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Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process June invention type 06/06

20060141296 - Fuel cell: P

20060141297 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell comprises a unit cell having a membrane-like electrode unit including an electrolyte membrane, a fuel electrode consisting essentially of a catalyst layer and a diffusion layer, which are formed in the order mentioned on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and an air electrode consisting essentially of...

20060141295 - Reactor and fuel cell system therewith: A fuel cell system is provided with a reactor. The reactor is provided with a first member including plural first projections; a second member including plural second projections, the second projections being so dimensioned as to at least partly enter into gaps between the respective first projections; a catalyst supported...

20060141298 - Solenoid-operated valve for fuel cells: A first port for introducing hydrogen is defined in a side wall of a first valve body, and a hot water passage for passing therethrough hot water to heat a region in the vicinity of the first port is defined in the first valve body above the first port. The...

20060141299 - Detecting and handling a fault condition in a fuel cell system: A technique that is usable with a fuel cell system includes comparing at least one parameter of the fuel cell system to a predetermined signature to identify an entity of the fuel cell system, which possibly caused a fault condition in the fuel cell system. The technique includes operating the...

20060141301 - Fuel cell and fuel cell coolant compositions: This invention is directed to coolant compositions, particularly coolant compositions useful n fuel cells, and to fuel cells containing such coolant compositions. The coolant compositions or heat transfer fluids of this invention have and retain low electrical conductivity through extended periods of use. These coolant or heat transfer fluids are...

20060141300 - Preconditioning treatment to enhance redox tolerance of solid oxide fuel cells: A high temperature, redox tolerant fuel cell anode electrode and method of fabrication in which the anode electrode is pre-conditioned by application of an initial controlled redox cycle to the electrode whereby an initial re-oxidation of the anode electrode is carried out at temperatures less than or equal to about...

20060141303 - Fuel cell apparatus having fuel cell stack and controller, and method of manufacturing same: A fuel cell apparatus includes a fuel cell stack of a plurality of fuel cells electrically connected in series with each other and a controller configured to control the fuel cell stack by using a part of electric power generated by the fuel cell stack. The controller is electrically connected...

20060141304 - Method and apparatus for a combined fuel cell and hydrogen purification system: Fuel cell systems and associated methods of operation are provided whereby application of a fuel cell is coordinated with a fuel processor and a hydrogen separator. One such method includes the following steps: (1) operating a fuel processor to convert a hydrocarbon to reformate; (2) reacting the reformate in a...

20060141302 - Pressure regulator for a fuel cell, fuel supply system for a fuel cell using the regulator, electronic equipment having the fuel supply system, and fuel cartridge for a fuel cell: A fuel supply system for a fuel cell supplies fuel to a fuel cell of an electronic equipment. The fuel supply system includes a pressure regulator for regulating primary pressure to secondary pressure, and a pair of cylindrical fuel cartridges which are connected to a pair of inlets on a...

20060141305 - Electric power generation control system and electric power generation control method for fuel cell: A power generation control system for a fuel cell, which includes a rechargeable battery (5), and a controller (10) including: a unit (101) for computing a target power to be generated by a fuel cell (3); a unit (106) for detecting available power of the rechargeable battery (5); a unit...

20060141306 - Fuel cell system including a unit for electrical isolation of a fuel cell stack from a manifold assembly and method therefor: A fuel cell system with improved electrical isolation having a fuel cell stack with a positive potential end and a negative potential, a manifold for use in coupling gases to and from a face of the fuel cell stack, an electrical isolating assembly for electrically isolating the manifold from the...

20060141308 - Apparatus and method for variable conductance temperature control: An integrated heat management assembly that is thermally coupled to a component requiring temperature control is provided. The integrated heat management assembly in one embodiment of the invention is a heat switch which includes two opposed surfaces, a first surface being a hot contact which is coupled to the component,...

20060141310 - Fuel cell system and method of controlling the same: A fuel cell system wherein even if the fuel cell is exposed to a cold environment, stabilization of power generation is possible. The fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell in which electric power is generated by a reaction of reaction gases; purging means for purging at least one of...

20060141309 - Fuel cell system and method of starting fuel cell system: A reaction gas is supplied to a cathode side of a fuel cell at a flow rate higher than that for a usual operation of the fuel cell to thaw the fuel cell system at startup in a freezing state of the system when the system has experienced a temperature...

20060141307 - Liquid fuel direct supply fuel cell system and its operation controlling method and controller: A liquid fuel direct supply fuel cell system capable of being operated under optimal conditions. A plurality of cells each having an anode and a positive electrode disposed oppositely through an electrolytic film and being fed, respectively, with liquid fuel and oxidizing agent gas are connected in series as a...

20060141312 - Fuel cell coolers with inverse flow and condensation zone: A fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack (9) employing a phosphoric acid or other electrolyte, includes a non-reactive zone (11) in each of a group of fuel cells between corresponding coolant plates (55), the coolant entering the coolant plates in an area adjacent to the non-reactive zones (29-31)....

20060141311 - Oxidizer for a fuel cell system: An oxidizer that is usable with a fuel cell includes a catalyst, an inlet to communicate an oxidant flow, an injection tube to communicate an anode exhaust flow, a mixing tube and a divergent nozzle. The injection tube communicates the anode exhaust flow from the fuel cell into the oxidizer...

20060141314 - Membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system comprising the same: The present invention relates to a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell system including an anode and a cathode facing each other, the polymer electrolyte membrane being interposed between the anode and the cathode, and the membrane-electrode assembly including an amphiphilic block copolymer including a hydrophobic block and a hydrophilic...

20060141313 - Proton conductive film, method for producing the same, and fuel cell using same: The proton conducting membrane of the present invention is a proton conducting membrane having particles 1 comprising a metal-oxygen crosslinked structure and the particles 1 have an acid group such as sulfonic acid group incorporated in the surface thereof and form a continuity. The gap 2 between the particles is...

20060141315 - Polymer electrolyte composition containing aromatic hydrocarbon-based resin: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer electrolyte composition ensuring high durability even under high-temperature low-humidification conditions (for example, an operation temperature of 100° C. with 50° C. humidification (corresponding to a humidity of 12 RH %)), and a proton exchange membrane comprising the polymer electrolyte...

20060141316 - Proton conductor and electrochemical device using the same: A proton conductor includes P2O5 and at least one of B2O3, ZrO2, SiO2, WO3, and MoO3. The proton conductor has an amorphous phase of 60 wt % or more. The proton conductor exhibits proton conductivity at temperatures above 100° C. without humidification....

20060141317 - Proton conductor, polymer electrolyte comprising the same and fuel cell employing the polymer electrolyte: A proton conductor includes a molecule with a hydroxy group arranged at a terminal end and an ether-based functional group arranged at an α-carbon position. The proton conductor may be used to impregnate a polymer matrix to form a polymer electrolyte....

20060141320 - Fuel cell and method for manufacturing electrolyte membrane for fuel cell: The present invention has as an object to produce a thinner electrolyte layer in a solid oxide type fuel cell. In a solid oxide type fuel cell, a solid oxide electrolyte layer 110 is grown on the surface of a hydrogen-permeable metal layer 120. A structure is provided for preventing...

20060141318 - Fuel cell metallic separator: The invention provides a fuel cell metallic separator, wherein the metallic plate's edges include a resin portion comprising the communication ports. The resin portion around the communication ports is shaped so as to be capable of interlocking with a fuel cell stack component adjacently located in a fuel cell system....

20060141322 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system including a fuel cell including a cell body having an electrolyte membrane held between a fuel electrode and an air electrode, and a fuel supply chamber neighboring to the fuel electrode of the cell body, and having a fuel liquid supply port (and optionally a fuel...

20060141323 - Holding member for holding an electrochemical cell, a holding substrate for the same, an electrochemical system and a connecting member for electrochemical cells: The invention provides an assembly structure for facilitating assembly of laminated cells, for reducing the possibility of gas leakage and for preventing the reduction of generating efficiency of cells due to gas leakage. In a disclosed embodiment, a plate-shaped electrochemical cell 9 made of a ceramic material with a through...

20060141319 - Integrated end-bus plate for fuel cell: An integrated end-bus plate for fuel cell stack includes main plate body and a conducting plate. The main plate body is made of corrosion resistant and non-conducting material, which inner side has at least a contacting surface provided for flatly in contact with one side of the fuel cell unit...

20060141321 - Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell with tandem fuel tanks and inertial trigger: A fuel cell apparatus includes tandem storage tanks containing activation devices that release the oxidant gas and fuel gas to the fuel cell membrane when needed. The membrane assemblies surround the storage tanks, overlapping one another in a configuration more suited to use in environments with limited space than the...

20060141324 - Manifold gasket accommodating differential movement of fuel cell stack: A gasket for use in a fuel cell system having at least one externally manifolded fuel cell stack, for sealing the manifold edge and the stack face. In accordance with the present invention, the gasket accommodates differential movement between the stack and manifold by promoting slippage at interfaces between the...

20060141325 - Dielectric frame assembly and fuel cell manifold: An assembly having a dielectric frame which utilizes a plurality of segments, each segment having opposing first and second surfaces and first and second ends portions. Each of the first and second end portions has an end surface and a cutout extending from the end surface of the end portion...

