Method for making zinc electrodes for alkaline-zinc batteries
US5124120A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for making zinc electrodes for alkaline-zinc batteries comprising the steps of: mixing an amount of a zinc-magnesium binder alloy with an amount of a material chosen from zinc and a second zinc-magnesium alloy to form a mechanical mixture. The melting temperature of the material is at least 15 Celsius degrees higher than the melting temperature of the binder alloy. The mixture is applied to a current collector and the current collector with applied mixture is heated to a temperature at which incipient melting of the binder alloy causes sintering of the mixture with the formation of a coherent layer solidly bonded to the current collector. The compositions and the amount of the binder alloy and the second alloy are selected such that the active material in the layer of the electrode contains no more than about 15% magnesium, preferably no more than about 10% magnesium. In various embodiments, a binder alloy containing 45% to 55% Mg is eutectically sintered with zinc or a second alloy containing from >0% to about 10% Mg, a binder alloy containing about 3% to 4% Mg is eutectically sintered with a second alloy containing either about 20% to 43% Mg is eutectically sintered with…
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