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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