JP2007265631A - Alkaline battery and manufacturing method of cathode used for it - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alkaline battery with a small Fe volume in a cathode, excellent in high output characteristics, and low-temperature charging characteristics, and therefore, easy to control charging cut, as well as a manufacturing method of a sintering type cathode to be incorporate in it. <P>SOLUTION: In the alkaline battery provided with a cathode with an active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide filled in a porous nickel-sintered substrate with a nickel-plated steel plate as a conductive core, an anode, a separator and alkali electrolyte solution, a volume of the active material filled in the cathode is 850 g/m<SP>2</SP>or less, a volume of phosphorous in the nickel-plated steel plate is 110 ppm or less, a volume of manganese is 800 ppm or less, and a ΔV value is 0.07 V or more. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an alkaline storage battery and a method for producing a positive electrode used therefor, and more specifically, an alkaline storage battery that can easily control charge cut even during low-temperature charging, has no fear of overcharging, and has high safety. The present invention relates to a method for producing a sintered positive electrode.

In recent years, the use of secondary batteries has expanded, and secondary batteries have been used in a wide range such as mobile phones, personal computers, electric tools, electric bicycles, hybrid cars, and electric cars.
Among these applications, in particular, various types of alkaline storage batteries are used in vehicle-related applications such as hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles, but they are required to have high output. In addition, in vehicle-related applications, it is required to have excellent durability as well as high output. Regarding this durability, a storage battery incorporating a sintered positive electrode is not suitable. It is more advantageous than a storage battery incorporating a sintered positive electrode.

By the way, the sintered positive electrode incorporated in an alkaline storage battery is normally manufactured as follows. First, a thick slurry is prepared by kneading nickel powder, a thickening agent such as carboxymethyl cellulose, and water at a predetermined ratio.
Next, this slurry is applied to the surface of the conductive core. As the conductive core, a nickel-plated steel sheet in which a predetermined thickness of nickel plating is applied to the steel sheet is usually used. Further, the mixing ratio of each component of the slurry and the coating amount of the slurry are appropriately determined in relation to the amount of the active material to be finally filled in the positive electrode.

Next, the nickel-plated steel sheet to which the slurry is applied is heated at a predetermined temperature in a reducing atmosphere such as hydrogen, for example, and the applied slurry is sintered.
During this sintering process, the thickener and water in the slurry are volatilized and the nickel powder is sintered together, so that the slurry is converted into a porous nickel sintered body having a predetermined thickness. Thus, a porous nickel sintered substrate in which the surface of the nickel-plated steel sheet is coated is manufactured. The sintering temperature at this time is naturally lower than the melting point of nickel, and a temperature of 800 to 1100 ° C. is usually adopted.

  Next, the active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide is filled in the pores of the porous nickel sintered body of the porous nickel sintered substrate. Specifically, the sintered substrate is immersed in, for example, a nickel nitrate aqueous solution at a predetermined temperature to hold the nickel nitrate in the pores, and then the sintered substrate is immersed in, for example, a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution at a predetermined temperature. The nickel nitrate in the pores is converted to nickel hydroxide. By repeating this operation as many times as necessary, the surface of the sintered substrate is filled with a target amount of nickel hydroxide (active material) to form a positive electrode.

An alkaline storage battery is assembled using the positive electrode manufactured in this way.
First, a positive electrode and a negative electrode made of, for example, a hydrogen storage alloy electrode are overlapped via a separator made of, for example, a polypropylene nonwoven fabric, and the whole is wound in a spiral shape to produce an electrode group.
Next, after attaching a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode current collector to each of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of this electrode group, this electrode group is housed in a bottomed outer can that also serves as a negative electrode terminal. A predetermined amount of an alkaline electrolyte such as an aqueous solution is injected. And after arrange | positioning a sealing body to the opening part of an exterior can, an alkaline storage battery is assembled by performing caulking processing and sealing an opening part, for example.

By the way, in the case of an alkaline storage battery for vehicle-related applications, it is practiced to draw out a high output by increasing the facing area between the positive electrode and the negative electrode as much as possible. Therefore, in the sintered positive electrode, in order to increase the winding amount of the positive electrode in the spiral electrode group described above, the length of the positive electrode tends to be increased and the thickness is decreased.
However, in subsequent studies, it has been found that when the thickness of the positive electrode is reduced, the voltage does not increase during low-temperature charging, which makes it difficult to control the charge cut. Such a phenomenon also causes overcharging, and is a problem that must be solved for vehicle-related applications that place importance on safety.

