Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Katsuhiko Shinyama

Ikuo Yonezu

Reizo Maeda

Koji Nishio

Yoshinori Matsuura

Mitsuzo Nogami

Toshiyuki Nohma

Tadayoshi Tanaka

Mutsumi Yano

Yasuyuki Harada

Toshihiko Saito

Yoshifumi Magari

Masao Inoue

Atsuhiro Funahashi

Mitsuzou Nogami

Yoshito Chikano

Hiroyuki Akita

Shin Fujitani

Mamoru Kimoto

Hiroshi Watanabe

Shigekazu Yasuoka

Mitsunori Tokuda

Kousuke Satoguchi

A nickel electrode for an alkaline storage battery in which an active material mainly containing nickel hydroxide is applied to a porous sintered nickel substrate, wherein a layer containing at least one hydroxide of an element selected from a group consisting of Ca, Sr, Sc, Y, lanthanoid, and Bi is formed on a surface of the active material thus applied to the sintered nickel substrate, or between the sintered nickel substrate and the active material.

Nickel electrode for alkaline storage battery, method of producing nickel electrode for alkaline storage battery, and alkaline storage battery

Nickel electrode for alkali storage battery, method of producing nickel electrode for alkali storage battery, and alkali storage battery

A separator for a nickel-metal hydride storage battery having a hydrogen-absorbing alloy as a negative electrode. The separator is a laminate of a substrate and a porous hydrophilic film.

Separator for nickel-metal hydride storage battery and nickel-metal hydride storage battery

A nickel-metal hydride storage battery comprising a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains a hydroxide and/or an oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of calcium, strontium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanoid and bismuth, and the negative electrode contains germanium.

Nickel-metal hydride storage battery

A nickel-metal hydride storage battery which includes a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode contains a hydroxide and/or an oxide of an element selected from the group consisting of calcium, strontium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanoid and bismuth, and the negative electrode contains a hydroxide and/or an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of scandium, yttrium and lanthanoid.

A method of manufacturing a metal hydride alkaline storage cell includes a first step of preparing a negative electrode by applying a paste containing hydrogen absorbing alloy powder onto a substrate; and a second step of placing the negative electrode and a positive electrode into a cell can with disposing separator therebetween, and thereafter pouring an electrolyte into the cell can. Into the paste or the electrolyte, a catalytic metal compound that has a proportion of 0.1 to 2.5 wt. % based on the weight of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder and that is soluble in the electrolyte is added. Consequently, the catalytic action of the metal is fully utilized by this method that dots a catalytic metal or metal compound on the alloy surface, and thereby the inner pressure characteristic (high-rate charge characteristic) of a cell is improved.

Manufacturing method of metal hydride alkaline storage cell

A metal hydride alkaline storage cell of the present invention comprises a positive electrode, a separator impregnated with an electrolyte, and a negative electrode comprising hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder. On the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder, there is formed a layer of hydrogen-absorbing alloy oxide, and on the layer of the oxide, there is dotted a catalytic metal or metal compound formed in a granular state by adding a substance soluble in the electrolyte. The substance is selected from the group consisting of a metal fluoride, a metal chloride, a metal iodide, and a metal sulfide. The proportion of the metal fluoride, the metal chloride, the metal iodide, or the metal sulfide in adding, is restricted within the range of from 0.1 to 2.5 wt. % based on the weight of hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder. When the layer of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy oxide is formed on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder, the reaction area on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy is increased due to the roughness of the layer. Consequently, the catalytic action of the metal is fully utilized by dotting a catalytic metal or metal compound on the alloy surface, and thereby the inner pressure characteristic (high-rate charge characteristic) of a cell is improved.

Metal hydride alkaline storage cell and manufacturing method thereof

In an alkaline secondary battery provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator to be interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte solution, the above-mentioned separator has carbon-carbon double bonds. Further, an average amount of carbon-carbon double bonds in the separator is in the range of 10 &mgr;mol/g to 200 &mgr;mol/g, and an average amount of increased nitrogen in the separator after the separator is immersed in an alkaline aqueous solution having ammonium salt dissolved therein is not less than 140 &mgr;g/g.

