摘要:
An alkaline secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises a conductive substrate and a mixture held by the conductive substrate, the mixture containing nickel hydroxide and a conductive cobalt compound, and the positive electrode has pores, substantially all of the pores each having a diameter with a range of 0.0001 .mu.m to 10 .mu.m.
摘要:
An alkaline secondary battery which is characterized in that it comprises, a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide having a value of 0.8° or more in the half-width of a peak in the (101) plane thereof as measured by X-ray powder diffraction (2θ) using Cu—Kα ray, and 4.0 to 15% by weight of at least one material selected from the group consisting of zinc and zinc compounds, and an alkali electrolyte, the ratio of which to theoretical capacity of the positive electrode being 0.7 to 2.0 cm3/Ah, the weight of the at least one material being one calculated as zinc element and based on the weight of the nickel hydroxide.
摘要:
The present invention is to provide a production method of an active material for an alkaline secondary battery comprising: a step of mixing particles comprising particles mainly containing nickel hydroxide and particles of a metal cobalt or a cobalt compound in a mixer with a sealed structure comprising a heating means in the presence of oxygen and an alkaline aqueous solution while heating. An active material produced by the method allows a high utilization. And a battery assembled with a positive electrode using the active material has an excellent high ratio discharge characteristic, and hardly causes the capacity decline even at the time of recharging after leaving in the over discharge state for a long time.
摘要:
Provided is a active material for positive electrode for an alkaline secondary cell, which advantageously exhibits improved overdischarge characteristics, improved utilization of the active material and an improved effect of suppressing the rise in cell internal pressure, a method for producing the same, and an alkaline secondary cell using the above active material for positive electrode, especially a nickel-hydrogen secondary cell. The above active material comprises nickel hydroxide particles each having a surface to which a cobalt oxide sticks, wherein the cobalt oxide contains 20 to 40% by mole of cobalt(II) oxide, wherein the nickel hydroxide particles form an eutectic together with Co and Zn or/and Y, and the Co content of the eutectic is 2% by mass or less, and the nickel hydroxide particles have a value of a half width of the peak ascribed to the (101) crystal face diffraction of 0.8°/2&thgr;(Cu—K&agr;) or more as measured by powder X-ray diffractometry.
摘要:
Provided is a current collector substrate in an electrode of an alkaline secondary battery, which is advantageous not only in that it has excellent holding ability for a mixture for electrode, but also in that the utilization of an active material is improved, thereby enhancing the discharge characteristics of the battery, and an electrode and an alkaline secondary battery using the same. This current collector substrate has a plurality of openings formed within the surface of a metal powder sinter sheet which has a thickness (t) of 80 &mgr;m or less and is produced by a powdery calendering process, wherein the openings have periphery portions comprising burr portions protruding in the opposite directions.
摘要:
A nickel-metal hydride secondary battery comprising electrode group comprising positive electrode comprised mainly of nickel hydroxide, negative electrode comprised mainly of a hydrogen storage alloy, and separator being disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the electrode group is sealed in battery casing, together with an alkali electrolyte liquid, wherein, in the battery, a W element and an Na element are present simultaneously. The nickel-metal hydride secondary battery of the present invention is advantageous not only in that it exhibits high utilization of the active material and excellent self-discharge characteristics in a high temperature storage as well as high charging efficiency in a high temperature environment, but also in that it has excellent large current discharge characteristics.
摘要:
This invention discloses an alkali secondary battery which includes a cadmium-free positive electrode whose swelling ratio is decreased, and in which the cycle characteristic is improved and the charge efficiency in use at high temperatures is also improved. This alkali secondary battery includes a positive electrode accommodated in a case and having a structure in which a paste containing nickel hydroxide grains, a conductor, and a binder is filled in a metal porous body, a negative electrode accommodated in the case and so arranged as to oppose the positive electrode with a separator sandwiched between them, and an alkali electrolyte contained in the case. The nickel hydroxide grains contained in the positive electrode have a structure in which cobalt and at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of copper, bismuth, chromium, gallium, indium, lanthanum, scandium, and yttrium are coprecipitated with metal nickel at a ratio of 1.5 to 11.0 wt % with respect to nickel hydroxide.
摘要:
This invention discloses an alkali secondary battery which includes a cadmium-free positive electrode whose swelling ratio is decreased, and in which the cycle characteristic is improved and the charge efficiency in use at high temperatures is also improved. This alkali secondary battery includes a positive electrode accommodated in a case and having a structure in which a paste containing nickel hydroxide grains, a conductor, and a binder is filled in a metal porous body, a negative electrode accommodated in the case and so arranged as to oppose the positive electrode with a separator sandwiched between them, and an alkali electrolyte contained in the case. The nickel hydroxide grains contained in the positive electrode have a structure in which cobalt and at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of copper, bismuth, chromium, gallium, indium, lanthanum, scandium, and yttrium are coprecipitated with metal nickel at a ratio of 1.5 to 11.0 wt % with respect to nickel hydroxide.
摘要:
There is provided a paste-type electrode for an alkali secondary cell which can suppress occurrence of internal short-circuiting, which is likely to happen when an electrode is rolled along with another electrode having the opposite polarity and a separator interposed therebetween. The paste-type electrode for an alkali secondary cell comprises a three-dimensional substrate including a felt-like metal porous member in which a plurality of hollow metal fibers are arranged three-dimensionally, diameters of those of the metal fibers arranged near the surface portion of the porous member being greater than those arranged in the inner portion, an average diameter of those of the metal fibers near the surface portion being in a range of 20 to 150 .mu.m, and an average diameter of those of the metal fibers in the inner portion being in a range of 10 to 100 .mu.m, and paste containing an activation substance filled in the three-dimensional substrate.
摘要:
An alkaline secondary battery is capable of inhibiting an increase of internal pressure in the charging/discharging cycles and extending life of charging/discharging cycles. This secondary battery comprises, a case, a paste-type positive electrode accommodated in the case and essentially consisting of a conductive substrate filled with a paste containing an active material and a binder, a negative electrode accommodated in the case, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte accommodated in the case, wherein the binder in the positive electrode contains a copolymer consisting of a vinyl alcohol unit and a unit having COOX group, wherein X is an element selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkaline metals and alkaline earth metals.