As a result of repeating experiments to be described later in order to solve the above problems, the present inventors grasp the fact that the peak voltage during low-temperature charging and the amount of Fe in the positive electrode active material have a high correlation. It came to. That is, it was found that the low-temperature charge characteristic (ΔV) decreases when the amount of Fe in the positive electrode active material is increased.
The inventors of the present invention have also found that the Fe in the positive electrode active material passes through the nickel plating layer on the surface from the nickel plated steel sheet, which is a conductive core, during the sintering process during the production of the positive electrode. It was inferred that it was thermally diffused in the body and deposited in the positive electrode active material present there.

And based on these findings and inferences, the present inventors have developed a method for producing the positive electrode of the present invention as a result of examining conditions for preventing the Fe component of the nickel-plated steel sheet from moving into the active material. It has led to the development of built-in alkaline storage batteries.
That is, the present invention aims to provide a highly safe alkaline storage battery that can easily control the charge cut even during low-temperature charging, has no fear of overcharging, and a method for manufacturing a sintered positive electrode incorporated therein. To do.

In order to achieve the above-described object, in the present invention, a positive electrode in which a porous nickel sintered substrate having a nickel-plated steel sheet as a conductive core is filled with an active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide, In the alkaline storage battery comprising a separator and an alkaline electrolyte in an outer can, the amount of the active material filled in the positive electrode is 850 g / m ² or less, and the plating thickness in the nickel-plated steel sheet The alkaline storage battery is characterized in that is 4.0 μm or more.

Preferably, an alkaline storage battery in which the amount of P in the nickel-plated steel sheet is 110 ppm or less and the amount of Mn is 800 ppm or less is provided.
In the present invention, a nickel powder, a thickener, and water are kneaded to prepare a slurry, and the slurry is applied to a nickel-plated steel sheet and then subjected to a sintering treatment in a reducing atmosphere to obtain porous nickel. After manufacturing a sintered substrate, in the method for manufacturing a positive electrode in which the porous nickel sintered substrate is filled with an active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide,
There is provided a method for producing a positive electrode for an alkaline storage battery, characterized in that the temperature during the sintering treatment is adjusted so that the surface temperature of the porous nickel sintered substrate is 1051 ° C. or lower.

  In the sintered positive electrode incorporated in the alkaline storage battery of the present invention, the plating thickness of the nickel-plated steel sheet as the core is 4.0 μm or more, and the sintering temperature of the substrate during the sintering process is set to the surface of the substrate. Since the temperature is controlled to be 1051 ° C. or lower, when the obtained sintered substrate is filled with the positive electrode active material, the mixing of Fe into the positive electrode is suppressed. Therefore, in the alkaline storage battery in which this positive electrode is incorporated, the low-temperature charge characteristics are improved, the charge cut control is facilitated, and the risk of overcharge is eliminated.

Further, since the filling amount of the active material in the positive electrode is set to 850 g / m ² or less, high rate discharge characteristics are secured in the alkaline storage battery.
Furthermore, by restricting the P content and the Mn content of the nickel-plated steel sheet to 110 ppm or less and 800 ppm or less, respectively, mixing of Fe into the positive electrode can be suppressed, thereby improving the low-temperature charging characteristics.

The alkaline storage battery of the present invention has a structure in which an electrode group composed of a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode is sealed in an outer can together with an alkaline electrolyte, which is different from the conventional alkaline storage battery described above. However, the greatest feature is that the built-in sintered positive electrode has a configuration described later.
In the positive electrode to be used, first, the amount of the active material filled in the porous nickel sintered body on the surface is regulated to 850 g or less per unit area (m ² ) of the positive electrode.

This is because when the amount of the active material is larger than 850 g / m ^2, the high rate discharge characteristics of the assembled storage battery deteriorate, and the performance becomes insufficient as a vehicle-related power source that requires high output.
In addition, a nickel-plated steel sheet is used as the conductive core of the positive electrode. In this case, the thickness of the nickel plating is set to 4.0 μm or more.
When the nickel plating thickness is less than 4.0 μm, the function as a barrier for effectively preventing the thermal diffusion of Fe from the steel sheet as the core is reduced during the sintering process during the production of the positive electrode. As a result, the low-temperature charging characteristics of the storage battery assembled by increasing the amount of Fe deposited in the active material deteriorate.

