Market Overview:
The use of nanopillars for use in energy storage in applications such as solar panels and battery technologies is a current industry interest. This technology features a process for fabricating arrays of standing metallic nanopillars on a glass or silicon substrate with a large pillar diameter (>250 nm) and a large interpillar distance (> 1micron). The nanomaterial may include material such as aluminum, gold, silver, copper, titanium, or tantalum which can be deposited through a conventional electrodeposition process.
Applications:
· Supercapacitors and supercharge batteries for portable electronics and mobile devices
· Structured electrodes in sensors
· Biomedical, automotive, and everyday consumer battery and energy applications
Benefits:
· Pillars grown directly on substrate
· Large interpillar distance (>1um) achievable in simple electrochemical process
· Compatible with universal microfabrication processing techniques
Inventors: Guigen Zhang
Protection Status: Patent application filed
Licensing Status: Available for licensing
Additional Terms: Fabrication, Process, Nanotechnology, Nano Pillars, Glass, Silicon, Portable Power
CURF Ref No: 09-019
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