Patent Issued to FASTCAP ULTRACAPACITORS on May 13 for "Nanostructured electrode for energy storage device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,433, issued on May 13, was assigned to FASTCAP ULTRACAPACITORS LLC (Woburn, Mass.).

"Nanostructured electrode for energy storage device" was invented by Nicolo Michele Brambilla (Boston) and Fabrizio Martini (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is electrode comprising a current collector comprising a conductor layer having at least a first surface; and elongated metal carbide nanostructures extending from the first surface; and a carbonaceous energy storage media disposed on the first surface and in contact with the elongated metal carbide nanostructures. Disclosed herein too is an ultracapacitor comprising at leas...