Chapter 9

Capacitors

Lukas Fieber

Lukas Fieber

Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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Patrick S. Grant

Patrick S. Grant

Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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First published: 08 February 2021

Summary

This chapter reviews the progress that has been made in using emerging additive manufacture (AM), or 3D printing, technologies to fabricate capacitors. It outlines different capacitor types and their current manufacture, identifying the principal functionality of capacitor components, and performance reporting standards and limitations in current manufacturing approaches. The different capacitor types include electrostatic capacitors, electrolytic capacitors and electrochemical capacitors. The chapter also outlines the operating principles as well as materials considerations for common AM techniques. It provides examples of how individual components and novel devices have been fabricated using additive techniques. The chapter presents a summary and outlook on future research needs in the field. It also presents the advantages and disadvantages of AM for capacitor fabrication. AM processes are commonly divided into the following process categories: material extrusion, vat polymerization, powder bed fusion, material jetting, binder jetting, direct energy deposition, and sheet lamination.

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