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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Boyko Aladjov, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Srinivasan Venkatesan, Southfield, MI (US);
Bora Tekkanat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Meera Vijan, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Hong Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Subhash K. Dhar, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Boyko Aladjov, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Srinivasan Venkatesan, Southfield, MI (US);
Bora Tekkanat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Meera Vijan, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Hong Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Subhash K. Dhar, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems, LLC, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A conductive additive for the positive nickel electrode for electrochemical cells which provides increased performance by suppressing an oxygen evolution reaction occurring parallel to the oxidation of nickel hydroxide, increasing conductivity of the electrode and/or consuming oxygen produced as a result of the oxygen evolution reaction.