WO2008130318A1 - Contact element coated by electron beam evaporation of a steel strip with nickel for use in an alkaline battery - Google Patents

Contact element coated by electron beam evaporation of a steel strip with nickel for use in an alkaline battery Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2008130318A1
WO2008130318A1 PCT/SE2008/050454 SE2008050454W WO2008130318A1 WO 2008130318 A1 WO2008130318 A1 WO 2008130318A1 SE 2008050454 W SE2008050454 W SE 2008050454W WO 2008130318 A1 WO2008130318 A1 WO 2008130318A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
contact element
battery
substrate
element according
steel
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/SE2008/050454
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Anna Andersson
Original Assignee
Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab filed Critical Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab
Publication of WO2008130318A1 publication Critical patent/WO2008130318A1/en

Links

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C14/00Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material
    • C23C14/02Pretreatment of the material to be coated
    • C23C14/021Cleaning or etching treatments
    • C23C14/022Cleaning or etching treatments by means of bombardment with energetic particles or radiation
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C14/00Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material
    • C23C14/06Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material characterised by the coating material
    • C23C14/14Metallic material, boron or silicon
    • C23C14/16Metallic material, boron or silicon on metallic substrates or on substrates of boron or silicon
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C14/00Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material
    • C23C14/22Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material characterised by the process of coating
    • C23C14/24Vacuum evaporation
    • C23C14/28Vacuum evaporation by wave energy or particle radiation
    • C23C14/30Vacuum evaporation by wave energy or particle radiation by electron bombardment
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23CCOATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C14/00Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material
    • C23C14/22Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material characterised by the process of coating
    • C23C14/56Apparatus specially adapted for continuous coating; Arrangements for maintaining the vacuum, e.g. vacuum locks
    • C23C14/562Apparatus specially adapted for continuous coating; Arrangements for maintaining the vacuum, e.g. vacuum locks for coating elongated substrates
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/24Alkaline accumulators
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/24Alkaline accumulators
    • H01M10/28Construction or manufacture
    • H01M10/281Large cells or batteries with stacks of plate-like electrodes
    • H01M10/282Large cells or batteries with stacks of plate-like electrodes with bipolar electrodes
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/34Gastight accumulators
    • H01M10/345Gastight metal hydride accumulators
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M4/00Electrodes
    • H01M4/02Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
    • H01M4/64Carriers or collectors
    • H01M4/66Selection of materials
    • H01M4/661Metal or alloys, e.g. alloy coatings
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M4/00Electrodes
    • H01M4/02Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
    • H01M4/64Carriers or collectors
    • H01M4/66Selection of materials
    • H01M4/665Composites
    • H01M4/667Composites in the form of layers, e.g. coatings
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M4/00Electrodes
    • H01M4/02Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
    • H01M4/64Carriers or collectors
    • H01M4/66Selection of materials
    • H01M4/669Steels
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02Contact members
    • H01R13/03Contact members characterised by the material, e.g. plating, or coating materials
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10Energy storage using batteries

