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Title: Battery cell for a primary battery

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6004439

A battery cell for a primary battery, particularly a flat cell battery to be activated on being taken into use, e.g., when submerged into water. The battery cell comprises a positive current collector and a negative electrode. A separator layer which, being in contact with the negative electrode, is disposed between said negative electrode and the positive current collector. A depolarizing layer containing a depolarizing agent is disposed between the positive current collector and the separate layer. An intermediate layer of a porous, electrically insulating, and water-absorbing material is disposed next to the positive current collector and arranged in contact with the depolarizing agent.

Assignee:
Innovex Oy, (Finland)
Patent Number(s):
US 4487821
OSTI ID:
6004439
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 24 Jun 1981, Finland; Other Information: PAT-APPL-276887
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English