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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher J. Bettinger, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jay F. Whitacre, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Young Jo Kim, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 11/48 (2013.01); H01G 11/58 (2013.01); H01M 4/60 (2006.01); H01M 10/36 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 11/48 (2013.01); H01G 11/58 (2013.01); H01M 4/60 (2013.01); H01M 4/602 (2013.01); H01M 10/36 (2013.01); H01M 2220/00 (2013.01); Y02E 60/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, an energy storage device comprises one or more organic electrodes comprising one or more melanin-based energy storage materials and cations, with the one or more melanin-based energy storage materials reversibly binding the cations while the biocompatible energy storage device is in an inactive state, and the one or more melanin-based energy storage materials releasing the cations to provide energy while the energy storage device is in an active state.