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a contact element of an alkaline battery having a water-based alkaline electrolyte, said element being made of a material from a metal strip product.
  • a current collector adapted to conduct current from an anode of one cell to the cathode of an adjacent cell of a said battery having battery cells connected in series and a so-called contact in such a battery may be mentioned as examples.
  • the battery in which said contact element is arranged may be any type of alkaline battery having a water-based alkaline electrolyte, especially such batteries being rechargeable and in particular batteries of battery driven tools, electrical wheel chairs, motor bikes, cars and the like.
  • Examples of such batteries are rechargeable Ni-metal hydride batteries having a cathode of Ni(OH) 2 and an anode of a metal hydride.
  • the contact element is made of a material from a metal strip product indicates that it is a question of comparatively thin contact elements.
  • Such known contact elements are made of Ni, since no other element or compound suitable to be used as a contact element is able to only deliver a current therethrough in a said water- based electrolyte of an alkaline battery without producing hydro- gen gas.
  • Nickel has become a very costly element, so that it has been an aim to make such contact elements as thin as possible.
  • a lower thickness limit mostly in the range of about 40 ⁇ m - 50 ⁇ m, below which a strip of Ni will be too flabby and easily folded when handled, such as when assembling such batteries.
  • contact elements used as current collectors are in some batteries subjected to pressures resulting in comparatively high mechanical loads, so that they have to have a certain stiffness requiring a corresponding thickness thereof.
  • a contact element according to the preamble of appended claim 1 is known through US 5 069 989 A1 and EP 0 175 149 A2.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a contact element of an alkaline battery according to the preamble of appended claim 1 , which may be manufactured to a lower cost compared to such contact elements already known while maintaining electrical properties and mechanical stability.
  • This object is according to the invention obtained by providing such a contact element, in which said strip substrate has a tensile strength of at least 1300 MPa, the strip substrate has been bright cold rolled and the surface roughness Ra of said at least one coating layer of Ni is max 0.2 ⁇ m, preferably max 0.1 ⁇ m, most preferred max 0.06 ⁇ m. It is pointed out that a side of said contact element which may come into contact with the water-based alkaline electrolyte of said alkaline battery has of course to be coated by Ni, but when said contact element is for instance an end plate in a stack of battery cells it would be sufficient to have only one of the two large sides thereof coated by a coating layer of Ni.
  • a high stiffness of the contact element may be obtained without any need to make the layer of Ni thick for contributing to this stiffness, but it is sufficient to select such a thickness of the Ni coating layer that it will reliably completely cover the steel substrate so as to prevent this to enter into contact with a said electrolyte.
  • the thickness of the Ni coating layer may be chosen to be several times lower than in known contact elements of this type being made of pure Ni and by that considerable costs may be saved.
  • the thickness of this contact element may be kept small and a stiffness making it easy to handle such contact elements when assembling a battery and making it able to withstand high pressures possibly applied thereon in a said battery may nevertheless be obtained.
  • the bright cold rolling of said strip substrate used for the contact element results in a possibility to apply a coating layer of Ni thereon with a small surface roughness reducing the thickness of such a layer necessary for reliably cover the entire surface of the steel substrate.
  • the small surface roughness of said at least one coating layer of Ni means that this coating layer may be given a thickness in the order of 1 ⁇ m while reliably totally covering the steel substrate.
  • said substrate is made of steel with a tensile strength of min 1500 MPa, preferably min 1700 MPa and most preferred min 1900 MPa. Such a high tensile strength of the substrate steel makes it possible to make the contact element thin and still obtain a high mechanical stability thereof.
  • said steel substrate has a thickness of 20-200 ⁇ m, preferably 30-100 ⁇ m, which results in a contact element having a desired high mechanical stability without any contribution thereto from other layers than said steel substrate thanks to the high tensile strength of the latter.
  • said at least one side of the substrate is coated by a coating layer of Ni having a thickness of 0.5 - 10 ⁇ m, preferably max 5 ⁇ m, more preferred max 2 ⁇ m and most preferred 0.5-1 .5 ⁇ m. It has turned out that such a small thickness of said Ni coating layer is suffi- cient to with a high reliability completely cover the steel substrate, which results in a considerable reduction of Ni required for such a contact element with respect to contact elements already known and by that a possibility to substantially reduce the costs of such a contact element.
  • said strip substrate is made of a steel with a Cr content of min 10%, preferably min 12%, more preferred min 13% and most preferred min 15%, which means that the substrate material will have a good general corrosion resistance, which is a preferred feature of a substrate used for such a contact element.
  • both sides of the strip substrate are coated by a said coating layer of Ni.
  • a said coating layer of Ni is a requirement if both said sides may come into contact with said water-based electrolyte of the bat- tery to which the contact element belongs, such as when the contact element is a current collector adapted to conduct current from an electrode of one cell to the electrode of an adjacent cell of a said battery, which constitutes another embodiment of the invention.
