Lightweight nickel electrode for nickel hydrogen cells and batteries
Conference
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OSTI ID:5735407
The nickel electrode was identified as the heaviest component of the nickel hydrogen (NiH/sub 2/) battery. The NASA Lewis Research Center is developing nickel electrodes for NiH/sub 2/ battery devices which will be lighter in weight and have higher energy densities when cycled under a low Earth orbit regime at deep depths of discharge. Lightweight plaques are first exposed to 31 percent potassium hydroxide for 3 months to determine their suitability for use as electrode substrates from a chemical corrosion standpoint. Pore size distribution and porosity of the plaques are then measured. The lightweight plaques examined are nickel foam, nickel felt, nickel plastic and nickel plated graphite. Plaques are then electrochemically impregnated in an aqueous solution. Initial characterization tests of the impregnated plaques are performed at five discharge levels, C/2, 1.0 C, 1.37 C, 2.0C, and 2.74 C rates. Electrodes that passed the initial characterization screening test will be life cycle tested. Lightweight electrodes are approximately 30 to 50 percent lighter in weight than the sintered nickel electrode.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center
- OSTI ID:
- 5735407
- Report Number(s):
- N-86-21978; NASA-TM-87253; E-2942; CONF-860688-3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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