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benefit <strong>of</strong> type IV technology over type II technology, both having non-aqueous<br />

electrolytes, is a fact<strong>or</strong> <strong>of</strong> eight because <strong>of</strong> these voltage and capacitance effects.<br />

The graph, bottom right <strong>of</strong> Figure 4, shows voltage as a function <strong>of</strong> charge <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> type III<br />

and type IV devices. As shown, the positive electrode voltage is relatively flat,<br />

independent <strong>of</strong> state <strong>of</strong> charge, and the negative electrode voltage decreases towards<br />

some lower limit. Of note is the gap at zero state <strong>of</strong> charge. It indicates that the<br />

uncharged capacit<strong>or</strong> will have a voltage on it.<br />

Figure 4 also depicts the reason why high cycle life can be obtained from type III and IV<br />

capacit<strong>or</strong>s even with the use <strong>of</strong> a battery–like electrode. As shown, the relative change in<br />

charge state <strong>of</strong> the positive electrode is very small due to the asymmetry in electrode<br />

capacity. The rep<strong>or</strong>ted capacity ratio <strong>of</strong> the electrodes <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> this type capacit<strong>or</strong> is at least<br />

3:1 and preferably 10:1. This means that during a discharge cycle the positive electrode<br />

only discharges 10% <strong>of</strong> its capacity while the negative electrode is fully discharged.<br />

Consequently, high cycle life is available from such devices due to the low depth <strong>of</strong><br />

discharge by their battery-like electrode.<br />

Comparison with Ideal RC Behavi<strong>or</strong><br />

It is useful to examine the power/energy relationship when discharging a series-RC<br />

circuit. The energy delivered to a load, E del<br />

, at a specified average power P ave<br />

, can be<br />

derived <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> a series-RC circuit under various discharge conditions. F<strong>or</strong> a constant current<br />

discharge from V 0<br />

to V 0<br />

/2, the delivered energy to total energy ratio available in that<br />

voltage window can be calculated. The equation is:<br />

Edel<br />

Etot<br />

=<br />

3<br />

8<br />

+<br />

3<br />

8<br />

8 Pave<br />

1−<br />

9 P max<br />

−<br />

1<br />

2<br />

Pave<br />

P max<br />

This relationship is plotted as a dotted line in Figure 34. It applies to any capacit<strong>or</strong> <strong>of</strong> any<br />

type, provided it can be represented by a series-RC circuit. At low power levels, the<br />

value <strong>of</strong> the delivered energy approaches 0.75 E tot<br />

, the total energy st<strong>or</strong>ed in the voltage<br />

window. As the power level increases to its maximum value, Pave/P max<br />

=1, E del<br />

approaches 0, as expected <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> a matched load. An imp<strong>or</strong>tant trend to note is that the<br />

delivered energy decreases monotonically as the power level rises. F<strong>or</strong> example, Figure<br />

34 shows that operating at 0.5 <strong>of</strong> the maximum power point will yield an energy delivery<br />

ratio <strong>of</strong> 0.4, about one-half the total energy available in the operating voltage window.<br />

Electrochemical Capacit<strong>or</strong>s 63

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