Method of making a current collector for a sodium/sulfur battery
A method is described of making a current collector for a sodium/sulfur battery. The current collector is electronically conductive and resistant to corrosive attack by sodium/polysulfide melts. The method comprises: forming the current collector for the sodium/sulfur battery from an evenly dispersed microscopic composite material formed of 70-90% by volume of aluminium filled with 30-10% by volume of electronically conductive fibers. The fibers are selected from the group of fibers consisting essentially of graphite fibers having a diameter up to 10 microns and silicon carbide fibers having a diameter in a range of 500-1000 angstroms; and treating the current collector after formation thereof so as to remove aluminium from surfaces thereof to be in contact with sodium/polysulfide melts. In this way surface ones of the electronically conductive ceramic fibers extend outwardly from the surfaces into the sodium/polysulfide melts and an aluminum sulfide surface coating can form on the aluminum between adjacent ones of the electronically conductive ceramic fibers when the sodium/sulfur battery formed using the current collector is in operation.
- Assignee:
- Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4649022
- OSTI ID:
- 6659413
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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250903* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Materials
Components
& Auxiliaries
ALKALI METALS
ALUMINIUM
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM SULFIDES
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON FIBERS
CERAMICS
CHALCOGENIDES
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
CORROSION RESISTANCE
DEPOSITION
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRODES
ELEMENTS
FABRICATION
FIBERS
MATERIALS
MELTING
METAL-NONMETAL BATTERIES
METALS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SILICON CARBIDES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SIZE
SODIUM
SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE COATING