20060141327 - Electrically balanced fluid manifold assembly for an electrochemical fuel cell system: An electrically balanced fluid manifold assembly for supplying a fluid to an electrochemical fuel cell system comprising at least two fuel cell stacks electrically connected in series, each fuel cell stack comprising an inlet fluid port and an outlet fluid port, the manifold assembly comprising: a primary inlet fluid line;...

20060141329 - Fuel cell demineralizers integrated with coolant accumulator: The water transport plates (8) of a stack of fuel cells (9) receive water from an accumulator (11) which has a vent (17) within which demineralizers (33) are disposed. The entrance to the accumulator has a conical baffle which disrupts the flow of water entering the accumulator, thereby acting as...

20060141332 - Fuel cell stack assembly: An exemplary fuel cell device assembly is a fuel cell stack assembly comprising: (i) a plurality of fuel cell packets, each of the packets comprising (a) a frame and (b) two planar electrolyte-supported fuel cell arrays, the fuel cell arrays arranged such that anode side of one fuel cell array...

20060141331 - Fuel cells evaporative reactant gas cooling and operational freeze prevention: Fuel cells (38) have water passageways (67; 78, 85; 78a, 85a) that provide water through reactant gas flow field plates (74, 81) to cool the fuel cell. The water passageways may be vented to atmosphere (99), by a porous plug (69), or pumped (89, 146) with or without removing any...

20060141330 - Fuel cells evaporatively cooled with water carried in passageways: Fuel cells (38) have minute water passageways (67) that provide water through one or both reactant gas flow field plates (74, 82) of each fuel cell, whereby the fuel cell is cooled convectively. The water passageways (67; 78, 85; 78a, 85a) may be vented by a porous plug (69), or...

20060141326 - Integrated current collector and electrical component plate for a fuel cell stack: An integrated current collector and electrical component plate for a fuel cell stack is disclosed, comprising a printed circuit board comprising the following layers: a current collection layer, comprising a current collector; a first insulation layer, comprising a first surface and a second surface; an electrical component layer, comprising an...

20060141333 - Metallic separator for fuel cell and fuel cell including the same: A separator for a fuel cell includes a first layer that includes stainless steel and tungsten and a second layer that includes stainless steel and tungsten. The first layer contains more tungsten than the second layer so that the separator has anticorrosion properties specifically tailored to the environment of the...

20060141328 - Z-axis electrically conducting flow field separator: A flexible flow field separator includes a substrate layer formed of a flexible material and having first and second surfaces. A structured flow field pattern is defined on the first surface of the substrate layer. The structured flow field pattern defines one or more fluid channels. The separator includes a...

20060141334 - Catalyst for fuel cell and electrode using the same: The present invention provides a catalyst for a fuel cell with excellent resistance for poisoning gas such as CO and the electrode using the same, and a high performance catalyst for a direct methanol-type fuel cell using methanol as fuel and the electrode using the same. For this purpose, the...

20060141335 - Platinum and tungsten containing electrocatalysts: The present teachings are directed toward electrocatalyst compositions of platinum, tungsten and at least a third metal for use in fuel cells. The electrocatalyst composition is composed essentially of platinum present in an atomic percentage ranging between about 20 percent and about 55 percent, tungsten present in an atomic percentage...

20060141336 - Electrode and electrolyte composite for fuel cell, and method for manufacture thereof: An electrode having a thermoplastic resin having gas permiability and a metal (3b) supported in a three-dimensional matrix form; an electrolyte composite having an electrolyte membrane (1) and a pair of electrodes (3), the electrodes (3) comprising a porous thermoplastic resin having gas permiability and a metal (3b) supported in...

20060141337 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell is provided having a positive electrode layer (13) and a negative electrode layer (14) disposed on the front and rear sides of an electrolyte membrane (12), for generating electricity by bringing hydrogen into contact with a catalyst in the negative electrode layer and bringing oxygen into contact...

20060141338 - Direct oxidation fuel cell and system operating on concentrated fuel using low oxidant stoichiometry: A direct oxidation fuel cell system includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), a high concentration fuel and an oxidant source. Embodiments include a controller for adjusting the oxidant stoichiometric ratio or air flow to maximize the liquid water phase in the cathode exhaust and minimize the water vapor in the...

20060141339 - Wafer provided with transverse conductors and application to a fuel cell: A thin wafer comprising through holes filled at least partially with conductive carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer. A fuel cell comprising, in a thin wafer, a through hole filled with an electrolyte surrounded with barriers of carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer....

20060141340 - Method for coating noble metals on titanium current collectors for use in nonaqueous li/cfx cells: A lithium/fluorinated carbon electrochemical cell having the CFx material supported on a titanium current collector screen sputter coated with a noble metal is described. The gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, rhodium and ruthenium-coated titanium current collector provides the cell with higher rate capability, even after exposure to high temperatures, in comparison...

20060141341 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a positive electrode having a positive electrode material mixture containing a composite lithium oxide; a negative electrode; a polyolefin separator; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a heat-resistant insulating layer interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. The positive electrode active material mixture has an estimated...

20060141342 - Heat dissipating vent cap for battery: A vent cap for mounting in a fill opening of an electrochemical battery includes a hollow cap body with connected top and bottom walls and an inlet aperture adjacent one end of the bottom wall. The body forms a material holding chamber and has a vent hole spaced away from...

20060141344 - Battery cover latching assembly for portable electronic device: A battery cover latching assembly is used in a portable electronic device, which has a battery cover (10) and a housing (40). The battery cover latching assembly (100) includes a latching hole (12) defined in the battery cover, a locking mechanism (300), and a catching portion (42) formed on the...

20060141343 - Battery-locking mechanism for electronic apparatus: An arrangement configuration of a battery locking mechanism in an electronic apparatus is taken into consideration to make further downsizing of the electronic apparatus possible. The battery locking mechanism includes a battery mounting section (25) provided on a back surface side of an image pickup apparatus (1) for removably receiving...

20060141345 - Portable computer and battery device thereof: A battery device includes a containing shell, a first battery set, and a second battery set. The battery device is configured on an electronic device along an assembling plane. The containing shell has a first containing portion and a second containing portion, which are disposed abreast with each other and...

20060141346 - Solid electrolyte thermoelectrochemical system: A solid electrolyte thermoelectrochemical system which employs a non-porous solid electrolyte as membrane between an anode compartment and a cathode compartment. The system utilizes the principles of a concentration cell using a non-porous inorganic solid electrolyte membrane and ionic solutions of differing concentration....

20060141347 - Battery pack comprising heat-diffusing means: A pronounced heat-diffusing action for a battery pack, which has a plurality of battery cells (2) located in a housing (1), is created by shaping the wall of the housing (1) surrounding the battery cells (2) such that this wall forms at least one duct (3, 4) for a heat-diffusing...

20060141348 - Battery pack cooling mechanism: According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system includes a chassis and a battery pack mounted within the chassis. The battery pack includes one or more battery cells and cooling components to enable thermal energy generated by the one or more battery cells to be conducted and dissipated...

20060141349 - Battery connector: A battery pack including a cell unit containing at least one cell and a contact unit connected to the cell unit. The contact unit includes a housing containing connector parts for connection to external complementary connector parts and conductors electrically connecting the connecting parts to the at least one cell....

20060141350 - Separator material for forming a separator for an acid accumulator: The invention relates to a separator material (6) for forming a separator for a lead-acid accumulator, especially in the form of unfinished rolled product, and a method for the production thereof. The inventive separator material (6) comprises a first layer in the form of a microporous film (1) and at...

20060141352 - Lithium ion secondary battery and charging method therefor, and charge or charge/discharge control system for lithium ion secondary battery: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a composite lithium oxide, a negative electrode capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, a sheet-like separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a porous electron-insulating film attached to the surface of the...

20060141351 - Polyethylene microporous film for a rechargeable battery separator and a method of preparing the same: Disclosed are a polyethylene microporous film and a method of preparing the same. The polyethylene microporous film, which has a laminated structure comprising B layer/A layer/B layer, prepared by melt-mixing a polyethylene and an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent together at controlled mixing ratios to separately form an A layer and a...

20060141353 - Battery and related manufacturing method: A battery is provided with a support body, a surface of the support body, a plurality of unit cells located inside the support body, and an opening portion communicating between an inside and an outside of the support body. A resonance is allowed in the surface of the support body...

20060141354 - Can for a battery and battery using the same: A can includes a body receiving an electrode assembly of a battery and a bottom wall protruding downward from the body and having a convex bottom surface such that the bottom wall does not bend toward an inner portion of the can when the body is compressed....

20060141355 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery includes a fixing unit in a terminal plate to fix the terminal plate to an electrode terminal to prevent the terminal plate from rotating when an electrode tap is welded to a cap assembly or when the cap assembly is assembled with an upper portion of...

20060141357 - Battery and lead-insulating film: A lithium battery (1) has a battery module (2), a battery package (5) for holding the battery module (2) therein, and leads (4) extending from the battery module (2) and projecting outside from the battery package (5). The battery package (5) is formed from a laminated sheet (10), and a...

