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WO2001033658A3
WO2001033658A3 PCT/CA2000/001261 CA0001261W WO0133658A3 WO 2001033658 A3 WO2001033658 A3 WO 2001033658A3 CA 0001261 W CA0001261 W CA 0001261W WO 0133658 A3 WO0133658 A3 WO 0133658A3
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Alexander M Iarochenko
Evgeny B Kulakov
Oleg I Krakhin
Stanislavs D Seruk
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Abstract

An improved metal anode-oxygen diffusion cathode battery having an anode; an oxygen diffusion cathode; an aqueous electrolyte containing metal cations selected from the group consisting of alkali metal cations and alkaline earth cations; the improvement wherein said electrolyte comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of (a) metal cations of Pb, Sn, Ga and In at a cumulative concentration of 0.001 to 1 M; provided that when Pb, Ga and In is absent the concentration of Sn is greater than 0.2M; and provided that in the presence of both of Mg and Sn together, the concentration of In is greater than 0.2M; (b) an organic additive selected from the group consisting of 1-15 % W/W of a D-glucose polysaccharide, 0.5 - 5 % W/W of a polyester, 0.5 % of an aliphatic alcohol selected from ethyl alcohol and propyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof; and (c) a halide anion selected from the group consisting of F?-, Cl-, Br-, I-¿ and mixtures thereof.
PCT/CA2000/001261 1999-10-29 2000-10-26 Metal-air battery WO2001033658A2 (en)

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