US4792505A
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Electrodes made from mixed silver-silver oxides
Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Filing: 1987-12-14
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Granted: 1988-12-20
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Expires: 2007-12-14
Abstract
Abstract An iron-silver battery is made, comprising a case 14 and a cover 15 conaining silver electrodes 10, iron electrodes 11, separators 13 between the electrodes, and electrolyte; where the siliver electrodes 10 are made by mixing a major amount by weight of large Ag particles and a minor amount by weight of small Ag 2 O particles, pressing the mixture to a current collector having at least a nickel surface, to provide an electrode, and sintering the electrode in a reducing gas to provide a body of sintered, all silver particles containing large particles and small sintered-pore particles, having a 50% to 70% porosity and a large surface area, and capable of discharging at from a C/8 rate up to a C/2 rate.
Inventors
- 👤 Hilary Moyes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 03:04
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/24; H01M4/34; H01M10/00; H01M10/24; H01M10/32; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
216 words
An iron-silver battery, comprising a case and a cover, within which are disposed at least one silver electrode, at least one iron electrode, at least one separator between the electrodes where the separator is made of a material resistant to chemical attack by alkaline electrolyte, and means for making electrical connections to the respective electrodes, the improvement characterized in that the silver electrode consists essentially of a sintered silver particle body that is 50% to 70% porous, supported by at least one current collector having at least a surface material of nickel, where a major portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering elemental silver particles having a size of from 47 microns to 175 microns diameter and a minor portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering Ag 2 O particles having a small size of from 3 microns to 45 microns diameter, to provide a sintered body with small particles disposed between large particles, effecting a closely packed yet porous mass, where the sintered particles substantially retain their original size, and the nickel in the current collector is effective to allow silver in the silver electrode to oxidize primarily to Ag 2 O rather than to AgO, upon charging the silver electrode.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
216 words
An iron-silver battery, comprising a case and a cover, within which are disposed at least one silver electrode, at least one iron electrode, at least one separator between the electrodes where the separator is made of a material resistant to chemical attack by alkaline electrolyte, and means for making electrical connections to the respective electrodes, the improvement characterized in that the silver electrode consists essentially of a sintered silver particle body that is 50% to 70% porous, supported by at least one current collector having at least a surface material of nickel, where a major portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering elemental silver particles having a size of from 47 microns to 175 microns diameter and a minor portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering Ag 2 O particles having a small size of from 3 microns to 45 microns diameter, to provide a sintered body with small particles disposed between large particles, effecting a closely packed yet porous mass, where the sintered particles substantially retain their original size, and the nickel in the current collector is effective to allow silver in the silver electrode to oxidize primarily to Ag 2 O rather than to AgO, upon charging the silver electrode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
The iron-silver battery of claim 1, where the active material of the negative electrode plates comprises iron particles, the separator comprises plastic material, the current collector is nickel, and the major portion of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering elemental silver particles having a size of from 55 microns to 175 microns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The iron-silver battery of claim 1, where the active material of the negative electrode plates comprises a sintered metallic structure of iron.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The iron-silver battery of claim 1, where the major portion of sintered silver particles comprise from 74 wt.% to 95 wt.% of the total sintered silver particles and the minor portion of sintered silver particles comprise from 5 wt.% to 26 wt.% of the total sintered silver particles, and where the silver electrode has a discharge rate of C/8 or greater.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
156 words
A silver electrode consisting essentially of a sintered silver particle body that is 50% to 70% porous, supported by at least one current collector having at least a surface material of nickel, where a major portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering elemental silver particles having a size of from 47 microns to 175 microns diameter and a minor portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering Ag 2 O particles having a small size of from 3 microns to 45 microns diameter, to provide a sintered body with small particles disposed between large particles, effecting a closely packed yet porous mass, where the sintered particles substantially retain their original size, and the nickel in the current collector is effective to allow silver in the silver electrode to oxidize primarily to Ag 2 O rather than to AgO, upon charging the silver electrode.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
156 words
A silver electrode consisting essentially of a sintered silver particle body that is 50% to 70% porous, supported by at least one current collector having at least a surface material of nickel, where a major portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering elemental silver particles having a size of from 47 microns to 175 microns diameter and a minor portion by weight of the sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering Ag 2 O particles having a small size of from 3 microns to 45 microns diameter, to provide a sintered body with small particles disposed between large particles, effecting a closely packed yet porous mass, where the sintered particles substantially retain their original size, and the nickel in the current collector is effective to allow silver in the silver electrode to oxidize primarily to Ag 2 O rather than to AgO, upon charging the silver electrode.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The silver electrode of claim 5, where the current collector is nickel, and the major portion of sintered silver particle body are particles produced by sintering elemental silver particles having a size of from 55 microns to 175 microns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The silver electrode of claim 5, where the major portion of sintered silver particles comprise from 74 wt.% to 95 wt.% of the total sintered silver particles and the minor portion of sintered silver particles comprise from 5 wt.% to 26 wt.% of the total sintered silver particles, and where the silver electrode is capable of a discharge rate of C/8 or greater.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The iron-silver battery of claim 1, where the silver electrode is a sintered-pore structure having minute electrolyte permeable interstices throughout the silver matrix, and the pores in the silver electrode are uniformly distributed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The iron-silver battery of claim 1, where the small size silver particles form a matrix surrounding the larger silver particles, and the silver particles are bonded together by an interdiffusion of metal between particles.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
51 words
The iron-silver battery of claim 1, where the nickel in the current collector causes, upon charging the silver electrode, an overvoltage after all the Ag 2 O is formed, resulting in O 2 evolution rather than AgO formation, so that the silver electrode can be discharged at a single voltage level.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
The silver electrode of claim 5, where the silver electrode is a sintered-pore structure having minute electrolyte permeable interstices throughout the silver matrix, the pores in the silver electrode are uniformly distributed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
The silver electrode of claim 5 where the small size silver particles form a matrix surrounding the larger silver particles, and the silver particles are bonded together by an interdiffusion of metal between particles.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
51 words
The silver electrode of claim 5, where the nickel in the current collector causes, upon charging the silver electrode, an overvoltage after all the Ag 2 O is formed, resulting in O 2 evolution rather than AgO formation, so that the silver electrode can be discharged at a single voltage level.
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