20060141356 - Electrochemical device: In an electric double layer capacitor 100 comprising an electrochemical element 30 including a pair of electrode layers 32, 36; a pair of container members 10, 20 made of a metal surrounding the electrochemical element 30; and an electrically insulative gasket 40, interposed between the pair of container members 10,...

20060141358 - Cathode for lithium secondary batteries having improved coating properties and lithium secondary batteries using the same: A cathode for lithium secondary batteries coated with a slurry including an active material, a binder and a solvent, and further including a polymerization inhibitor, is disclosed. Gelation of the slurry is prevented during production of the cathode so that adhesion of the slurry is enhanced, thus achieving improved coating...

20060141359 - Lithium secondary battery: Charge-discharge cycle performance is improved in a lithium secondary battery that adopts a thin film made of silicon or a silicon alloy as its negative electrode active material and has a wound electrode structure. The lithium secondary battery includes: a negative electrode having a current collector and a thin film...

20060141360 - Battery positive electrode material: A material for the positive electrode of a silver oxide battery is provided that increases the discharge capacity of the battery. The positive electrode material is a conductive composite oxide represented by the general formula AgxNiyO2, in which X/Y is greater than 1 and does not exceed 1.9, and by...

20060141361 - Positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery, production method thereof, and lithium secondary battery: A positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery having high electron conductivity even at very low temperatures, a production method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery with the use of the positive electrode material are provided. The characteristic feature of this positive electrode material for lithium secondary battery is that...

20060141362 - Electrochemical device including electrolyte: An electrochemical device comprising an electrolyte and at least one electrode plate, the electrochemical device having a metal part constituting the electrode plate or being connected to the electrode plate; the electrolyte comprising a solute and a solvent dissolving the solute; the metal part having an insulating oxide layer for...

20060141363 - Polymer electrolyte composition for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including the same: A polymer electrolyte composition for a rechargeable lithium battery includes an acrylate-based polymer, a lactone-based compound having an alkyl substituent, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a lithium salt. The electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery of the present invention exhibits excellent high temperature storage characteristics, excellent high temperature cycle-life characteristics,...

20060141364 - Electrolyte additive: An electrolyte for use in a lithium ion cell that has a tin anode, the electrolyte comprising vinyl ethylene carbonate....

20060134470 - Compact fuel cell package: The invention relates to a compact and portable fuel cell package. The package includes a fuel cell that generates electrical energy. Some packages also include a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel source. Fuel cell packages described herein provide power densities (power per unit volume or mass) at...

20060134469 - Membrane electrode assembly and method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly: A method for fabricating membrane electrode assembly includes providing an anode side diffusion layer structure and a cathode side diffusion layer structure with a layer of membrane electrolyte therebetween. The diffusion layer structures include diffusion segments, which are coupled to each other by a first engaging member having one or...

20060134471 - Device for recuperating water in a power production unit comprising a fuel cell: The invention concerns a power production unit (10) onboard a motor vehicle, comprising a fuel cell (12) including at least one orifice for evacuating off-gases (28) consisting in particular of air and water vapour, and which are discharged into a discharge pipe (30, 36) wherein is provided a condenser (28)...

20060134473 - Fuel cell system controller: A fuel cell system that includes a control system for regulating the power produced by the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack adapted to produce electrical power from a feed. In some embodiments, the fuel cell system includes a fuel processing assembly adapted to...

20060134472 - Summer and winter mode operation of fuel cell stacks: A fuel cell subject to intermittent use may be operated in two distinct modes, a “summer” or a “winter” mode, depending on whether the cell is expected to be stored at below freezing temperatures or not. At steady state in summer mode, much of the cell interior may be fully...

20060134474 - Fuel cell humidification system: The present invention provides a fuel cell humidification system comprising features of a cathode humidification system, an anode humidity retention system and a countercurrent flow arrangement of the fuel and air streams in the fuel cell, which performs efficiently and is configured particularly for small fuel cells. The present invention...

20060134475 - Air humidifying system for fuel cell stack: An air humidifying system includes an air humidifying device including a humidifying unit, having a dry air inlet and a humidified air outlet, for humidifying a flow of dry air from the dry air inlet to a humidified air exiting at the humidified air outlet. An air filtering unit has...

20060134476 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a heat exchanger, a reformer, and a casing containing the fuel cell stack, the heat exchanger, and the reformer. A chamber unit is formed at an end plate of the fuel cell stack. The air heated by the heat exchanger temporarily...

20060134477 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells stacked together in a stacking direction, and end plates provided at opposite ends of the fuel cells in the stacking direction. A fluid unit is provided on one side of the...

20060134480 - A sensor assembly for measuring humidity, pressure and temperature: A sensor for measuring and controlling pressure, temperature and relative humidity of a gas process stream for a powerplant is disclosed. Sensor elements are integrated to form a compact module at a single location in the stream....

20060134479 - Controlling a fuel cell system: A technique includes providing a network in communication with components of a fuel cell system. The technique includes identifying at least one node of a fuel cell system and automatically configuring the fuel cell system based on at least one characteristic of the identified node(s)....

20060134478 - Fuel cell system: A hydrogen circulation device 4 circulates unused hydrogen gas, expelled from an outlet of a hydrogen electrode 1a of a fuel cell 1, to an inlet of the hydrogen electrode 1a through a hydrogen gas circulation passage 3. If load of a hydrogen circulation device 4 detected by a load...

20060134481 - Dual pump fuel cell temperature management system: The outflow of coolers or water transport plates of a fuel cell stack (15) is fed to the inlet of a gas/liquid separator (12), the liquid output of which is connected through a primary pump (11a) to a liquid accumulator (21). A secondary pump (44) connected to the liquid output...

20060134482 - Air humidification for fuel cell applications: A system and method for improving air humidification for fuel cell applications includes a fuel cell stack having a cathode inlet and a cathode outlet. The cathode inlet receives an oxidant. A humidifier humidifies the oxidant prior to delivery of the oxidant to the cathode inlet. An injection nozzle is...

20060134485 - Fuel battery: A fuel battery comprising a hollow fuel cell unit and a gas combustor, the fuel cell unit comprising a stacked body formed of an anode layer and a cathode layer on the inner side and the outer side, respectively, of a hollow body of a solid electrolyte material, and the...

20060134483 - Passive microcoolant loop for an electrochemical fuel cell: Improvements in freezing and sub-freezing startup time for an electrochemical fuel cell system may be observed by having a passive coolant microloop using two gear pump heads. During a cold start, a stack valve is initially fully closed and causes all system coolant arriving at the module to run through...

20060134484 - Solid oxide fuel cells: A solid oxide fuel cell in which one or more cell units of the fuel cell are disposed within or in proximity to a flame, produced upon combustion of a fuel material, and are exposed to the flame, thereby generating electricity. In the solid-oxide fuel cell, the fuel cell is...

20060134486 - Solid oxide fuel cells: A solid oxide fuel cell in which one or more cell units of the fuel cell are disposed in proximity to a flame, generated upon combustion of a gaseous fuel material, and is exposed to the flame, thereby generating electricity. The fuel cell is provided with a combustion chamber for...

20060134488 - Electrolyte sheet with a corrugation pattern: An electrolyte sheet comprises a substantially non-porous body and has at least one stress-relief area on at least a portion of the electrolyte sheet. The stress-relief area has a surface with a plurality of smoothly domed cells....

20060134487 - Methods to control water flow and distribution in direct methanol fuel cells: A direct methanol fuel cell unit is provided with a fuel cell including an anode, a cathode with a hydrophobic microporous layer, an electrolyte membrane put in-between, and a fuel supply path supplying fuel to the anode. The fuel supply path is provided with an upwind water barrier preventing back-diffusion...

20060134489 - Compact solid oxide fuel cell stack: This invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of tubular solid oxide fuel cells each comprising concentric inner and outer electrode layers sandwiching a concentric electrolyte layer. The fuel cells extend in the same direction and are arranged in a cluster with at least one...

20060134490 - Multi-element thin-film fuel cell: An economical and easy to manufacture miniaturized fuel cell having fuel chambers formed from a substrate, such as a silicon wafer, to define a plurality of elongate fuel chambers in fluid-communication with each other within the substrate. Elongate electrolytes, anodes and cathodes extend along the fuel chambers to maximize the...

20060134492 - Bismuth oxide-based electrode-electrolyte pair (variants), method for the production thereof (variants) and organogel: This invention relates to the field of electric power generation by direct transformation of the chemical energy of gaseous fuel to electric power by means of high-temperature solid oxide fuel cells. The invention can be used for the fabrication of miniaturized thin filmed oxygen sensors, in electrochemical devices for oxygen...

20060134494 - Branched and sulphonated multi block copolymer and electrolyte membrane using the same: The electrolyte membrane of the present invention has high proton conductivity and excellent mechanical properties as well as chemical stability, so it can be effectively used for the production of thin film without the decrease of membrane properties according to the increase of sulfonic acid group since it enables the...

20060134493 - Highly durable polymer electrolytic membrane for a fuel cell having a cross-linked structure: The objective of the invention is to solve the problems of conventional polymer electrolyte membranes, including small ion-exchange capacity and low oxidation and methanol resistance. A polymer film substrate is irradiated with γ-rays, electron beams or other radiations to perform multi-graft polymerization with functional monomers and then the polymer film...

