Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus – product – and – Fluid active material or two-fluid electrolyte combination...
Patent
1989-03-23
1991-10-22
Kalafut, Stephen J.
Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and
Fluid active material or two-fluid electrolyte combination...
429154, H01M 1034
Patent
active
050594966
ABSTRACT:
A nickel-hydrogen battery or cell having one or more pressure vessels containing hydrogen gas and a plurality of cell-modules therein. Each cell-module includes a configuration of cooperatively associated oxygen and electrolyte mangement and component alignment features. A cell-module having electrolyte includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode adapted to facilitate oxygen diffusion, a separator disposed between the positive and negative electrodes for separating them and holding electrolyte for ionic conductivity, an absorber engaging the surface of the positive electrode facing away from the separator for providing electrolyte to the positive electrode, and a pair of surface-channeled diffusion screens for enclosing the positive and negative electrodes, absorber, and separator and for maintaining proper alignment of these components. The screens, formed in the shape of a pocket by intermittently sealing the edges together along as many as three sides, permit hydrogen gas to diffuse therethrough to the negative electrodes, and prevent the edges of the separator from swelling. Electrolyte is contained in the cell-module, absorbhed by the electrodes, the separator and the absorber.
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Globe-Union Inc.
Kalafut Stephen J.
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