Fdk Corporation

Fdk Twicell Co., Ltd.

Masaaki Takei

Takeshi Ito

Masaru Kihara

Akira Saguchi

Tetsuya Yamane

Yuzo Imoto

Masaru Takasu

A nickel hydride secondary battery houses an electrode group including a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are overlapped with each other via a separator with an alkaline electrolyte solution, the negative electrode includes a hydrogen absorbing alloy, a negative-electrode additive agent, a thickening agent, and a conductive material, and the negative-electrode additive agent includes at least one selected from calcium fluoride, calcium sulfide, and calcium chloride.

Nickel hydride secondary battery

A nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery has a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes positive-electrode active material made of nickel hydroxide particles in which magnesium is dissolved, and the negative electrode includes rare earth-Mg&#x2014;Ni-based hydrogen storage alloy powder. At least either one of the negative and positive electrodes includes as additive at least one selected from a group including zinc and zinc compounds. The content of the additive ranges from 0.2 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of hydrogen storage alloy in the negative electrode, and ranges from 0.3 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of positive-electrode active material in the positive electrode.

Nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery

A nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery contains an electrode group made up of positive and negative electrode put together with a separator intervening therebetween. The positive electrode includes positive-electrode active material particles each having a base particle composed mainly of nickel hydroxide and a conductive layer that covers the surface of the base particle and is made from a Co compound containing Li. The negative electrode includes a rare earth-Mg&#x2014;Ni-based hydrogen storage alloy containing a rare-earth element, Mg and Ni. The total amount of Li contained in the battery is in a range of from 15 to 50 (mg/Ah) on the condition that the Li is converted into LiOH, and that the total amount of Li is found as a mass per Ah of positive electrode capacity.

Nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery with rare earth-Mg-Ni based hydrogen storage

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Masaaki Takei