20060134491 - Zirconium dioxide-based electrode-electrolyte pair (variants), method for the production thereof (variants) and organogel: This invention relates to the field of electric power generation by direct transformation of the chemical energy of gaseous fuel to electric power by means of high-temperature solid oxide fuel cells. The invention can be used for the fabrication of miniaturized thin filmed oxygen sensors, in electrochemical devices for oxygen...

20060134496 - Fuel cell conditioning layer: A method and apparatus for depositing a material layer to treat and condition a substrate, such as a fuel cell part, is described. The method includes depositing a hydrophilic material layer on a portion of the surface of the substrate in a process chamber from a mixture of precursors of...

20060134495 - Fuel cell system with cathode stream recirculation: A fuel cell cathode recirculation valve is provided. The valve is configured to recirculate nearly 100% of a cathode outlet stream at idle and to exhaust all of a cathode outlet stream when the fuel cell is operating a full power....

20060134497 - Manifold system for a fuel cell: A fuel cell system includes multiple fuel cells. Each fuel cell may be a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that is arranged to optimize the performance of the fuel cell. The fuel cells may include silicon wafer substrates that define flow channels through the fuel cells for hydrogen and oxidant...

20060134498 - Fuel cell stack and method of making same: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack that includes fuel cell plates. The fuel cell system includes a retainer to maintain a total compression force on the fuel cell plates between approximately 5 to 40 pounds per square inch....

20060134499 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fluid unit, and a load applying mechanism. The fluid unit includes a heat exchanger and a reformer provided on one side of the fuel cell stack, and the load applying mechanism is provided on the other side of the fuel...

20060134502 - Bipolar plate for a fuel cell: The invention relates to a bipolar plate for a fuel cell, the plate being made up of two half-plates assembled one against the other via their inside faces, each half-plate including in its inside face at least a first groove and a second groove that are spaced apart from each...

20060134500 - Fuel cell comprising current collectors integrated in the electrode/membrane/electrode stack: The invention relates to a fuel cell with a stack comprising an electrolytic membrane (4), with front and rear faces (4a, 4b) on which first and second current collectors (13, 15) are respectively arranged, each comprising a metallic deposit and provided with a number of transverse passages. First and second...

20060134503 - Pillared fuel cell electrode system: A fuel cell system includes multiple fuel cells. Each fuel cell may be a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that is arranged to optimize the performance of the fuel cell. The fuel cells may include silicon wafer substrates that define flow channels through the fuel cells for hydrogen and oxidant...

20060134501 - Separator for fuel cell, method for preparing the same, and fuel cell stack comprising the same: The metal separator for a fuel cell of the present invention includes a metal substrate having reactant flow pathways and an electro-conductive anti-corrosion coating layer. The electro-conductive anti-corrosion coating layer covers the surface of the metal substrate on which the reactant flow pathways are formed. The coating layer may include...

20060134504 - Fuel cell in which a fluid circulates essentially parallel to the electrolytic membrane and method for production of such a fuel cell: The invention relates to a fuel cell, comprising a substrate supporting an electrolytic membrane with first and second faces on which first and second electrodes are respectively arranged. The first and second electrodes respectively comprise first and second catalytic elements and first and second fluids are respectively provided for supply...

20060134505 - Hydrogen absorption induced metal deposition on palladium and palladium-alloy particles: The present invention relates to methods for producing metal-coated palladium or palladium-alloy particles. The method includes contacting hydrogen-absorbed palladium or palladium-alloy particles with one or more metal salts to produce a sub-monoatomic or monoatomic metal- or metal-alloy coating on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbed palladium or palladium-alloy particles. The invention...

20060134508 - Direct methanol fuel cell: e

20060134506 - Electrode catalyst for fuel cell: Disclosed is an electrode catalyst comprising: (a) a support with a specific surface area of at least 1200 m2/g; and (b) platinum or platinum-containing alloy particles on the support, wherein the platinum is supported on the electrode catalyst in an amount of 56˜90 wt % based on the total weight...

20060134507 - Fuel cell electrode containing metal phosphate and fuel cell using the same: A fuel cell electrode includes a catalyst layer, which includes a supported metallic catalyst, a proton conductor including a metal phosphate, a binder, and a gas diffusion layer including an electrical conductive material....

20060134509 - Method and apparatus for metal coated silicon fuel cell electrode: According to one embodiment of the invention, an intermediate binding layer and a metal layer can be deposited on a silicon electrode that has been configured with a flow field for a fuel cell. The metal provides high conductivity for the electrode and can also prevent degradation of the silicon....

20060134510 - Air cell air flow control system and method: Devices and methods for air flow impedance modulation or control. A flow impedance modification device may include a wall defining an opening and a flexible membrane for opening, closing, or impeding the opening. Electrodes disposed on the flexible membrane and near the flexible membrane are used to control the positioning...

20060134511 - Battery, manufacturing method of battery, and check method of electrolyte leakage: There is provided manufacturing method of battery comprising adhering process (S1) to adhere fluorescent material (leakage indicator including fluorescein) which emits fluorescence in response to predetermined light (ultraviolet radiation) irradiated under condition that electrolyte exists, to at least one portion of a surface on a battery case, and leakage detecting...

20060134512 - Jelly-roll electrode assembly and lithium rechargeable battery including the same: A jelly-roll electrode assembly includes an extensible fixing layer fixing the shape of the jelly-roll electrode assembly....

20060134513 - Electronic apparatus and battery: An electronic apparatus and a battery by which battery inserting and removing operations can be performed smoothly with certainty are disclosed. When a battery is inserted into a battery accommodating chamber, a locking projection of a spring is contacted once with and resiliently deformed outwardly in a widthwise direction by...

20060134514 - Battery including a plurality of cells placed side by side in a case: Battery (1) of the type including a plurality of cells (3) placed side by side in a case (2), in which the cells (3) are separated from each other and from the walls (11, 12) of the case (2), at least on some of their sides, by sheets (6, 9,...

20060134515 - Energy device and various applications using the same: An object of the present invention is to provide an energy device excellent in input/output characteristics at a low temperature and various applications using the same. The present invention consists in an energy device comprising a positive electrode having a region where a faradic reaction occurs, and a negative electrode...

20060134516 - Anode active material, method of preparing the same, and anode and lithium battery containing the material: An anode active material comprises graphite core particles, and a first coating layer and a second coating layer formed on the surface of the graphite core particles. The first coating layer comprises silicon microparticles and the second coating layer comprises carbon fiber....

20060134517 - Lithium secondary battery: Charge-discharge cycle performance is improved in a lithium secondary battery utilizing a material containing silicon as a positive electrode active material. A lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode (2) containing silicon as a negative electrode active material, a positive electrode (1) containing a lithium-transition metal composite oxide, and a...

20060134518 - Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, production method thereof and lithium ion secondary battery comprising the same: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery including a current collector and an active material layer carried on the current collector, wherein the active material layer includes a first layer and a second layer alternately laminated in a thickness direction of the active material layer, and wherein the...

20060134519 - Alkaline accumulator: The invention relates to a nickel-cadmium battery having pocket-type plate negatives. In order to vary the properties of nickel-cadmium batteries having pocket-type plate negatives such that the unfavourable long-term behaviour is avoided and better endurance data can be achieved, the invention proposes to use fibre pattern electrodes as positive electrodes....

20060134520 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and positive electrode active material: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a case, a positive electrode housed in the case and including a positive electrode active material containing a lithium-nickel composite oxide and at least one of lithium hydroxide and lithium oxide, the sum of lithium hydroxide and lithium oxide falling within not less than 0.1%...

20060134521 - Lithium composite oxide particle for positive electrode material of lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery positive electrode and lithium secondary battery using the same: Condition (B): on the mercury intrusion curve, the mercury intrusion volume from 50 MPa to 150 MPa is 0.01 cm3/g or larger. Condition (C): the average pore radius is within 10-100 nm, and the pore-size distribution curve has a main peak (with peak top at a pore radius of within...

20060134522 - Deposition of licoo2: In accordance with the present invention, deposition of LiCoO2 layers in a pulsed-dc physical vapor deposition process is presented. Such a deposition can provide a low-temperature, high deposition rate deposition of a crystalline layer of LiCoO2 with a desired <101> or <003> orientation. Some embodiments of the deposition addresses the...

20060134523 - Graphite powders suited for negative electrode material of lithium ion secondary battery: A graphite powder suitable for a negative electrode material of a lithium ion secondary battery which assures a high discharging capacity not lower than 320 mAh/g is to be manufactured at a lower cost. Specifically, a graphite powder containing 0.01 to 5.0 wt % of boron and having a looped...

20060134524 - Battery: A battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics is provided. A coating containing lithium fluoride and lithium hydroxide is provided on the surface of an anode active material layer. The ratio between lithium fluoride and lithium hydroxide is in the range, in which the Li2F+/Li2OH+ peak intensity...