  • the contact element is adapted to be applied with one side thereof in direct contact to a said electrode of a said one cell and the opposite side thereof in direct contact to said electrode of a said adjacent cell for conducing charge carriers transversely therethrough from one cell to the other, in which it is preferred that said contact element is thin for reducing the electrical impedance of the contact element, at the same time as it may be desired to have a comparatively high stiffness of a contact element in the form of such a bipolar current collector should it be subjected to high mechanical loads, such as for participating in sealing adjacent battery cells with respect to each other.
  • the invention also relates to a use of a metal strip product comprising a substrate of steel with a tensile strength of at least 1300 MPa and on at least one side thereof coated by at least one coating layer of Ni for producing a contact element according to the invention.
  • a contact element of an alkaline bat- tery having a water-based electrolyte, especially a current collector, may then be produced.
  • the invention also relates to a use of a contact element according to the invention as current conducing element in an al- kaline battery having a water-based alkaline electrolyte, and such a use has the advantages mentioned above when discussing a contact element according to the present invention, and a use of the contact element as a current collector for conducting current from an anode of one cell to a cathode of an adjacent cell of a said battery is particularly preferred and constitutes another embodiment of the invention.
  • the invention also relates to an alkaline battery having a water- based alkaline electrolyte, which is characterized in that is comprises at least one contact element according to the invention.
  • One important feature of such a battery is that the use of a contact element according to the present invention opens up for a possibility to reduce the costs of such a battery.
  • said battery is a Ni- metal hydride battery, and it is a rechargeable battery having a capacity of 3-200 Ah, preferably at least 7 Ah.
  • Fig 1 shows a schematic cross-section of a contact element according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Fig 2 shows schematically a production line for manufacturing of a metal strip product in the form of a coated metal strip material to be used for manufacturing a contact element according to the invention
  • Fig 3 shows very schematically the construction of an alkaline battery provided with contact elements according to the invention in the form of current collectors, and
  • Fig 4 is a graph of current versus potential in a comparing electrochemical corrosion testing of a Ni-foil and a Ni-coated steel substrate foil according to the invention.
  • Fig 1 shows a steel strip substrate 2 which is coated with a metallic coating layer 1 , 3 of Ni on both sides of the steel strip.
  • the thickness of the coating of the two sides may be the same or different.
  • This steel strip is to be used for producing a contact element of an alkaline battery having a water-based alkaline electrolyte, and in the case that this contact element is a so called end plate in a stack of battery cells or otherwise having only one side thereof exposed to said electrolyte, it is possible to only coat one side thereof by a said coating layer of Ni.
  • Nickel is used for contact elements of alkaline batteries having a water-based electrolyte, since presently no other element or compound suitable to be used as a contact element is known, which is able to only deliver a current therethrough in a said water-based alkaline electrolyte without generating hydrogen gas through electrolyte reduction, which would be detrimental to the function of the battery due to drying-out of the electrolyte.
  • the contact element according to the present invention By applying a thin layer of nickel onto a steel substrate, as for the contact element according to the present invention, it is possible to combine the unique properties of nickel according to the above with the excellent and versatile mechanical bulk proper- ties of steel, and especially to use only a fraction of the amount of nickel for such a contact element otherwise necessary for obtaining a required mechanical stability of the contact element if it were made of pure nickel. This results in a possibility to reduce the material costs of such a contact element considerably.
  • PVD Physical Vapor Deposition
  • a contact element thus produced is suitable for use as current collector in alkaline batteries, especially as bipolar current collector applied with one side thereof in direct contact to an anode of a battery cell and the opposite side thereof in direct contact to a cathode of an adjacent battery cell in a rechargeable battery for conducting current transversely therethrough from one cell to the other.
  • a battery is preferably a Ni-metal hydride battery.
  • the contact element may also be a contact in an alkaline battery and/or a contact end plate of a stack of said battery cells of such a battery.
  • the substrate steel material to be coated has preferably a good general corrosion resistance, which means that the material has a chromium content of at least 10% by weight, preferably mini- mum 12%, more preferred minimum 13% and most preferred minimum 15% chromium. Furthermore, the material must be alloyed in a way that allows for a high tensile strength, which shall be at least 1300 MPa, more preferred minimum 1500 MPa, preferably minimum 1700 MPa and most preferred minimum 1900 MPa.
  • the mechanical strength may be achieved by cold deformation, such as for steels of the ASTM 200 and 300 series, or by thermal hardening as for hardenable martensitic chromium steels, e.g. certain ASTM 400 series steels.
