1 Overview
Nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) VGP-BPS8 VGP-BPS8A VGP-BPS9 batteries contain toxic elements like cadmium, has been the subject of a crusade against the environmentalists of the battery. The European Union and other organizations continue to adopt policies and guidelines (“Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive WEEE and” electrical and electronic equipment on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances Directive “RoHS) but also accelerated by the cell processes in other Ni-Cd battery replacement. Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) cell is the most promising alternative, how to solve the problem of high temperature Ni- MH battery performance is its ability to key in the broader scope. The Ni-MH battery during charge and discharge process, using the environment, is required to participate temperature on performance and battery life issues of service, the military needed a high capacity for mobile energy, aerospace, marine, petroleum, coal, geological exploration and operations, ice and mountain sports on the road with a secondary power source, has a strong strategic, scientific and economic. In addition, the nickel-hydrogen fuel-cell Ni-MH + (mix of energy supply), and the Gasoline + Ni-MH (hybrid), etc. Hybrid also has an important application perspective. VGP-BPS9A/B VGP-BPS9/S
Rechargeable battery in the process of loading and unloading, temperature changes, impact on cell performance, while all the cell materials have some impact on battery performance, however, the battery high temperature improvement and optimization of positive electrode material and negative is a better approach, in addition to a patent disclosure small companies to improve hydrogen storage alloys, mainly due to technical or cathode material, including the cathode material formulation used to add mechanical mixing of rare earth metals, alkaline earth elements and others such as Mg, Ca, Sr, Sc, Y, La, lanthanides, Ti, Zr , Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Cd, B, Al, Ga, In, Si, P, As, Sb, Bi one or more oxides, hydroxides. As the positive ingredients of different types of materials when the difficult to achieve completely uniform, to consider in the manufacture of nickel hydroxide precipitation when doped with spherical elements, but also consider the ball of nickel hydroxide coated with a layer element. VGP-BPS9/B VGP-BPS9A
Although several methods to improve battery performance at high temperature play a role, there are still many gaps and deficiencies, to solve the main methods of reducing battery performance, first, improve the structure Internal ball nickel, γ-NiOOH prevent hopefully β-NiOOH with β-Ni (OH) 2 during charge and discharge of easy conversion (γ-NiOOH layer spacing of 0.69nm, β-Ni (OH) 2 crystal layer spacing of about 0.46nm, β-crystal layer spacing of about 0.48nm NiOOH, caused by the presence of γ-NiOOH electrode active material expansion of the loss of electrical conductivity decreased, severely reducing cycle life and efficiency of the electrode); Another way is to add conductive material to improve conductivity by adding CoO or Co (OH) 2. However, as a cobalt hydroxide powder raw materials in the process of charging and discharging, while dissolved in an aqueous alkaline solution, while again precipitated, and dramatic structural changes, some free cobalt compounds, resulting in changes in performance degradation of lead batteries cobalt, nickel Although the ball for some improvement in the situation, but not yet strong enough coating layer surface after the dissolution of the landfill and the shedding phenomenon. PA3383U-1BRS PA3395U-1BRS
Functionally graded materials (Officer of graded materials, FGM) is a kind of micro-components, the structure, radical change in the performance of high performance materials. High mechanical strength, thermal shock, resistance to high temperatures and so on. In electronics, artificial teeth, car engines, brakes and other chemicals are widely used. Assuming that the material degraded and the ball will be a combination of nickel production at high temperature trends of the battery cathode material.
2, high temperature technologies nickel-hydrogen Key
2.1, the improvement of cathode material
2.1.1, cathode material mechanical mixture ThinkPad R61e battery ThinkPad R61i battery
Ingredients of the battery by mechanical mixing add the periodic table Ⅱ A, B Ⅲ, Ⅳ B, B Ⅶ, Ⅷ B, B Ⅱ elements of main group elements and 3,4,5-cycle, oxides or hydroxides is able to enhance or improve the performance of Ni-MH high temperature. The world’s leading battery manufacturing company in China authorized by the patent application for more than a description, such as Panasonic, Sanyo, BYD, China, German companies such as HC Staack.
2.1.2 Cathode chemical coprecipitation
The above elements in the cathode material in the production process of spherical nickel hydroxide, using doped layer structure of nickel hydroxide in place of Bu Fen Ni ions form a solid solution, so that better consistency between the elements, around their spherical nickel hydroxide coating layer of cobalt hydroxide, etc., to improve the overall performance of the battery, improved function. ThinkPad T61 battery ThinkPad T61p battery
2.2, improved anode materials
materials Ni-MH battery cathode alloy hydrogen storage, the main components of the M (NiCoMnAl) 5, AB5. M for the rare earths La, Ce, Pr, Nd.
Liu Huafu composition Mm0.95 chemical formula ~ ~ ~ ~ 1.05Ni4.08 4.40Co0.38 0.95Mn0.25 0.399Al0.32 ~ ~ 0.49M0.04 0.999, mm, such as lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, Neodymium rare earth alloy, M as vanadium, bismuth, iron, gallium, zinc, silicon, boron, tungsten, molybdenum, chromium, titanium, lithium, tin, copper and one of two or three or four elements. For the Ni-MH secondary. At high temperatures can quickly charge and discharge capacity of hydrogen storage materials with strong allies. ThinkPad X61 battery ThinkPad X61s battery 40Y6799