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Hydrogen-storage alloy particles, alloy powder for electrode, and alkaline storage battery

A technology of hydrogen storage alloys and particles, applied in secondary batteries, battery electrodes, hydrogen, etc., can solve problems such as the decline of discharge characteristics, and achieve the effect of low-temperature discharge characteristics.

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-17
PANASONIC CORP
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Problems solved by technology

[0005] By increasing CaCu 5 The proportion of cobalt (Co) in the type alloy can improve the cycle characteristics of alkaline storage batteries, but the discharge characteristics decrease
In addition, because the promotion of CaCu 5 Co and manganese (Mn) in the type alloy are melted in the alkaline electrolyte and precipitated into the positive electrode and the separator, and micro-shorts between the negative electrode and the positive electrode through the precipitates are prone to occur

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Embodiment 1

[0065] First, the preparation of the powder of the hydrogen storage alloy particles will be described in detail.

[0066] (Preparation of alloy powder)

[0067] Contains 15% by mass of Ce and 80% by mass of La, and the remainder is mixed with powder of Pr and Nd, that is, a cerium-lanthanum alloy, a single Ni, a single Co, a single Mn, and a single Al in a predetermined ratio. Then, the obtained mixture was placed in a high-frequency melting furnace and melted by heating to 1500°C. Then, with 1×10 4 The resulting melt was cooled at a cooling rate of °C / sec, and a solidified body was obtained. Take MmNi 4.2 co 0.4 mn 0.4 Al 0.3 The composition of represents the obtained solidified body. Then, as shown in Table 1 below, the obtained solidified body was heat-treated under conditions of a heat treatment temperature of 950° C. and a heat treatment time of 6 hours.

[0068] Then, the heat-treated solidified body was pulverized by a jaw crusher to obtain coarse particles cont...

Embodiment 2~8

[0089] [embodiment 2~8, and comparative example 1~5]

[0090] Except for selecting the cooling temperature, heat treatment temperature, and heat treatment time shown in Table 1, nickel-metal hydride secondary batteries were manufactured in the same manner as in Example 1, and evaluated. In addition, in Examples 7 and 8 and Comparative Examples 3 to 5, by changing the composition, as shown in Table 2, the contents of Ni and Co in the hydrogen storage alloy were changed. The results are shown in Tables 1-3.

[0091] It can be seen from Table 3 that when the hydrogen storage alloys of Examples 1 to 8 of the present invention are used, good low-temperature discharge characteristics are obtained. In addition, in the case of Comparative Examples 1, 2, and 4 in which the average particle diameter of the segregation phase was out of the range of 1 to 5 nm, the low-temperature discharge characteristics decreased. This is generally considered to be due to a reduction in the catalytic ...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to: hydrogen-storage alloy particles which each comprises a matrix phase (2) and a plurality of segregation phases (3), the matrix phase being an alloy of the CaCu5-type crystal structure; an alloy powder for electrodes; and an alkaline storage battery. Alkaline storage batteries in which hydrogen-storage alloy particles each containing the alloy as the matrix phase are employed as a negative active material can be used as a power supply to electric vehicles, etc. However, attempts to improve the cycle characteristics and discharge characteristics of the batteries while keeping the Co content of the alloy low have posed problems, for example, that the low-temperature discharge characteristics remain unimproved. The invention has solved the problems with the hydrogen-storage alloy particles in which the matrix phase (2) is constituted of an alloy of the CaCu5-type crystal structure containing Ni and 1-5 mass% Co and which contains a plurality of segregation phases (3) that are constituted of a magnetic material comprising Ni as the main component and that have an average grain diameter of 1-5 nm.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a CaCu 5 Type crystal structure hydrogen storage alloy particles and electrode alloy powder containing the hydrogen storage alloy particles, and an alkaline storage battery using the electrode alloy powder as a negative electrode active material. Specifically, the present invention relates to the improvement of negative electrode active materials for improving the low-temperature discharge capacity of alkaline storage batteries. Background technique [0002] Hydrogen storage alloys have the ability to absorb and release hydrogen reversibly along with charging and discharging, and their theoretical capacity density is higher than that of cadmium. Therefore, hydrogen storage alloys are used as negative electrode active materials for alkaline storage batteries with high energy density. [0003] As a hydrogen storage alloy, it is known to have CaCu 5 The so-called AB 5 type hydrogen storage alloy (hereinafter also refer...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M4/38B22F1/00C22C19/00
CPCC01B3/0031C22C1/0433C22C19/03C22C19/058C22C28/00C22C2202/02C22F1/10H01M4/383H01M10/345Y02E60/10Y02E60/32
Inventor 仲辻恭子菊山亨胜本真澄暖水庆孝
Owner PANASONIC CORP