  • suitable substrate materials are precipitation hardenable (PH) steels of the type 13-8PH, 15-5PH, 17-4PH and 17-7PH.
  • PH precipitation hardenable
  • Yet another group of suitable substrate materials are stainless maragin steels that are characterized by their low carbon- and nitrogen-containing martensitic matrix that is hardened by the precipitation of substitutional atoms, such as copper, aluminium, titanium, nickel etc.
  • Hardenable carbon steel such as ASTM 1095, ASTM 1074, ASTM 1055 or equivalent, are also conceivable as material for the steel substrate.
  • the coating layer consists of pure Ni and has a thickness of 0.5- 10 ⁇ m, in which it is necessary that it has a thickness being enough for reliably completely covering the entire surface of the steel substrate that may be in contact with said water-based electrolyte.
  • the thickness necessary for this is dependent on the surface roughness R 3 of the coating layer. It is an aim to make said coating layer as thin as possible while obtaining said reliable covering and by that saving costs for nickel.
  • a surface roughness R 3 of said coating layer of Ni being max 0.2 ⁇ m, preferably max 0.1 ⁇ m, most preferred max 0.06 ⁇ m, and such a low surface roughness of the coating layer is preferably obtained by bright cold rolling the strip substrate used.
  • Bright cold rolling is here defined as a rolling process resulting in a surface roughness R 3 being lower than 0.10 ⁇ m.
  • the coating process for obtaining the metal strip product to be used for manufacturing a contact element according to the in- vention will now be described with reference made to Fig 2.
  • the coating process is carried out in a roll-to-roll strip production line, which is an advantageous solution for high-rate production of coated stainless steel strip.
  • This stainless steel strip has preferably a thickness in the range of 20-200 ⁇ m, preferably 30- 100 ⁇ m, and it depends on the mechanical stability requirements of a contact element to be manufactured from said steel strip.
  • it has preferably previously been bright cold rolled, and it is now provided by a roll 6 delivered as a metal strip product 20 to another roll 7 after having been coated.
  • the substrate should preferably first be cleaned from oil residues resulting from the previous production steps of the substrate, i.e.
  • the rolling This may for example be made in a degreasing bath 8. Thereafter, the substrate is introduced into the coating production line. An etching chamber 9 is placed as a first step in the production line, and the strip is here exposed to ion-assisted etching in order to remove the oxide scale on the steel strip and thereby to achieve good adhesion of the surface layer.
  • the nickel layer is deposited by means of PVD in a chamber 10 in the second step of the roll-to-roll process.
  • the PVD process may preferably be electron beam evaporation.
  • the contact elements may then be produced out of said strip through punching etc.
  • a coated product makes it possible to combine the excellent inert properties of a nickel surface in an alkaline battery having a water-based electrolyte and the excellent mechanical properties of steel.
  • Using a steel with a higher tensile strength than nickel makes it possible to obtain a contact element with an increased mechanical stability for the same thickness. Alternatively, for the same mechanical stability it is possible to reduce the thickness of the contact element.
  • a contact element which may be a Ni- metal hydride battery.
  • the battery 1 1 comprises a number of battery cells 12, 13, 14, such as for instance 20 such cells, connected in series between a negative pole 15 and a positive pole 16 of the battery.
  • Each cell may provide a voltage of 1 .2 V, so that the battery voltage will then be 24 V.
  • Each cell consists of two electrodes in the form of an anode 17 and a cathode 18 as well as a water-based electrolyte 19 for conduction of charge carriers therebetween.
  • Contact elements according to the present invention in the form of bipolar current collectors 21 are arranged between each battery cell and applied with one side thereof in direct contact to a said anode 17 and the opposite side thereof in direct contact to a said cathode of an adjacent battery cell for conducting charge carriers transversely therethrough from one cell to the other as shown through arrows 22.
  • This means that both sides of such a current collector may be exposed to said electrolyte, so that both sides of a said steel substrate of such a contact element are coated by a coating layer of Ni.
  • End plates 23, 24 of the stack only have one side thereof exposed to said electrolyte, so that these have only to be coated by a coating layer of Ni on one side thereof.
  • a battery of this type has suitably a capacity of 3-200 Ah, preferably at least 7 Ah.
  • a contact element according to the invention may be used as current collectors or contacts in other types of alkaline batteries than the one shown in Fig 3, such as in batteries in which the current between adjacent battery cells is not led transversely through a current collector but in the extension thereof in a loop between adjacent battery cells.
  • Fig 4 shows a said current I versus the potential P between the reference electrode and the sample during the tenth cycle of said scanning for the two samples, in which the black curve shows the current for the pure Ni foil and the lighter one for the sample according to the embodiment of the invention.
  • the scan- ning is started at a sample potential of approximately -1 .2 V and then carried out to a potential of approximately 0.3 V and then back again to the start potential.
  • the peaks a) emanate from an oxidation of Ni to Ni(OH) 2 , creating a current peak.
  • the peaks b) emanate from oxidation of Ni(OH) 2 to NiOOH.
  • the peaks c) show a reversal, i.e.

