College of William and Mary

USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Ronald A Outlaw

Dennis M Manos

Azzam N Mansour

Brian C Holloway

Xin Zhao

Ronald A Quinlan

Dilshan V Premathilake

Jianjun Wang

Mingyao Zhu

Novel compositions of vertically oriented graphene nanosheets on aluminum electrodes are provided. These compositions are particularly useful for advanced electrolytic capacitors and fast response electric double layer capacitors. These compositions include a polycrystalline carbon layer, and an adjacent aluminum oxide layer that does not preclude ohmic contact between the carbon layer and an aluminum substrate.

Vertically oriented graphene nanosheets on aluminum electrodes

An electrode morphology and architecture for energy storage applications that increases the rate of charge/discharge, battery life, and decreases cost. The morphology and architecture directed towards a method and apparatus incorporating a graphene supported anode including a substrate, a vertically oriented graphene support arrangement coated with silicon or the like, in an electrolyte.

Vertically oriented graphene-supported anode

Carbon nanoflakes, methods of making the nanoflakes, and applications of the carbon nanoflakes are provided. In some embodiments, the carbon nanoflakes are carbon nanosheets, which are less than 2 nm thick. The carbon nanoflakes may be made using RF-PECVD. Carbon nanoflakes may be useful as field emitters, for hydrogen storage applications, for sensors, and as catalyst supports.

Carbon nanostructures and methods of making and using the same

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Ronald A Outlaw