20060134525 - Rechargeable lithium battery: The invention relates to a rechargeable battery based on lithium metal as anode. The rechargeable lithium metal battery according to the invention comprises an electrolyte and also chlorine and fluorine containing compounds: The battery according to the invention has, in particular, a strongly improved Coulomb efficiency of the metallic lithium....

20060134526 - Lithium ion secondary battery: A lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The lithium ion secondary battery generally comprises an electrode assembly, a container for accommodating the electrode assembly; and an electrolyte. The electrode assembly comprises two electrodes having opposite polarities and a separator. The separator comprises a porous membrane comprising clusters of ceramic particles....

20060134527 - Long life lithium batteries with stabilized electrodes: The present invention relates to non-aqueous electrolytes having electrode stabilizing additives, stabilized electrodes, and electrochemical devices containing the same. Thus the present invention provides electrolytes containing an alkali metal salt, a polar aprotic solvent, and an electrode stabilizing additive. In some embodiments the additives include a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic...

20060134528 - Battery: A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. A spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode and an anode are wound with a separator in between is included. An electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a solvent is impregnated in the separator. The electrolytic...

20060127704 - Hybrid fuel cell system with battery capacitor energy storage system: A fuel cell system that employs a super capacitor and battery electrically coupled in series with each other and in parallel with a fuel cell stack on a power bus line. As the voltage on the power bus line changes over the operating requirements of the system, the super capacitor...

20060127707 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes electromotive portions, a first sheet, a second sheet, a replenishing portion and a fuel adjusting film. The electromotive portions cause fuel and oxygen to react chemically with each other to produce electrical energy. The first sheet is provided to supply the fuel to the electromotive portions....

20060127708 - Method and apparatus for carbon coated silicon fuel cell electrode: According to one embodiment of the invention, carbon can be deposited on a silicon electrode that has been configured with a flow field for a fuel cell. The carbon provides high conductivity for the electrode and can also prevent degradation of the silicon....

20060127705 - Process for producing proton-conducting polymer membranes, improved polymer membranes and the use thereof in fuel cells: The present invention relates to a proton-conducting polymer membrane comprising polyazoles which is obtainable by a process comprising the steps A) preparation of a mixture comprising polyphosphoric acid, at least one polyazole and/or one or more compounds suitable for forming polyazoles under the action of heat in step B), B)...

20060127706 - Reactant feed for nested stamped plates for a compact fuel cell: A fuel cell in a fuel cell stack that provides a transition from nested bipolar plates in the active region of the stack to non-nested bipolar plates in the inactive regions of the stack without giving up the reduced stack thickness provided by the nested plates or changing the size...

20060127709 - Fuel cell stack with multiple groups of cells and flow passes: There is described a method of flowing reactants through a fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells, the method comprising: dividing the stack into a plurality of groups, each of the groups connected together electrically in series; selecting a number of the groups and a number of cells...

20060127710 - System and method for bypassing failed stacks in a multiple stack fuel cell: A system and a method that isolates and bypasses a failed fuel cell stack that is one of a plurality of connected fuel cell stacks within a fuel cell. By isolating and/or bypassing a failed fuel cell stack the fuel can continue to generate power in a degraded mode of...

20060127711 - Systems and methods for fuel cartridge distribution: The invention relates to systems and methods that improve distribution of fuel cartridges. The cartridges include compatibility information. A controller on the device validates the compatibility information before permitting fuel provision from the cartridge to the device. Invalid compatibility information, or absence of the compatibility information, then denies fuel flow...

20060127712 - Fuel cell start-up method, fuel cell system and vehicle equipped with same: The invention relates to a fuel cell start-up method, said fuel cell comprising numerous cells which are supplied by a reformer (10). According to the invention, when the reformer is cold, reformates are supplied to a first sub-assembly (12) of cells of the fuel cell and, when the reformer is...

20060127713 - Temperature zones in a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit: A method for fuel cell system thermal management includes: maintaining a first zone at a first selected temperature range, maintaining a second zone at a second selected temperature range, and maintaining a third zone at a third selected temperature range. The second zone is in thermal communication with a first...

20060127716 - Fuel cell with fuel supply device and method for producing the same: To be able to provide structurally small fuel cells with a limited current capacity, it is proposed that the fuel (H2) to generate a given amount of current be integrated into the material of an electrode designed as a fuel delivery device (3) and/or in a layer adjacent to it....

20060127715 - Layout of an electrical power system provided with a fuel cell in an electric vehicle: An electrical power generating system in an electrical vehicle has a first module for preprocessing and metering of the gases to be supplied to a fuel cell, a second module with the fuel cell, and an electrical power distribution module. The first module and the second module are mounted in...

20060127714 - Power generation apparatus: A power generation apparatus comprises a fuel cell and a reforming module, wherein the reforming module is adapted to reform hydrocarbon fuel into hydrogen and other components, and to separate said hydrogen from said other components. The apparatus is arranged so that said hydrogen is fed from the reforming module...

20060127718 - Fuel cell, operating method thereof, sintering furnace, and power generator: A molten carbonate fuel cell, operating method of the fuel cell, sintering furnace equipped with the fuel cell, and power generator, wherein a cathode gas with a high carbon dioxide concentration can be obtained without a process of increasing the carbon dioxide concentration, and the heat of furnace exhaust gas...

20060127719 - Heat efficient portable fuel cell systems: The invention relates to fuel cell systems with improved thermal efficiency. The systems include a fuel cell that generates electrical energy using hydrogen and a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel. Some heat efficient systems described herein include a thermal catalyst that generates heat when the catalyst interacts...

20060127717 - High temperature protection of fuel cell system combustor and other components via water or water or water vapor injection: A system and method are disclosed for high temperature protection of combustor and other components by controlling the temperature of combustion chamber gases in a fuel cell system tail gas burner using a nozzle or plurality of nozzles to inject water or water vapor upstream, downstream or directly into the...

20060127721 - Fuel cell control and data reporting: A fuel cell pack having a fuel tank, a smart controller, and a fuel cell provides electrical power and operational data pertaining to the fuel cell pack to a host processor. The fuel cell pack and the host processor control the operation of the fuel cell. Control of the fuel...

20060127720 - High temperature protection of hybrid fuel cell system combustor and other components via water or water vapor injection: A system and method are disclosed for high temperature protection of combustor and other components by controlling the temperature of combustor gases in a hybrid fuel cell system combustor using a nozzle or plurality of nozzles to inject water or water vapor, downstream or directly into the combustor. A variable...

20060127722 - Regulator for fuel cell: A regulator for use with fuel cells, which is mounted in a pressure controller of a fuel cell system, has a first diaphragm flexible under the pressure of pilot air supplied as an oxidizing agent to a pilot chamber, a second diaphragm flexible under the pressure of a hydrogen-containing gas...

20060127723 - Near-isothermal high-temperature fuel cell: A fuel cell includes a plurality of power-producing electrode-electrolyte assemblies and heat-conducting elements. Cathode air supplied to the fuel cell is heated inside the fuel cell by fuel cell by-product heat via the heat-conducting elements....

20060127724 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell: The polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention is equipped with a cell having an MEA having a hydrogen ion-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane and an anode and a cathode sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane; a platelike anode-side separator positioned on one side of the MEA so that the front...

20060127725 - Solid oxide fuel cell system: This invention relates to a fuel cell system comprising an outer tubular solid oxide fuel cell, a solid phase porous matrix located inside the outer fuel cell and attached to its inner electrode layer, and at least one inner tubular solid oxide fuel cell embedded in the matrix. The outer...

20060127728 - Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell: wherein Y is a group represented by —C(CF3)2—, (CF2)i—, wherein i is an integer of 1 to 10, —SO— or —SO2—; Z is a divalent electron-donating group or a direct bond; Ar is an aromatic group having a substituent represented by —SO3H; m is an integer of 0 to 10;...

20060127727 - Polymer electrolyte and fuel cell employing the same: A polymer electrolyte that may be used in a fuel cell includes sulfonated polyether ketone ketone and a cross-linking agent....

20060127726 - Solid electrolyte based on magnesia-doped ceria: A solid electrolyte based on magnesia-doped ceria is described, having a composition represented by general formula Ce1-x-yMxMgyO2-d, wherein M stands for Y, Ca or Sr, and the ranges of x and y are defined by the inequalities of 0.01≦x<0.3, 0.01≦y≦0.6 and 0.02≦x+y≦0.7. The composition can be formed into a sintered...

20060127734 - Flexible fuel cell structures having external support: Fuel cell components provide fuel cells on a flexible sheet that defines a wall of a flexible plenum. An external support structure limits expansion of the plenum in response to forces exerted by a pressurized reactant. The external support structure may comprise a portion of a housing of a portable...

20060127733 - Fuel cartridge connectivity: The invention relates to a portable cartridge that stores a fuel for use with a fuel cell system. Cartridges described herein improve mechanical interface between a cartridge and a device that couples to the cartridge. The interface may include one or more of: a sliding interface between a cartridge and...

20060127729 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly, and an IR transmissive window for thermographic analysis of a surface of the membrane electrode assembly is described. The test fuel cell provides a method of monitoring a fuel cell, and capturing a thermographic profile of said fuel cell with an IR...