However, if the thickness of the nickel plating becomes too thick, it not only goes against the thinning of the positive electrode, but also increases the accumulated strain of the plating layer, causing inconveniences such as peeling from the steel plate and cracking of the plating layer. Since this is likely to occur, it is preferable to limit the plating thickness to 20 μm at the maximum.
Further, as the nickel-plated steel sheet as the core, it is preferable to use steel sheets having P and Mn contents of 110 ppm or less and 800 ppm or less, respectively.

This is because if a nickel-plated steel sheet having more P and Mn than the above values is used, the amount of Fe in the positive electrode active material is increased and the low-temperature charge characteristics are deteriorated.
This phenomenon is caused when the P content and Mn content of the steel sheet are large, grain boundary cracks occur in the nickel plating layer during the sintering process during the production of the positive electrode, and the steel sheet is partially exposed from the grain boundary cracks, This is probably because Fe is dissolved in a nickel salt solution or an alkaline aqueous solution used in the filling process of the active material and further precipitated in the active material.

Such a positive electrode is manufactured as follows.
First, a slurry obtained by kneading nickel powder, a thickener, and water is applied to the surface of the above-described nickel-plated steel sheet according to a conventional method.
The kneading ratio of each component and the coating amount of the slurry at this time are appropriately adjusted in relation to the target filling amount of the active material as in the conventional case.

Next, the slurry is sintered in a reducing atmosphere. It is a feature of the production method of the present invention that this sintering treatment is performed as follows.
That is, the nickel-plated steel sheet to which the slurry is applied is inserted into a N ₂ atmosphere furnace and heated. At that time, the heating temperature of the nickel-plated steel sheet is adjusted so that the surface temperature of the steel sheet is 1051 ° C. or lower.

When the surface temperature is higher than 1051 ° C., the amount of Fe in the legal substance in the positive electrode finally obtained increases and the low-temperature charge characteristics of the storage battery deteriorate. However, if the sintering temperature is too low, the sintering of the nickel powder in the slurry does not proceed sufficiently, so the sintering temperature is set to a temperature at which the surface temperature is at least 800 ° C.
Although the sintering time is not particularly limited, it may normally be about 5 to 8 minutes.

The porous nickel sintered substrate thus manufactured is filled with a predetermined amount of the active material in the pores in accordance with a conventional method, and the intended positive electrode is obtained.
And the alkaline storage battery of this invention is obtained by manufacturing an electrode group from the positive electrode and a separator, and sealing it in an exterior can with an alkaline electrolyte.

1. Production of positive electrode A positive electrode to be incorporated into a nickel-metal hydride storage battery having a nominal capacity of 6.0 Ah was produced as follows.
First, a plurality of steel plates (SPCC-1B) having the same width but controlled to have different thicknesses and lengths were prepared. And nickel plating was given to both surfaces of each steel plate, and the nickel plating steel plate in which the nickel plating layer of the thickness (displaying the thickness of one side) shown in Table 1 was formed was manufactured.

As described later, a porous nickel sintered steel sheet is produced from this nickel-plated steel sheet, and its surface is filled with a certain amount of active material corresponding to a capacity of 6.0 Ah. The capacity of the positive electrode is the same, but since the thickness and surface dimensions of the nickel-plated steel sheet used are different, the filling amount (g / m ² ) of the active material per unit area in each positive electrode is different. .

On the other hand, nickel powder (Fischer size 2.2 to 2.8 μm), carboxymethylcellulose and water were kneaded at a mass ratio of 100: 5: 125 to prepare a slurry.
This slurry was applied to a nickel-plated steel sheet, and then sintered in an N ₂ atmosphere furnace. At this time, the furnace operation was performed so that the surface temperature of the steel sheet became the temperature shown in Table 1. The treatment time was 6 minutes.

