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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1997
Kiyoshi Hayashi, Toyohashi, JP;
Katsuyuki Tomioka, Toyohashi, JP;
Nobuyasu Morishita, Toyohashi, JP;
Munehisa Ikoma, Toyohashi, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
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.