摘要:
Novel cobalt oxyhydroxide is provided with which a positive electrode of an alkaline storage battery having conductivity higher than that of the conventional positive electrodes can be produced, and a method for producing the same is provided. Furthermore, an alkaline storage battery having a high capacity and that can be manufactured easily is provided. The cobalt oxyhydroxide is used for a positive electrode of an alkaline storage battery, in which a first peak corresponding to a crystal plane (003) of the cobalt oxyhydroxide and a second peak corresponding to a crystal plane (012) of the cobalt oxyhydroxide are present on a diffraction line obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement when employing copper Kα radiation as a radiation source, a half-power band width of the first peak is 0.6° or less, and a value obtained by dividing a strength of the first peak by a strength of the second peak is 10 or less.
摘要:
A non-sintered nickel electrode for an alkaline storage battery, characterized in that nickel hydroxide particles as active material particles thereof contain a cobalt having a valence of 3 to 3.2 as a solid solution element. The nickel electrode has excellent charging capability.
摘要:
An alkaline battery comprising: a positive electrode mixture comprising manganese dioxide and nickel oxyhydroxide as active materials; a negative electrode comprising zinc as an active material; and an alkaline electrolyte, characterized in that the potential of the manganese dioxide relative to a mercury/mercury oxide electrode in a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution having a KOH concentration of 40 wt % is 270 mV or higher.
摘要:
The present invention provides an alkaline battery suitable for use as a primary or secondary battery as a power source of electronic appliances. The battery is excellent in discharge characteristics under a heavy load and in cycle characteristics. The alkaline battery (100) comprises a cathode mix (3) containing β-nickel oxy-hydroxide, an anode mix (5) containing zinc as a main component of anode active material, and an alkali solution as an electrolyte, wherein the cathode mix (3) includes a mixture of β-nickel oxy-hydroxide, graphite powder, and a potassium hydroxide solution in a given weight ratio. The β-nickel oxy-hydroxide is prepared by chemical oxidation and has an approximately spherical shape of particle with a mean particle size in the range of 5 to 50 μm.
摘要:
A metal hydride rechargeable cell is provided that discharges during a test discharge at a rate of 8 C to 18 C and a cell temperature of 0° C. where the voltage remains above 0.2 volts during the half of the discharge curve. The cell comprises a negative electrode of hydrogen storage alloy material having a particle size volume distribution whose d(50) value does not exceed 2(2Dht)½, where Dh is the hydrogen diffusion coefficient for the alloy at 0° C. and t is a time period from about 200 to about 450 seconds. A method of manufacturing the cell of the present invention involves an activation protocol comprising at least one formation cycle, a heat treating step, and a cycling step. This method avoids unnecessary processing of the metal alloy material prior to incorporation into the negative electrode.
摘要:
A positive electrode active material and a positive electrode for an alkaline storage battery are disclosed which exhibit high charge efficiency at a high temperature. The positive electrode active material comprises particles formed by agglomeration of crystals of nickel hydroxide active material, at least the surface layer of the particles containing a solid solution nickel hydroxide with manganese incorporated therein. The solid solution is present as crystals growing on the crystal surface of said nickel hydroxide active material and/or crystals independent of crystals of the nickel hydroxide active material. The content of manganese in the solid solution is at least one mole percent on the whole metal ions in the solid solution and not higher than 10 mole percent on the combined total amount of the metal ions in the nickel hydroxide active material and the solid solution. The positive electrode for an alkaline storage battery contains the above-mentioned active material and a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, Cu, Ag, Cd, Y and Yb.
摘要:
A conductive agent for use in alkaline storage batteries in accordance with one aspect of the present invention contains 0.1 to 10% by weight sodium. This sodium content results from cobalt or a cobalt compound, to which an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide is added and heated to 50 to 200.degree. C. A non-sintered nickel electrode for use in alkaline storage batteries is also proposed. In this electrode, the aforesaid conductive agent in accordance with the present invention is added to a pulverulent active material consisting of grains of nickel hydroxide or grains mainly constituted by nickel hydroxide such that 1 to 20 parts by weight of the conductive agent is added to 100 parts by weight nickel hydroxide contained in the pulverulent active material. Another non-sintered nickel electrode for use in alkaline storage batteries is also proposed. In this electrode, an active material takes the form of composite particles consisting of grains of nickel hydroxide or grains mainly constituted by nickel hydroxide, each of which has a surface formed with an electric conduction layer consisting of a cobalt compound containing 0.1 to 10% by weight sodium.
摘要:
For providing an alkaline storage battery having a high energy density in a broader temperature range, the charge efficiency of a nickel positive electrode at the time of charging at high temperatures is enhanced by incorporating verbium and at least two elements selected from the group consisting of yttrium, and ytterbium in the form of a compound those and further at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, cerium, promethium, europium, and lutetium in the form of a compound into a positive electrode paste containing a major component of nickel oxide as an active material.
摘要:
The process precipitates additives onto nickel hydroxide seeds in an ammonia solution. Then introducing at least one metallic additive into the aqueous solution creates a slurry having a reducing potential. The additive is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, cadmium, cobalt, indium, iron, manganese and zinc. Introducing oxygen into the additive-containing slurry at a controlled rate maintains the reducing potential of the solution. At least one of the additives dissolves into the aqueous solution in excess of the slurry's solution solubility to precipitate the additive in the form of a hydroxide on the nickel hydroxide seeds.
摘要:
In the paste type nickel positive electrode prepared by filling pores of a metal nickel plaque made of three-dimensional high porous sheet, or coating both sides or one side of a plaque made of either perforated nickel sheet or nickel plated steel sheet, with a paste type active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide, by adding particles of cobalt hydroxide having the specific surface area of at least 10 m.sup.2 /g, average particle size of 1.7 microns or more, and content of fine particles with particle size of 1.0 micron or less of 20% or less, the utilization of positive electrode active material is enhanced, and by using this nickel positive electrode, the alkaline rechargeable battery, in particular, the nickel-metal hydride alkaline battery is enhanced in capacity and extended in service life.