A porous nickel sintered substrate having a nickel sintered body with a porosity of about 85% formed on the surface was obtained.
Next, an aqueous solution in which nickel nitrate and cobalt nitrate are dissolved (specific gravity 1.75, the concentration of nickel and cobalt is 10: 1 by atomic ratio) is prepared, and each sintered substrate is immersed in the pores. Inside, nickel nitrate and cobalt nitrate were retained.

Next, each sintered substrate is immersed in an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide having a concentration of 25% to convert nickel nitrate and cobalt nitrate in the pores to nickel hydroxide and cobalt hydroxide, respectively, and then sufficiently washed with water. It was dried and filled with an active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide.
For each sintered substrate, the series of operations described above was repeated until the amount of active material corresponding to a capacity of 6.0 Ah was filled, and various positive electrodes having the same absolute amount of the filled active material were produced. .

And the filling amount of the active material in each positive electrode was measured as follows.
That is, after assembling the storage battery as described later, the battery is disassembled and only the positive electrode is taken out, and then the positive electrode is cut into a predetermined dimension (50 mm × 50 mm). The active material was eluted by immersing it in a 1 mol / L, aqueous solution of 5 mol / L of ammonia water), the mass difference before and after immersion was measured, and the value was divided by the surface area of the cut piece. The results are shown in Table 1.

2. Production of electrode Each metal raw material is weighed so that the composition is Nd _0.9 Mg _0.1 (Ni _0.9 Co _0.03 Al _0.07 ) _3.5, and the whole is mixed. The mixture is melted in a high-frequency melting furnace and then cooled and cooled to form a hydrogen storage alloy. An ingot was manufactured.

The ingot was heated in an Ar atmosphere at a temperature of 1000 ° C. for 10 hours to adjust the crystal structure, then mechanically pulverized in an inert atmosphere, and further classified to obtain an alloy powder having a particle size of 400 mesh to 200 mesh. .
The alloy powder had an average particle diameter (D ₅₀ value) of 50% by weight integrated with a laser diffraction / scattering particle size distribution measuring device, and was 25 μm.

To 100 parts by mass of the alloy powder, 0.5 part by mass of styrene butadiene latex as a water-insoluble binder, 0.3 part by mass of carboxymethyl cellulose as a thickener, and an appropriate amount of pure water are added to knead the whole. A slurry was prepared.
The slurry was applied to a punching nickel sheet, dried at room temperature, rolled and cut to produce a negative electrode.

3. Manufacture of separators A web made from a heat-adhesive core-sheath composite fiber, whose core material is made of polypropylene, and whose sheath material is low-melting polyethylene, and high-strength polypropylene fiber, is dried at a temperature of about 130 ° C (bonding) A non-woven fabric having a weight per unit area of 50 g / m ² was manufactured by a wet method of drying at a temperature), and this was used as a separator.
4). Assembling of the nickel-metal hydride storage battery An electrode group was manufactured by spirally winding a separator between each positive electrode and negative electrode.

At this time, the winding operation was performed so that the end of the nickel-plated steel sheet as the positive electrode conductive core protruded from one end of the electrode group and the end of the punched nickel sheet of the negative electrode protruded from the other end.
At the end of the nickel-plated steel sheet protruding from one end of this electrode group, a disk-shaped positive electrode current collector having a large number of openings in the plane is welded and attached, and the end of the punching nickel sheet protruding from the other end A disk-shaped negative electrode current collector having a large number of openings was attached by welding.

Then, the positive electrode current collector is a pipe made of nickel and having an oval cross section (thickness is 0.3 mm), and a cylindrical body whose both ends are cut off obliquely is used as a positive electrode lead. The bottom surface was spot welded.
This electrode group was housed in a bottomed outer can opened at the top with the negative electrode current collector facing down, and the negative electrode current collector was welded to the bottom surface of the outer can. Next, after a 30% by weight potassium hydroxide aqueous solution is injected under reduced pressure into the outer can as an electrolyte, a cover plate, an insulating gasket, a valve body, a compression coil spring, and a positive electrode terminal are provided on the upper surface of the positive electrode lead. The sealing body was arrange | positioned and the upper surface of the cover plate and the positive electrode lead was welded.

Next, the sealing body is pressed toward the electrode group to compress and deform the positive electrode lead of the cylindrical body, and the upper opening of the outer can is crimped inward to form a sealed structure with a nominal capacity of 6.0 Ah A cylindrical nickel-metal hydride storage battery.
5). Measurement (1) Evaluation of High Rate Discharge Characteristics For the nickel hydride storage battery in which each positive electrode of Table 1 is incorporated, the output was measured according to the following specifications, and the high rate discharge characteristics of each storage battery were evaluated.

