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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2001
Shuming Zeng, Brookfield, CT (US);
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
An alkaline electrochemical cell having a cathode comprising manganese dioxide and conductive graphitized mesophase pitch-based carbon fibers having an increased BET surface area of between about 10 and 60 m /g, desirably between about 10 and 50 m /g, preferably between about 30 and 50 m /g by heat treatment between 800 and 1200° C. with potassium hydroxide. The treated graphitized mesophase pitch-based carbon fibers can comprise between about 1 and 100 percent by weight of the total graphite material in the cathode, typically between about 5 and 50 percent by weight of the total graphite. The total graphite in the cathode desirably comprises between about 4 and 10 percent by weight of the cathode. The graphite can be the mixtures of the graphitized mesophase pitch-based carbon fibers with flaky crystalline graphites including expanded graphites. The graphitized mesophase pitch-based carbon fibers have a mean average diameter typically between about 1 and 10 micron. The use of said carbon fibers in the cathode increases cathode conductivity and results in improved cell performance.