HYDROGEN-ABSORBING ALLOY AND NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
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    发明申请
    HYDROGEN-ABSORBING ALLOY AND NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY 审中-公开
    氢吸收合金和镍 - 金属氢化物可充电电池

    公开(公告)号:US20110274972A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-10

    申请号:US13138229

    申请日:2010-01-20

    IPC分类号: H01M4/36 C22C19/03

    摘要: The present invention aims to increase the discharge capacity and to improve the cycle life performance in a nickel-metal hydride rechargeable battery using a La—Mg—Ni based hydrogen-absorbing alloy as an active material of a negative electrode. The present invention provides a hydrogen-absorbing alloy represented by the general formula (1): M1uMgvCawM2xNiyM3z . . . (1) (wherein, M1 is one or more elements selected from rare earth elements; M2 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Group 3A elements; Group 4A elements, Group 5A elements, and Pd (excluding rare earth elements); M3 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Group 6A elements, Group 7A elements, Group 8 elements, Group 1B elements, Group 2B elements, and Group 3B elements (excluding Ni and Pd); u, v, w, x, y, and z are numbers satisfying, u+v+w+x+y+z=100, 3.4≦v≦5.9, 0.8≦w≦3.1, 0≦(x+z)≦5, and 3.2≦(y+z)/(u+v+w+x)≦3.4), and a nickel-metal hydride rechargeable battery including a negative electrode containing the hydrogen-absorbing alloy.

    摘要翻译: 本发明旨在提高放电容量并提高使用La-Mg-Ni系吸氢合金作为负极活性物质的镍氢二次电池的循环寿命性能。 本发明提供由通式(1)表示的吸氢合金:M1uMgvCawM2xNiyM3z。 。 。 (1)(其中,M1为选自稀土元素的一种以上元素; M2为选自3A族元素,4A族元素,5A族元素和Pd(不含稀土元素)的一种以上的元素, ; M3是选自6A族元素,7A族元素,8族元素,1B族元素,2B族元素和3B族元素(不包括Ni和Pd)的一种或多种元素; u,v,w, x,y和z分别是满足u + v + w + x + y + z = 100,3.4≦̸ v≦̸ 5.9,0.8≦̸ w≦̸ 3.1,0和nlE;(x + z)≦̸ 5和 3.2≦̸(y + z)/(u + v + w + x)≦̸ 3.4)和包含含有吸氢合金的负极的镍氢二次电池。

    Nickel Electrode For Alkaline Secondary Battery And A Method For The Production Of The Same, And Alkaline Secondary Battery

    公开(公告)号:US20080166635A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-10

    申请号:US11793203

    申请日:2005-12-16

    IPC分类号: H01M4/00

    摘要: It provides a nickel electrode for an alkaline secondary battery and alkaline secondary battery that have a high discharge capacity, a small irreversible capacity, and also a superior cycle characteristic, high-rate discharge characteristics, and charge efficiency. Also, it provides a process for the production of a nickel electrode for an alkaline secondary battery that is superior in productivity.A nickel electrode for an alkaline secondary battery and alkaline secondary battery having the electrode with an electrically conductive base plate supporting an active material particle comprising a particle that mainly consists of a high-order nickel hydroxide whose oxidation number of nickel is higher than +2, or a complex particle with a surface layer that mainly consists of a high-order cobalt hydroxide compound whose oxidation number of cobalt is higher than +2 on the surface of the core layer particle that mainly consists of the high-order nickel hydroxide; wherein lithium (Li) is contained to be a solid solution in said active material particle in the converted amount of from 0.01 to 0.5 wt % as a simple. Also, several ways of method for the production of the nickel electrode for alkaline secondary battery are provided as (1) method to impregnate Li to the active material powder that mainly consists of high-order nickel hydroxide that is oxidized in advance, (2) method to perform oxidization of particle that mainly consists of nickel hydroxide and Li impregnation to the powder in one process, (3) method to support a paste that contains active material powder and lithium hydroxide solution to the electrically conductive base plate, (4) method to impregnate lithium hydroxide solution after making it the electrode plate, (5) method to support a paste that contains active material powder and lithium salt solution to the electrically conducive base plate, and (6) method to impregnate lithium hydroxide solution after making it the electrode plate.