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Hydrogen storage alloys and methods and improved nickel metal hydride electrodes and batteries using same

US6210498A · kind A · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stanford R. Ovshinsky · Bloomfield Hills, US
Rosa Young · Troy, US
Benjamin Chao · Troy, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 1998
Grant date	Apr 3, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22F2998/00
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Reversible hydrogen storage alloys and methods and electrodes formed therefrom for nickel metal hydride batteries, in which the alloys are quenched from a melt at cooling rates selected to provide a high degree of disorder with an optimum local environment.

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