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Conductive porous body and metallic porous body and battery plate both produced by using the same

US6379845B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2000
Grant dateApr 30, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A conductive porous body that has a conductive layer almost free from impurities and that enables a metallic porous body having extremely low resistance to be produced with high productivity and production efficiency, and a metallic porous body and a battery plate both produced by using the conductive porous body. The conductive porous body has a nickel conductive layer formed on the surface of the framework of a plastic porous body having a continuous-pore structure. The conductive layer is formed by the deposition of nickel from an aqueous solution containing nickel compounds with the use of a reducing agent containing titanium compounds. The metallic porous body can be obtained by forming a continuous metal-plated layer on the surface of the framework of the conductive porous body. The metal-plated layer is formed by electroplating with the conductive porous body serving as the cathode. The battery plate consists mainly of the metallic porous body.

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