Electrode for lead-acid battery and method for producing such an electrode

Abstract

An electrode for lead-battery comprises a current collector covered by an active layer of lead-containing paste. The current is formed by a glassy carbon substrate on which is deposited an intermediate layer. The glassy carbon substrate has preferably a thickness comprised between 1 mm and 3 mm whereas the thickness of the intermediate layer is advantageously comprised between 50 μm and 200 μm. In a particular embodiment, the glassy carbon substrate is in form of a comb.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to an electrode for lead-acid battery comprising :[0002]a glassy carbon substrate[0003]an intermediate layer deposited on the glassy carbon substrate[0004]and an active layer of a lead-containing paste covering the intermediate layer.[0005]The invention also related to a method for producing such an electrode.STATE OF THE ART[0006]Lead-acid battery is known to include at least one positive current collector, at least one negative current collector and an electrolytic solution. Usually, the negative and positive current collectors are lead grids or lead plates of various configurations (flat-plates, tubular-plates . . . ) and on which is disposed an active material paste in order to form an electrode. Storage and release of electrical energy in lead-acid batteries is enabled by chemical reactions that occur in the paste.[0007]However, the main drawback of the lead-acid batteries is their low specific energy. Flat-plate lead-acid ...

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[0028]More particularly, one object of the invention is to provide an electrode for lead-acid battery comprising a glassy carbon substrate, an intermediate layer deposited on the glassy carbon substrate and an active layer of a lead-containing paste cover

Problems solved by technology

However, the main drawback of the lead-acid batteries is their low specific energy.

These low values of the specific energy result from the low utilization efficiency of the active materials in conjunction with the heavy weight of the lead current collectors.

However the deposition process of the lead layer on the surface of aluminium and aluminium alloys is rather expensive and complicated.

Furthermore any unprotected aluminium surface resulted from cracks or fissures of the lead layer will lead to accelerated grid corrosion process, causing fast battery failure.

Since the ABS is an insulator, the current collectors will show much higher electrical resistance and the plastic substrate is also unsuitable in a further cast on strap process also called COS process.

Indeed, the electroplated polyaniline layer used in the article of B. Hariprakash et al. degrades fast under the high potential of the operation of the positive plate.

Moreover, the graphite is a very soft material and its surface cannot withstand the changes mechanical stress during the charge and the discharge and the quality of the lead layer is poor, causing fast peeling.

However, the direct use of carbon foam as current collector for the positive plates is strictly limited due to the anodic degradation of the material in the potential do

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