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Metallurgy (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Toxicology (AREA)
  • Composite Materials (AREA)
  • Cell Electrode Carriers And Collectors (AREA)
  • Sealing Battery Cases Or Jackets (AREA)
PCT/SE2008/050454 2007-04-23 2008-04-22 Contact element coated by electron beam evaporation of a steel strip with nickel for use in an alkaline battery WO2008130318A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SE0700978-0 2007-04-23
SE0700978A SE0700978L (sv) 2007-04-23 2007-04-23 Kontaktelement hos ett alkaliskt batteri

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2008130318A1 true WO2008130318A1 (en) 2008-10-30

Family

ID=39875741

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/SE2008/050454 WO2008130318A1 (en) 2007-04-23 2008-04-22 Contact element coated by electron beam evaporation of a steel strip with nickel for use in an alkaline battery

Country Status (2)

Country Link
SE (1) SE0700978L (sv)
WO (1) WO2008130318A1 (sv)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2019160627A (ja) * 2018-03-14 2019-09-19 トヨタ自動車株式会社 バイポーラ型電池

Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0175149A2 (en) * 1984-08-21 1986-03-26 RAYOVAC Corporation Alkaline primary battery containing coated current collector
US5069989A (en) * 1982-12-15 1991-12-03 Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. Alkaline cell
EP0567149A1 (en) * 1992-04-24 1993-10-27 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Nonaqueous secondary battery
EP0986116A1 (en) * 1997-05-27 2000-03-15 TDK Corporation Method of producing an electrode for non-aqueous electrolytic cells
EP1168472A1 (en) * 2000-06-30 2002-01-02 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Lithium secondary battery
WO2005042797A1 (en) * 2003-11-04 2005-05-12 Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab A stainless steel strip coated with a metallic layer
US20050214648A1 (en) * 2004-03-18 2005-09-29 Boulton Jonathan M Wafer alkaline cell
US20050277024A1 (en) * 2004-06-15 2005-12-15 Wavecrest Laboratories Nickel precoat for electrode plates
WO2006130074A1 (en) * 2005-05-31 2006-12-07 Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab A metal strip product, such as an electrical contact spring, and the manufacturing thereof

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5069989A (en) * 1982-12-15 1991-12-03 Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. Alkaline cell
EP0175149A2 (en) * 1984-08-21 1986-03-26 RAYOVAC Corporation Alkaline primary battery containing coated current collector
EP0567149A1 (en) * 1992-04-24 1993-10-27 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Nonaqueous secondary battery
EP0986116A1 (en) * 1997-05-27 2000-03-15 TDK Corporation Method of producing an electrode for non-aqueous electrolytic cells
EP1168472A1 (en) * 2000-06-30 2002-01-02 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Lithium secondary battery
WO2005042797A1 (en) * 2003-11-04 2005-05-12 Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab A stainless steel strip coated with a metallic layer
US20050214648A1 (en) * 2004-03-18 2005-09-29 Boulton Jonathan M Wafer alkaline cell
US20050277024A1 (en) * 2004-06-15 2005-12-15 Wavecrest Laboratories Nickel precoat for electrode plates
WO2006130074A1 (en) * 2005-05-31 2006-12-07 Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab A metal strip product, such as an electrical contact spring, and the manufacturing thereof

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2019160627A (ja) * 2018-03-14 2019-09-19 トヨタ自動車株式会社 バイポーラ型電池

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SE0700978L (sv) 2008-10-24

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP1030393B1 (en) Separator for low temperature type fuel cell and method of production thereof
US8440368B2 (en) Stainless steel separator for fuel cell having M/MNx and MOyNz layer and method for manufacturing the same
JP5108976B2 (ja) 燃料電池セパレータ
JP5342462B2 (ja) 燃料電池セパレータの製造方法
EP2560225B1 (en) Metal plate for use as solid polymer fuel cell separator
WO2017026104A1 (ja) 固体高分子形燃料電池のセパレータ用金属板およびその製造用金属板
JP5928364B2 (ja) 固体高分子形燃料電池のセパレータ用金属板
CN107408713B (zh) 固体高分子型燃料电池的隔板用金属板
KR101679545B1 (ko) 고체 고분자형 연료 전지의 세퍼레이터용 스테인리스박
JP2012043775A (ja) チタン製燃料電池セパレータの製造方法
JP2010027262A (ja) 燃料電池用セパレータ及び燃料電池
JP6414369B1 (ja) 燃料電池のセパレータ用鋼板の基材ステンレス鋼板およびその製造方法
TWI570997B (zh) Stainless steel foil for separator for solid polymer fuel cell
JP5108986B2 (ja) 燃料電池セパレータ
WO2008130318A1 (en) Contact element coated by electron beam evaporation of a steel strip with nickel for use in an alkaline battery
CN108432009B (zh) 燃料电池的隔离件用不锈钢板及其制造方法
US10230115B2 (en) Metallic material, and conductive component including the same
JP2012190816A (ja) 燃料電池用セパレータ及び燃料電池

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 08779255

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1

DPE1 Request for preliminary examination filed after expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed from 20040101)
NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 08779255

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1