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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2000
Tadashi Ise, Itano-gun, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of producing hydrogen-absorbing alloy that can remarkably improve a high-rate discharge characteristic of a nickel-hydrogen alkaline storage cell at low temperature. This is achieved by a method of producing hydrogen-absorbing alloy for use in a nickel-hydrogen alkaline storage cell including the following steps of (a) immersing a hydrogen-absorbing alloy in an alkali treatment solution having a temperature of 60° C. or higher to subject a surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy to an alkali treatment; (b) after the step (a), adding a pH-adjusting agent and a reducing agent to the alkali treatment solution to treat the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy using the alkali treatment solution; and (c) washing the hydrogen-absorbing alloy treated by the step (b).