Separator for alkaline secondary battery, method for preparing the same alkaline secondary battery

In a hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode employed as a negative electrode of an alkaline storage battery, a covering layer containing at least one of metal elected from nickel and cobalt, and carbon particles is formed on a surface of the hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode or hydrogen absorbing alloy particles used in the hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode.

Hydrogen absorbing alloy for electrode, hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode and alkaline storage battery

A nickel electrode for alkaline secondary battery including a porous sintered nickel substrate loaded with a nickel hydroxide-based active material, the nickel electrode has a configuration wherein a surface portion of the active material loaded into the sintered nickel substrate is provided with a combination of a first coating layer of a suitable compound and a second coating layer of a suitable compound, or a coating layer of a compound of two or more suitable elements, or wherein the coating layer of two or more suitable elements is formed between the sintered nickel substrate and the active material.

Nickel electrodes for alkaline secondary battery and alkaline secondary batteries

In a hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode containing hydrogen absorbing alloy powder and a binding agent, employed as the binding agent is a copolymer of aromatic vinyl and at least one of acrylic ester and methacrylic acid ester, in which the total content of acrylic ester units and methacrylic acid ester units is in the range of 43 to 90% by weight of the whole copolymer, and the hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode is used as a negative electrode of a nickel-metal hydride battery.

Hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode and nickel-metal hydride battery

In a nickel-metal hydride storage cell, deterioration of a cell capacity at high temperature and degradation of a cycle characteristic are suppressed. The nickel-metal hydride storage cell of the invention comprises in a cell case, a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material composed mainly of nickel hydroxide powder, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material composed mainly of hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes and impregnated with an electrolyte, the nickel-metal hydride storage cell characterized in that the negative electrode active material comprises a copper compound, the positive electrode comprises an aggregate of coated particles each in which a coating layer comprising a sodium-containing cobalt compound is formed on a surface of a nickel hydroxide particle, and the positive electrode active material is such that an oxide or hydroxide of one of bismuth, calcium, ytterbium, manganese, copper, scandium, and zirconium, is added to the aggregate of coated particles.

Nickel-hydrogen storage battery

A hydrogen absorbing alloy electrode is prepared by adding a binder to a hydrogen absorbing alloy powder and forming the mixture to a shape of an electrode, and the binder is partly or entirely made of poly N-vinyl acetamide, whereby higher high-rate discharge characteristics are obtained than conventionally.

Hydrogen absorbing alloy electrodes and nickel-metal hydride batteries using the same

In a non-sintered nickel electrode for an alkaline storage cell, a discharge capacity and cycle life are improved. This is achieved by employing, as an active material for the non-sintered electrode, coated nickel active material particles, each of the particle comprising a base particle composed of nickel hydroxide and a Co&mdash;P&mdash;A layer coated on the base particle comprising Co and P and an element A, where A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Zn, Ni, Y, and Bi.

Non-sintered nickel electrode for alkaline storage cell, and alkaline storage cell utilizing the electrode

A metal hydride alkaline storage cell of the present invention comprises a positive electrode, a separator impregnated with an electrolyte, and a negative electrode comprising hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder. On the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder, there is formed a layer of hydrogen-absorbing alloy oxide, and on the layer of the oxide, there is dotted a catalytic metal formed in a granular state by adding a substance soluble in the electrolyte. The substance is selected from the group consisting of a metal fluoride, a metal iodide, and a metal sulfide. The proportion of the metal fluoride, the metal iodide, or the metal sulfide in adding is restricted within the range of from 0.1 to 2.5 wt. % based on the weight of hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder. When the layer of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy oxide is formed on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder, the reaction area on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy is increased due to the roughness of the layer. Consequently, the catalytic action of the metal is fully utilized by dotting a catalytic metal on the alloy surface, and thereby the inner pressure characteristic high-rate charge characteristic) of a cell is improved.

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Katsuhiko Shinyama