Each storage battery was charged for 30 minutes at a charging current of 1 It until 50% of the battery capacity with respect to the capacity of the 10th cycle, that is, SOC (State of charge: depth of charge) reached 50%. Thereafter, charging and discharging were repeated in the order of discharging at 40A → charging at 40A → discharging at 80A → charging at 80A → charging at 120A → charging at 120A → charging at 160A → discharging at 160A → charging at 160A.
At this time, a 10-minute rest period is provided between each step, and after each discharge step is performed, a 10-minute rest is performed for 10 seconds to discharge, and the battery voltage at the 10-second elapsed point is determined with respect to the discharge current. The current value when the straight line obtained on the basis of the least square method reaches 0.9 V was defined as the output.

And the ratio of the output of each storage battery when the output of the storage battery in which the positive electrode 1 was incorporated was set to 100 was calculated, and high rate discharge property was evaluated. The above results are shown in Table 1.
(2) Measurement of the amount of Fe in the positive electrode active material 1.5 g of the surface layer portion (nickel sintered body portion) was sampled from each positive electrode, completely dissolved in hydrochloric acid, and the solution was diluted to 100 mL. did. Then, this diluted solution was subjected to atomic absorption analysis, and the amount of Fe was quantified.

The results are shown in Table 1. The relationship between the plating thickness of the nickel-plated steel sheet, the surface temperature during sintering, and the amount of Fe is shown in FIG.
(3) Measurement of low-temperature charge characteristics Each battery was left in an environment at a temperature of -10 ° C for 3 hours, and then charged to 100% of the battery capacity with a charge current of 1 It. The voltages _{V 1} at SOC 40% during charging, the voltage difference between the peak voltage _{V 2} was calculated as [Delta] V.

  The results are shown in Table 1. The relationship between the nickel plating thickness of the nickel-plated steel sheet, the surface temperature during sintering, and the ΔV value is shown in FIG. 2, and the relationship between the amount of Fe in the positive electrode and the ΔV value is shown in FIG.

(4) Influence of P amount and Mn amount Three types of steel plates (SPCC-1B) with different production lots were prepared. The surface of each steel plate was nickel-plated with a thickness of 3.98 μm to form a nickel-plated steel plate.

About each nickel plating steel plate, P amount and M amount were quantified by ICP. The results are shown in Table 2.
Next, each nickel-plated steel sheet was heated in a hydrogen atmosphere with the surface temperature maintained at 1051 ° C. for 5 minutes, then cooled, the surface state was observed with EPMA, and the Fe / Ni ratio was measured. The results are shown in Table 2.

  Moreover, the micrograph of the surface after heat processing was shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 about the nickel plating steel plates a and c.

6). Evaluation and discussion From the above, the following is clear.
(1) First, as is clear by comparing the positive electrode 1, the positive electrode 2, and the positive electrode 3 in Table 1, the smaller the amount of active material per unit area, the higher the rate of discharge characteristics of the storage battery incorporating it. It has improved.

This is because the positive electrode with a smaller amount of active material per unit area is made thinner, so that the reaction facing area in the electrode group is increased.
Considering, for example, automobile-related applications where high output characteristics are required, high-rate discharge characteristics are insufficient in the storage battery using the positive electrode 1 with an active material amount of 1400 g / m ² . For this reason, the amount of the active material in the positive electrode should be set to 850 g / m ² or less in order to exhibit a high rate discharge characteristic of 160 or more as compared with the storage battery using the positive electrode 1.
(2) As is clear from Table 1, the amount of Fe in the positive electrode is affected by the plating thickness of the nickel-plated steel sheet and the surface temperature during the sintering process. That is, the amount of Fe in the positive electrode increases as the surface temperature during the sintering process increases and as the plating thickness decreases.

Therefore, in order to reduce the amount of Fe in the positive electrode, it is only necessary to increase the plating thickness of the nickel-plated steel sheet and to adjust the sintering temperature so that the surface temperature of the substrate is lowered during the sintering process.
(3) As is apparent from Table 1, the ΔV value is affected by the amount of Fe in the positive electrode, the plating thickness of the nickel-plated steel sheet, and the surface temperature during the sintering process.