20060127732 - Fuel cell stacking method and fuel cell tracking device: It is intended to efficiently accomplish stacking of members of high molecular electrolytic type fuel cells. The invention discloses a fuel cell stacking device for conveying stack members to constitute a fuel cell stack and stacking them in a prescribed sequence, comprising a conveying robot, a stacking robot, a guide...

20060127731 - Fuel containment and recycling system: An energy conversion system is provided including at least one energy conversion device. A reservoir container is provided for storing a quantity of fuel and a quantity of exhaust. The reservoir container includes a container body including at least two chambers of inversely variable volume disposed within said container body...

20060127730 - Integrated bus bars for a fuel cell: A fuel cell system having an integral electrical conduction system is provided for the transmission of electrical energy created from a fuel cell stack. The electrical conduction system conducts electricity to a positive and a negative pole, each disposed at a common end of the fuel cell stack for reducing...

20060127737 - Apparatus for and method of forming seals in fuel cells and fuel stacks: A sealing technique is provided for forming complex and multiple seal configurations for fuel cells and other electrochemical cells. To provide a seal, for sealing chambers for oxidant, fuel and/or coolant, a groove network is provided extending through the various elements of the fuel cell assembly. A source of seal...

20060127736 - Fuel cell seal with integral bridge: The invention is drawn to a gasket (34) for use in an individual fuel cell (20). The gasket (34) includes at lest one generally rigid bridge (44) or (46) that extends across the fluid flow channels in adjacent separator plates (38) and (40). The bridge (44) or (46) assures that...

20060127735 - Membrane based electrochemical cell stacks: The present invention provides membrane cassettes and stacks thereof which are suitable for a use in a variety of electrochemical applications. The invention further provides membrane cassettes which comprise one or more composite membrane electrode assemblies which have a peripheral gasket where the gasket has at least one groove or...

20060127738 - Design, method and process for unitized mea: An assembly for a fuel cell including an ionically conductive member, an electrode, and an electrically conductive member. The assembly also includes an adhesive disposed at a peripheral edge of the assembly that adheres the electrically conductive member, the electrode, and the ionically conductive member, as well as provides mechanical...

20060127742 - Enhanced flowfield plates: The present invention is directed to mitigating overuse of limited membrane regions in electrochemical conversion assemblies, particularly under cold start conditions. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the anode and/or cathode flowfield plates of an electrochemical conversion assembly are configured such that the fluid header region defines...

20060127741 - Frame elements for monopolar fuel cell stacks: The present invention relates to frame elements for monopolar fuel cell stacks, permitting a simplified electrical wiring and/or a simplified and improved assembly of monopolar fuel cell stacks. They permit a significant miniaturization of monopolar arrangements....

20060127743 - Fuel delivery apparatus of direct liquid feed fuel cell: A fuel delivery apparatus for a direct liquid feed fuel cell is provided. The fuel delivery apparatus includes a plate stack formed by a one or more double-sided plates positioned between opposing end plates. Both sides of the one or more double-sided plates, and the interior side of each end...

20060127740 - Oxidant flow system for submerged metal air electrochemical cell: A system is provided for efficiently and conveniently circulating oxidant (e.g., air) across an air cathode of a sub-merged or partially submerged electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes an air inlet in gaseous communication with a surface of the air cathode. A cathode frame is provided having designated passageways for...

20060127739 - Plate elements for fuel cell stacks: The invention relates to a plate element for a fuel cell stack which comprises a frame region and at least one inner region which is surrounded by the frame region. In addition, it has a plurality of webs which extend from the frame region into the at least one inner...

20060127744 - Separator for fuel cell and fuel cell using it: The present invention provides a separator for a fuel cell constructed using a metallic pressed plate, in which a gas channel from a manifold to an electrode surface is formed simply, and a good sealing characteristic is realized. The separator is comprised of a metallic pressed plate, a resinous frame...

20060127745 - Electrode and fuel cell: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the same or different, and independently represent a hydrogen atom or C1-8 univalent hydrocarbon group, and m and n are independently an integer from 2 to 4; a fuel cell comprising the catalytic layer; and a fuel cell for bioimplantation whose surface is...

20060127747 - Ceramic anode solid oxide fuel cell: A solid oxide fuel cell having a cathode, at least an electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a ceramic material and an alloy of nickel and at least a second metal, the alloy having an average particle size not higher than 20 nm....

20060127746 - Electode-supported fuel cell: Cathode-supported fuel cell wherein the cathode support comprises a porous part made of an alloy containing iron and chromium and more particularly stainless steel. The anode has a thickness of 1-50 μm and preferably consists of nickel/nickel oxide. The cathode preferably consists of LSM material. Such an electrode-supported fuel cell...

20060127748 - Battery adapter and method of making the same: The present invention pertains to a battery adapter that may include a battery housing. The housing may be made essentially of a substantially rigid material. This housing may be configured to hold one or more batteries. A bottom portion may be provided and may be configured to be disposed at...

20060127749 - Manufacturing method and current collector: A method of forming a current collector layer on electrode layers of an electrochemical air separation element and a current collector. A slurry is prepared that contains electrically conductive particles having surface deposits of a metallic oxide on a metal or metal alloy conductor. The metallic oxide surface deposit constitutes...

20060127750 - Method for preparing positive cathode material for lithium cell, and lithium cell: A method for producing a cathode material for a lithium battery, characterized in that it comprises admixing a compound liberating a phosphate ion in a solution and metallic iron, and dissolving the metallic iron, followed by firing, thereby synthesizing ferric phosphate. The above method further comprising reacting a raw material...

20060127751 - Lithium rechargeable battery: A lithium rechargeable battery with an electrode assembly comprising at least two positive electrode plates with electrode tabs coupled to each positive electrode plate, at least two negative electrode plates with electrode tabs coupled to each negative electrode plate, separators interposed between each positive and negative electrode pair, and the...

20060127752 - Battery with printed circuit: An apparatus (10) includes a battery (12) that has a positive terminal (50) and a negative terminal (52). At least one layer of electrical insulating material (60) is disposed on one of the positive terminal (50) and the negative terminal (52). At least one electrically conductive circuit layer (62) is...

20060127753 - Nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery separator and nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery using the same: An object of this invention is to improve battery performance such as a rate capability of a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery using a separator constituting a thermoplastic resin-based porous film containing a filler. This invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte solution secondary battery separator which is formed from a porous...

20060127754 - Battery pack: A battery pack in which adjoining battery modules are electrically connected is provided with higher reliability of connection and at lower cost than before. A battery pack comprises a plurality of battery modules each including a plurality of sealed batteries. Of the battery modules, a first connecting cell of a...

20060127755 - Can-type rechargeable battery and method for manufacturing the same: A can-type rechargeable battery includes a connection portion for coupling a protection circuit to a can-type bare cell and a lead plate for coupling the connection portion to the can. At least one protrusion is disposed at a connection portion outside the can and a lead plate has a hole...

20060127756 - Lithium secondary battery: A lithium secondary battery includes: a bare cell having an electrode assembly and a case for containing the electrode assembly; a protection circuit module connected to the bare cell; and a cover enclosing the protection circuit module and the bare cell and having an external terminal electrically connected to electrodes...

20060127757 - Alkaline cell and production method for same: The invention provides a mercury-free alkaline cell which does not generate a hydrogen gas. The alkaline cell according to the invention is composed of: a positive electrode; a negative electrode containing zinc alloy powder; a separator which separates the positive electrode from the negative electrode; an alkaline electrolyte; a positive...

20060127758 - Negative electrode can, alkaline cell and production method for same: The invention provides a mercury-free alkaline cell which does not generate a hydrogen gas. The alkaline cell according to the invention contains a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising zinc alloy powder, a separator which separates the positive electrode from the negative electrode, an alkaline electrolyte, a positive electrode can...

20060127760 - Cell: A highly safety cell is provided in which short-circuiting is unlikely to occur. In order to prevent short-circuiting, for example, burrs generated when a laminate film used as an exterior packaging material is cut are prevented from penetrating an interior resin layer of the laminate film. When an electrode terminal...

20060127759 - Lactobacillus casei bd-ii strain and used to reduce blood: A rechargeable battery includes a housing having a housing wall, at least one cell in the housing, and a contact element electrically connected to the at least one cell. The rechargeable battery also includes a plastic sealing element extrusion-coated on the contact element. The sealing element includes a supporting surface...

20060127761 - Electrolyte composition for nickel-zinc batteries: Electrodes and electrolytes for nickel-zinc secondary battery cells possess compositions that limit dendrite formation and other forms of material redistribution in the zinc electrode. In addition, the electrolytes may possess one or more of the following characteristics: good performance at low temperatures, long cycle life, low impedance and suitability for...

20060127763 - Cell structure: e

20060127762 - Impact resistant electrochemical cell with tapered electrode and crumple zone: This invention includes a tapered electrode assembly for providing a crumple zone in a rechargeable cell. The taper, which may be curvilinear, angular or piecewise linear, allows a void to exist between the corner of the metal can and the electrode assembly. This “crumple zone” prevents any external damage to...

