Batteries/supercapacitors separators

Figure 6.15 is a simplified diagram of the control strategy for Topology 5. The two variables for input control are (1) the fuel cell power command provided to the high power DC-DC converter and (2) the command from the motor inverter to the inverter. In this manner, the power requested by the load is partitioned into separate requests to the FC and the ESS (battery-supercapacitor). To effectively split the power requirement, a low -pass filter with time constant t is used as a variable. In this manner the filter evaluates the power request made on the FC. Through its limiters, it blocks any demands below a prescribed low efficiency level, rerouting them to the ESS. 

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For example, separators for secondary batteries and supercapacitors separate the cathode and anode to prevent shorting, while in flow batteries and fuel cells, an ideal separator should selectively control the mass transportation in the cell. 

Figure 1.61 Schematic representation of (a) architecture of Li-ion battery and illustration of charging mechanism involving movement (intercalation/de-intercalation) of Li ions between electrodes and across separator through electrolytic medium [539] and (b) architecture of supercapacitor and depiction of charge storage mechanism. Reprinted from [540] with permission from RSC.

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Third, the charge and discharge times of supercapacitors are much shorter than the times for batteries. As discussed earlier, the physical charge separation and combination processes in a supercapacitor should be much faster than the electrochemical oxidation-reduction steps in a battery. 

NKK has approximately 15 types of ceUulose-based separators for supercapacitors and batteries. Cellulose-based separators have higher thermal stability than their polyolefin counterparts. An example version of an NKK cellulose-based film (used as a battery separator or as a separator for EDLCs (electric double layer capacitors)) has features such as 35—45 pm thickness, 14.5 basis weight (gsm), 66% porosity (mercury poros-imetry), and ionic resistance of 0.58 (ohms-cm ) (Fig. 11.15). " ... 

Nippon Kodoshi s supercapacitor products are made from wet-laid fibrillated Lyo-cell fibers. However, an initial search did not reveal published patent applications for these materials. They have a robust portfolio for solid electrolytes and also have published one patent for a dual layer lithium battery separator, in which one layer is more porous than the other, and the more porous layer is situated next to the cathode. ... 

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