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US 7,976,982 · App. 11/794,865 · Granted Jul 12, 2011

Alkaline storage battery

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Patent No.
US 7,976,982
App. No.
11/794,865
Granted
Jul 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An alkaline storage battery includes, as main constituent elements, a positive electrode having nickel hydroxide as an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte made of an aqueous alkali solution, and a foamed three-dimensional porous substrate composed of nickel as a main component is used as a core substrate of the positive electrode, and the weight ratio of this core substrate in the positive electrode is set to 30% to 50%, thereby allowing both electron conductivity and ion conductivity of the positive electrode, with long life and high output even under severe conditions.

Claims (5)

1. An alkaline storage battery comprising, as main constituent elements, a positive electrode having nickel hydroxide as an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte made of an aqueous alkali solution, wherein

the positive electrode has, as a core substrate thereof, a foamed three-dimensional porous substrate composed of nickel as a main component, and

a weight ratio of the foamed three-dimensional porous substrate in the positive electrode is 30% to 50% with respect to the positive electrode.

2. The alkaline storage battery according to claim 1 , wherein the number of pores of the foamed three-dimensional porous substrate in a section perpendicular to a plane of an electrode plate is 130 to 180 pores/inch.

3. The alkaline storage battery according to claim 1 , wherein the electrolyte has a hydroxide ion concentration of 6.0 to 8.0 mol/l.