20060127765 - Anode and battery: A battery capable of inhibiting temperature increase and an anode used for it are provided. An anode active material layer contains an anode active material and a polymer containing a binder, vinylidene fluoride, as a component. A calorific value by differential scanning calorimetry in charging the anode active material layer...

20060127764 - Electrochemical cells electrodes and binder materials for electrochemical cells electrodes: An electrode described herein comprises an ionic binder selected from the group consisting of poly(stryrenesulfonic acid), copolymer consisting poly(stryrenesulfonic acid), salts of poly(stryrenesulfonic acid), salts of copolymer consisting poly(stryrenesulfonic acid), and their derivatives. The herein disclosed binder materials can enhance battery power performance and improve the utilization of electrode material,...

20060127766 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell:

20060127767 - Process for preparing electroactive insertion compounds and electrode materials obtained therefrom: The invention relates to a process for preparing an at least partially lithiated transition metal oxyanion-based lithium-ion reversible electrode material, which comprises providing a precursor of said lithium-ion reversible electrode material, heating said precursor, melting same at a temperature sufficient to produce a melt comprising an oxyanion containing liquid phase,...

20060127768 - Porous nickel foil for negative electrode of alkaline battery, production method therefor and production device therefor: A porous nickel foil for a negative electrode of an alkaline battery formed by an electrolytic deposition method, wherein the porous nickel foil is flexible and has a thickness of 10-35 μm and a Vickers hardness of 70-130. An electrodeposition drum for producing porous metal foil by an electrolytic deposition...

20060127769 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery wherein a material capable of occludeing/discharging lithium is used as a negative electrode material and a lithium-trasition metal composite oxide which contains Ni and Mn as the transition metal and has a layered structure is used as a positive electrode material is characterized in that...

20060127770 - Thermal battery: A thermal battery includes a plurality of unit cells. Each unit cell includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode. The electrolyte includes a salt molten at the thermal battery operating temperatures. The cathode includes a titanium-containing sulfide as an active material....

20060127771 - Energy storage device: An energy storage device of excellent input/output characteristics and having high density of stored energy, the device having a cathode comprising a material conducting faradic reaction and a material conducting non-faradic reaction, and an anode comprising a material conducting faradic reaction, in which the faradic reaction is desorption/intercalation reaction of...

20060127772 - Negative electrode member for lithium battery and process for producing the same:

20060127773 - Electrode structure for lithium secondary battery and secondary battery having such electrode structure: In an electrode structure for a lithium secondary battery including: a main active material layer formed from a metal powder selected from silicon, tin and an alloy thereof that can store and discharge and capable of lithium by electrochemical reaction, and a binder of an organic polymer; and a current...

20060127774 - Secondary battery and electrode plate therefor: A secondary battery includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, a separator interposed therebetween, and at least one insulation member. The first electrode plate has a first electrode collector having at least one surface on which a first electrode active material is coated to form a coating portion,...

20060127775 - Compositions, redox couples and uses thereof: s

20060127777 - Battery: A battery capable of improving cycle characteristics is provided. A spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode and an anode are layered with a separator in between and wound is included inside a battery can. An electrolytic solution is impregnated in the separator. For the solvent, a mixed solvent...

20060127776 - Electrolyte for lithium battery and lithium battery comprising same: Ra to Rd are the same or different from each other and selected from H, a halogen, an alkoxy group having a carbon number of less than or equal to 8, or an unsaturated or saturated alkyl group having a carbon number of less than or equal to 8, or...

20060127778 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, a cyclic sultone derivative, and an acid anhydride, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte contains the cyclic sultone derivative in an amount of 0.3 to 3% by mass and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains the acid anhydride...

20060115689 - Electronic device and battery replacing method thereof: An electronic device capable of replacing a first battery with a second battery in a power-on condition is provided. The first battery and the second battery respectively have a first conducting sheet and a second conducting sheet. The electronic device includes a circuit board and a battery tray. The battery...

20060115690 - High operating temperature ceramic electrolyte electrochemical conversion devices: A high operating temperature sealed assembly positioned between high thermal expansion solid components. The assembly has a seal-forming material with a glass matrix phase and a crystalline phase. The glass matrix composition consists essentially by mol percent of about 56<SiO2<75; 11<BaO<30; and 2<MgO<14....

20060115694 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell having a fuel gas flow path and an oxidant gas flow path; a compressor for supplying humidified air to the oxidant gas flow path; a back-pressure regulating valve for controlling pressure of humidified air in the oxidant gas flow path; a pressure...

20060115691 - Method for exhaust gas treatment in a solid oxide fuel cell power plant: The invention relates to anode exhaust gas treatment methods for solid oxide fuel cell power plants with CO2 capture, in which the unreacted fuel in the anode exhaust (301) is recovered and recycled, while the resulting exhaust stream (303) consists of highly concentrated CO2. It is essential to the invention...

20060115692 - Method for intelligently arranging a fuel cell system with controllable dynamic series and parallel connections and the fuel cell system itself: A method for arranging fuel cell system with intelligently controllable dynamic series and parallel connections, including the following steps: The first step is to provide at least one multi-route switch. The second step is to electrically connect at least two fuel cells to the multi-route switch. The third step is...

20060115693 - Test station for a fuel cell power module: Aspects of the invention relate to a test station for a fuel cell power module (FCPM). The fuel cell power module has at least one fuel cell therein and a FCPM controller. The test station includes a test controller arranged to communicate with the FCPM controller to determine performance of...

20060115695 - Bisphenol compound and aromatic polyaryl ether: A novel bisphenol compound comprising an alkylsulfonic acid and/or an alkali metal salt thereof is disclosed. The novel bisphenol compound is preferably represented by the chemical formula shown below. A novel aromatic polyaryl ether synthesized using the bisphenol compound and carrying an alkylsulfonic acid and/or an alkali metal salt thereof...

20060115696 - Hydrogen gas humidity control apparatus, fuel cell, hydrogen gas humidity controlling method, and humidity control method for fuel cell: An object is to provide a hydrogen gas humidity control apparatus which removes excess moisture from the fuel gas or performs humidification or dehumidification by adjusting the moisture to keep the humidity in a fuel cell constant at an appropriate level, a fuel cell using the hydrogen gas humidity control...

20060115697 - Substance shutoff device and fuel cell: There is provided a substance shutoff device for shutting down communication of at least one of an inflammable substance and an oxidizer when the inflammable substance and the oxidizer are brought into contact with each other to thereby prevent continuation of the contact between the inflammable substance and the oxidizer,...

20060115698 - Liquid fuel cell system and boosting unit of the same: A liquid fuel cell unit which outputs a first voltage, a boosting circuit which boosts the first voltage output from the liquid fuel cell unit, and outputs a boosted second voltage to an electronic apparatus, and a first control circuit are included. The first control circuit compares the first voltage...

20060115699 - Fuel cell system: Each of fuel cells (1) comprises an electrolyte membrane (10) which is held between an anode (2) and a cathode (3), and is caused to perform power generation by supplying hydrogen to the anode (2) from a hydrogen passage (11) and supplying air to the cathode (3) from an air...

20060115700 - Fuel cell system and method of detecting failure in a fuel gas channel of fuel cell system: When an ignition switch is turned off, a hydrogen supply valve is closed. Operation of a compressor continues, and an air supply valve and an air discharge valve are opened to supply the compressed air into a fuel cell through a hydrogen supply port. The scavenging process of removing the...

20060115701 - Insulating mount structure, insulation monitoring system, and insulation monitoring method for fuel cells: An insulating mount structure for a fuel cell, which includes insulating mounts (2) for mounting the fuel cell stack (1) on a grounded structure (7), and a water barrier (3) extending in a space between the fuel cell a stack (1) and the grounded structure (7), being electrically isolated from...

20060115702 - Liquid fuel cartridge and direct liquid feed fuel cell having the same: A liquid fuel cartridge of a direct liquid feed fuel cell for storing liquid fuel, supplying the liquid fuel to a fuel cell, and recovering water from the cathode of the fuel cell stack. The liquid fuel cartridge has a liquid fuel supplying hole formed at one end, a recovery...

20060115704 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell comprises a single cell including a membrane assembly electrode unit comprising a fuel electrode to which an aqueous methanol solution is supplied as a fuel, an air electrode to which an oxidizing gas is supplied, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the electrodes, a fuel separator and...

20060115703 - Fuel cell endplate and fuel cell: A fuel cell endplate to be combined with a membrane/electrode assembly comprising a high-polymer electrolytic membrane and electrodes sandwiching the membrane; which comprises a resin substrate, a collector plate and a gasket; the collector plate being in contact with the surface of the resin substrate and the membrane/electrode assembly; the...

20060115705 - Bipolar plate and direct liquid feed fuel cell stack: A bipolar plate and a direct liquid feed fuel cell stack are provided. The bipolar plate includes a manifold that is coupled with the fuel/oxidant path holes and a plurality of flow channels that are coupled with the manifold. The flow channels are divided into a plurality of groups, where...

20060115707 - Fuel cell casing and fuel cell: The fuel cell casing includes a plural stacked units. Each unit includes a base body having a concavity, for accommodating a membrane electrode assembly; a first fluid channel formed in the base body; a first wiring conductor formed in the base body; a lid body for sealing concavity hermetically; a...