First, as is apparent from FIG. 3, as the amount of Fe in the positive electrode increases, the ΔV value decreases and the low-temperature charging characteristics deteriorate. Further, as apparent from FIG. 2, as the plating thickness is reduced and the surface temperature during the sintering process is increased, the ΔV value is also decreased and the low-temperature charging characteristics are deteriorated.
For this reason, in order to improve the low-temperature charging characteristics, it is necessary to reduce the amount of Fe in the positive electrode, which increases the plating thickness and sinters at a low surface temperature during the sintering process. It turns out that it is necessary.

For vehicle-related applications, in order to ensure the reliability of the charge cut, considering that low temperature charge characteristics with a ΔV value of 0.07 (V) or higher are required even in an environment of −10 ° C., from FIG. As can be seen, the amount of Fe in the positive electrode should be less than 65 ppm.
As can be seen from FIG. 2, the plating thickness should be 4.0 μm or more, and the surface temperature during the sintering process should be controlled to 1051 ° C. or less.

(4) As is apparent from the comparison of the nickel-plated steel sheets a, b, and c in Table 2, as the P content and Mn content in the steel sheet increase, the Fe content on the surface of the plated layer after heat treatment increases. Go. On the other hand, as is apparent from the comparison between FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in the case of the nickel-plated steel sheet a having a small amount of P and Mn, cracks in the surface grain boundaries of the plated layer after the heat treatment are not observed, but the amount of P In the case of the nickel-plated steel sheet c having a large amount of Mn, many large grain boundary cracks are observed in the plated layer.

  Therefore, when there are a lot of P and Mn in the steel sheet, a large number of large grain boundary cracks occur in the plating layer during the sintering process in the nickel-plated steel sheet using it, and the steel sheet is partially exposed from there. it is conceivable that. Therefore, it is considered that when the filling operation of the active material is performed, the Fe of the steel sheet exposed by the chemical solution such as nickel nitrate used at that time dissolves and precipitates on the active material.

  For this reason, it is considered that the nickel-plated steel sheet to be used preferably has as little P and Mn content as possible in the steel sheet. Specifically, the P content is preferably 110 ppm or less and the Mn content is preferably 800 ppm or less. It is done.

  The alkaline storage battery of the present invention is useful as a vehicle-related drive source such as a hybrid vehicle and an electric vehicle because it has high rate discharge characteristics and excellent low-temperature charging characteristics and can easily control charge cut. It is.

It is a graph which shows the relationship between the amount of Fe in a positive electrode, and the plating thickness of the nickel plating steel plate which is a conductive core of a positive electrode. It is a graph which shows the relationship between (DELTA) V value which is a parameter | index of a low-temperature charge characteristic, and the plating thickness of the nickel plating steel plate which is a conductive core of a positive electrode. It is a graph which shows the relationship between (DELTA) V value which is a parameter | index of a low-temperature charge characteristic, and the amount of Fe in a positive electrode. It is a microscope picture which shows the surface state of the nickel plating steel plate a after heat processing. It is a microscope picture which shows the surface state of the nickel plating steel plate b after heat processing.

Claims (3)

A positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an alkaline electrolyte filled with an active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide in a porous nickel sintered substrate having a nickel-plated steel plate as a conductive core are placed in an outer can. In the alkaline storage battery provided,
The alkaline storage battery, wherein the amount of the active material filled in the positive electrode is 850 g / m ² or less, and the plating thickness of the nickel-plated steel sheet is 4.0 μm or more.   The alkaline storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the amount of phosphorus in the nickel-plated steel sheet is 110 ppm or less and the amount of manganese is 800 ppm or less. Nickel powder, thickener and water were kneaded to prepare a slurry, and the slurry was applied to a nickel-plated steel sheet, and then sintered in a reducing atmosphere to produce a porous nickel sintered substrate. Then, in the method for producing a positive electrode in which the porous nickel sintered substrate is filled with an active material mainly composed of nickel hydroxide,
A method for producing a positive electrode for an alkaline storage battery, wherein the temperature during the sintering treatment is adjusted so that the surface temperature of the porous nickel sintered substrate is 1051 ° C. or lower.

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