Alkali storage cell employing a spongelike metal substrate
US6274275A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/10
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A belt-shaped spongelike organic high polymer sheet is subjected to stretching forces in the longitudinal and lateral directions so as to transform the approximately spindle-shaped organic high polymer units which compose the organic high polymer sheet. After this, a metal is put into voids inside the organic high polymer sheet. Then, the organic high polymer is eliminated by baking it, and the metal is sintered. As a result, a spongelike metal substrate is completed whose carbon content is 0.5% by weight or less and whose metallic lattices have a longer length/shorter length ratio of 1.7 or below. The spongelike metal substrate is filled with electrode active material to form an electrode, which is combined with a counter electrode and a separator, and coiled in the direction of the longer lengths of the lattices to form a coiled electrode assembly. The electrode assembly is used to manufacture an alkali storage cell.
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