20060115708 - Fuel cell casing and fuel cell: The fuel cell casing includes a plural stacked units. Each unit includes a base body having a concavity, for accommodating a membrane electrode assembly; a first fluid channel formed in the base body; a first wiring conductor formed in the base body; a lid body for sealing concavity hermetically; a...

20060115706 - Polymer electrolye fuel cell and separator for polymer electrolyte fuel cell: In a polymer electrolyte fuel cell wherein a plurality of unit cells are arranged in a flat manner oriented in the same direction, and the prescribed adjacent unit cells are electrically connected in series so as to connect the plurality of unit cells in series, a flat-type polymer electrolyte fuel...

20060115709 - Fuel cell device assembly and frame: An exemplary fuel cell device assembly includes: (i) an electrolyte sheet; (ii) a plurality of cathodes disposed on one side of the electrolyte sheet; (iii) a plurality of anodes disposed on another side of the electrolyte sheet; and (iv) a frame supporting the electrolyte sheet, the frame having a plurality...

20060115711 - Electrode for fuel cell, fuel cell comprising the same, and method for preparing the same: An electrode for a fuel cell of the present invention includes an electrode substrate, a microporous layer formed on the surface of the electrode substrate, and a nano-carbon layer formed on the surface of the microporous layer with a catalyst layer coated on the surface of the nano-carbon layer. Alternatively,...

20060115712 - Electrode for fuel cell, fuel cell system comprising the same, and method for preparing the same.: The electrode for a fuel cell of the present invention includes a carbonaceous electrode substrate, a microporous layer formed on the surface of the electrode substrate with the microporous layer including a carbonized polymer, and nano-carbon formed on the surface of the microporous layer with a catalyst layer coated on...

20060115710 - Polymer electrolyte fuel cell: In a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, at least one of the anode side separator plate and cathode side separator plate is formed with a main surface having a convex shape protruding toward a gas diffusion layer, and a peripheral edge portion surrounding the main surface. An average thickness of the...

20060115713 - Rechargeable battery: A lithium rechargeable battery includes a current interrupt device in a cap assembly that includes a weakened central breakage portion that is designed to break and interrupt the current in the battery when the pressure inside the battery increases....

20060115714 - Secondary battery module: A secondary battery module includes a unit battery pack having a plurality of unit batteries arranged at predetermined intervals, and a housing having the unit battery pack disposed in the housing. A heat transfer medium for controlling temperature of the plurality of unit batteries circulates in the housing. A first...

20060115715 - Battery cover fixing mechanism and battery cover and housing assembly: A battery cover fixing mechanism is provided for coupling a cover (1) to a housing (2) of a portable electronic device. The battery cover fixing mechanism includes a blocking mechanism, an opening (16), a latching mechanism, a slot (20) and a cutout (24). The cover forms the blocking mechanism and...

20060115716 - Battery module: A battery module including at least one battery column in which a plurality of unit batteries are laminatedly arranged, and a housing in which battery columns are disposed and a cooling medium is circulated. The battery columns are arranged at an angle with respect to an inflow direction of the...

20060115717 - Flexible thin printed battery and device and method of manufacturing same: A flat, flexible electrochemical cell is provided. The within invention describes various aspects of the flat, flexible electrochemical cell. A printed anode is provided that obviates the need for a discrete anode current collector, thereby reducing the size of the battery. An advantageous electrolyte is provided that enables the use...

20060115718 - Lithium ion polymer multi-cell and method of making: A lithium polymer battery or multi-cell and a method of making the multi-cells. The multi-cell comprises a plurality of laminated single cell units, each unit comprising, laminated in sequence, a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode, a first electrolyte-impregnated separator, a positive electrode, and a positive electrode current collector....

20060115720 - Battery module: A battery module includes unit batteries spaced apart from each other and having a cooling medium flow path defined in the space. The battery module includes a barrier rib disposed between the unit batteries, the barrier rib having a plurality of interconnected protrusions....

20060115721 - Secondary battery module: A secondary battery module includes at least more than two battery aggregates having a plurality of unit batteries continuously arranged, and a housing receiving the battery aggregates, wherein, with respect to the arrangement direction of the unit batteries, each of the unit batteries of each of the battery aggregates is...

20060115719 - Secondary battery module and end-plate used in the same: A secondary battery module includes unit batteries arranged adjacent to each other in a battery group, the battery group having outermost surfaces. A first end-plate is disposed on one of the outermost surfaces, and a second end-plate disposed on another of the outermost surfaces. A connection rod is fixed to...

20060115722 - Battery: A battery including an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the electrodes, a container housing the electrode assembly, a tab attached to a first side of an uncoated region of the electrode assembly, the tab having a terminal, a first insulator interposed...

20060115723 - Storage device: In a film-type battery, it is possible to increase energy density, however, it is difficult to obtain a high performance characteristic. Contrary to the above, a film-type storage device and an electric device including the film-type storage device having a storage body, which has a pair of positive and negative...

20060115724 - Zinc/air cell: A zinc-air cell with an anode cup comprising anode active material and a cathode cup comprising catalytic or cathode active material wherein the cathode cup comprises an exposed nickel layer which has been softened to improve electrical contact with the device being powered such as a hearing aid. A cathode...

20060115725 - Integrated cap assembly of a secondary battery and fabricating method thereof: An integrated cap assembly of a secondary battery. A cap lamination forms a top portion of the secondary battery and serves as a connection terminal while the secondary battery is charged or discharged. A gasket is molded integrally with the cap lamination in such a manner that a peripheral portion...

20060115726 - Lithium rechargeable battery: A lithium rechargeable battery includes an insulation case positioned on top of an electrode assembly where the insulation case has least one hole to improve the stability of the battery by evacuating gas that may be generated by the electrode assembly....

20060115727 - Rechargeable battery: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed between the two electrodes, a container for receiving the electrode assembly inside, and a cap assembly fixed to the container. The cap assembly includes a cap plate fixed to the container, an...

20060115728 - Non-aqueous electrolyte battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery of the present invention includes a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, a cyclic sultone derivative, and an acid anhydride, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte contains the cyclic sultone derivative in an amount of 0.3 to 3% by mass and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains the acid anhydride...

20060115729 - Rechargeable battery with jelly roll type electrode assembly: A rechargeable battery that comprises a jelly roll type electrode assembly that comprises two electrodes with different polarities and separators for preventing an electrical short between the two electrodes is disclosed. The battery further comprises a case for storing the electrode assembly and electrode tabs that are made of different...

20060115730 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an electrode group in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are spirally wound with a separator interposed therebetween. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material and a binder. The positive electrode active material contains a mixture of two...

20060115731 - Size aa alkaline battery: A size AA alkaline battery includes an anode principally composed of zinc functioning as an active material, a cathode principally composed of manganese dioxide or nickel oxyhydroxide functioning as an active material, a separator composed of a nonwoven fabric, an electrolyte composed of an aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide, and...

20060115733 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell and method for charging same: The invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell that has high capacity and excels in cycle characteristics. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell functions stably at a high potential of from 4.4 to 4.6 V with respect to lithium and inhibits the decomposition of the electrolytic solution at high potential. This...

20060115732 - Particles comprising a non-conducting or semi-conducting core, which are coated with a hybrid conducting layer, production methods thereof and uses of same in electrochemical devices: Mixture of particles comprising a non-conducting or semi-conducting nucleus covered with a hybrid conductor coating and hybrid conductor chains located between the particles of the mixture to constitute a conductivity network, that is prepared by mechanical crushing. Due to a very good conductivity of the network, a low resistivity, a...

20060115734 - Anode active material and battery using the same: A battery with a high capacity and superior cycle characteristics and an anode active material used in the battery are provided. An anode includes an anode active material capable of reacting with lithium. The anode active material includes tin, cobalt and carbon as elements, and the carbon content is within...

20060115735 - Negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, method for manufacturing same and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: An anode for nonaqueous secondary batteries is disclosed. The anode has a pair of current collecting surface layers of which the surfaces are adapted to be brought into contact with an electrolytic solution and at least one active material layer interposed between the surface layers. The active material layer contains...

20060115736 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery capable of improving charge-discharge cycle characteristics in the case where an alloy material is used as an anode active material is provided. An exposed cathode region is disposed in an outer end portion of a cathode. The exposed cathode region includes an insulating protective member on at...

20060115737 - Electrode body evaluation method and lithium secondary cell using the same: A lithium secondary cell includes an electrode body impregnated with a non-aqueous electrolyte having a positive electrode and a negative electrode wound or laminated with a separator inserted in between. The discharge limit of the electrode body is evaluated by means of affinity of the non-aqueous electrolyte for the separator....

20060115739 - Battery: A battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics is provided. An anode includes an anode active material which includes Sn or Si as an element. A separator is impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and the electrolyte solution includes an acid anhydride such...

20060115738 - Lithium-fluorinated carbon cells: An electrochemical cell has an anode that includes an alkali metal, a cathode that includes fluorinated carbon, a separator between the anode and the cathode, a non-aqueous electrolyte in electrical contact with the anode and the cathode, and at least one of an electrolyte-insoluble additive in the cathode and a...