1. Production of a NiO/Al primary battery employing powder-based electrodes.
- Author
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Burrola S, Horii M, Gonzalez-Guerrero MJ, Bachman JC, and Gomez FA
- Subjects
- Electrolytes chemistry, Equipment Design, Hydroxides chemistry, Paper, Potassium Compounds chemistry, Powders, Zinc chemistry, Aluminum chemistry, Electric Power Supplies, Electrodes, Nickel chemistry
- Abstract
This paper describes the use of aluminum and zinc as anodic materials for a battery employing nickel (II) oxide (NiO) as cathode. Comparison of both materials resulted in the development of a compact, cost effective, and easy to use primary NiO/Al battery employing an alkaline electrolyte. The system features electrodes composed of powder forms of the active materials on modified paper substrates that are contained in a simple multilayer design utilizing thin laminated plastic materials to provide structure and flexibility to the battery as well as a paper separator. Various concentrations of potassium hydroxide (KOH) electrolyte were examined and maximum performance was observed at 6 M KOH. A maximum current density and power density of 1.94 mA/cm
2 and 1 mW/cm2 , respectively was achieved. This user-friendly device was able to produce a maximum capacity of 2.33 mAh/g when 2 mA/g was applied. This work demonstrates the viability of a paper-based battery featuring powder electrodes as a possible power source for microelectronic devices., (© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)- Published
- 2020
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