Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process inventions 07/06

20060166043 - External battery pack: An external battery pack is provided. The external battery pack includes a secondary battery, an internal circuit, a housing having the secondary battery and the internal circuit, and an inserting portion. The inserting portion is formed in the housing, and the inserting portion is capable of inserting and fixing a...

20060166044 - Fuel cell protection: The invention relates to a method of protecting a fuel cell (12) comprising elementary cells, whereby said cell is supplying electric power in response to a power demand. Moreover, a booster circuit (30) is adapted to supply complementary electric power in order to assist the fuel cell. The inventive method...

20060166045 - Fuel cell system and method for detecting running out of fuel in fuel cell: A secondary battery is connected to a fuel cell, the fuel cell is disconnected from a load when the output of the fuel cell falls, and the load is activated with the secondary battery. When the remaining capacity of the secondary battery decreases and becomes less than or equal to...

20060166046 - Fuel cell incorporating a polymer electrolyte membrane grafted by irradiation: Fuel cell having: (a) an anode; (b) a cathode; (c) a polymer electrolyte membrane placed between the anode and the cathode which has at least one polyolefin grafted with a side chain containing proton conductive functional groups; wherein said fuel cell has a value of cell resistance at 90° C....

20060166048 - Polyarylene ether compound containing sulfonic acid group, composition containing same, and method for manufacturing those: e

20060166047 - Polymeric laminates, processes for producing the same, and use thereof: The present invention relates to a laminated membrane comprising a membrane (I) which comprises aromatic polymer electrolyte containing a super strong acid group and a membrane (II) which comprises one compound selected from the group consisting of electrolytes of perfluoroalkylsulfonic acid polymer and non-super strong acid polymer, and a laminated...

20060166052 - Accelerated testing method of rapidly evaluating lifespan of fuel cell: A method of estimating a lifespan of a fuel cell including a cathode and an anode which contain catalysts and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode. A cyclic potential with a voltage ranging from a low voltage to a voltage greater than oxidation voltages of the...

20060166050 - Fuel cell system and method for operating a fuel cell system: A fuel cell system for supplying at least one electric load with electric power includes at least one fuel cell and an energy storage device, and also a switching device for disconnecting and connecting the fuel cell system from and to the at least one load. The switching device has...

20060166049 - Method and an arrangement for producing electric energy by means of at least one fuel cell: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for generating electrical energy with at least one fuel cell. The fuel cell has a membrane unit for direct or indirect separation and/or for transporting charge carriers and/or reaction products. The membrane unit has an angle of inclination of 45° or...

20060166051 - Method and device to improve operation of a fuel cell: A method of conditioning a fuel cell having an anode supplied with a fuel, and a cathode supplied with an oxidant comprising the steps of: (i) applying a first external load to said fuel cell to produce a first voltage which is less than open circuit voltage for a first...

20060166053 - Solid oxide fuel cell assembly with replaceable stack and packet modules: A method of replacing a fuel cell packet module in a fuel cell stack, said method comprising: (i) powering down the fuel cell stack; (ii) electrically disconnecting the fuel cell packet module from external power load, (iii) mechanically disconnecting the fuel cell packet module from the fuel cell stack; and...

20060166054 - Fuel cell system: A process for producing electricity in a fuel cell which comprises: a) pre-reforming a higher carbon (C2+) hydro-carbon fuel in a pre-reformer under conditions effective to achieve substantially complete conversion of higher carbon (C2+) hydro-carbons to produce a pre-reformed fuel stream; b) subjecting the pre-reformed fuel stream to methanation under...

20060166055 - Method for operating fuel cell: In a method for operating a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane sandwiched by a fuel electrode and an oxidizing agent electrode, the method includes a hydrogen feedback process either before starting operation of the fuel cell or after stopping operation of the fuel cell. The hydrogen feedback process includes...

20060166056 - Fuel cell power generation system: A fuel cell system 100 is configured such that, at start-up, a feed gas is injected to an anode through bypass means 18 and 20 and a controller 36 is configured to cause a material supply switch means to operate based on a value output from the material flow rate...

20060166058 - Fuel cell system ensuring stability of operation: A fuel cell system designed to supply non- or low-humidified air to a fuel cell stack and ensure the stability of operation thereof. The system works to monitor operating conditions of the fuel cell stack and determine whether electrolyte films of fuel cells are getting dried or not or whether...

20060166057 - Method of making nanoparticulates and use of the nanoparticulates to make products using a flame reactor: The present invention relates to a method of making nanoparticulates in a flame reactor, the nanoparticulates having controlled properties such as weight average particle size, composition and morphology. The nanoparticulates made with the method of present invention may be tailored to a specific weight average particle size range, such as...

20060166059 - Arrangement and method for continuously supplying electric power to a field device in a technical system: An arrangement is described for supplying electrical power to a field device in a process installation which is equipped with a wire-free communication interface without the use of wires. At least one fuel cell having a membrane/electrode block and a fuel tank as well as an electrical energy store are...

20060166060 - Fuel cell system and gas leak detection method: When a command for stopping electric generation by a fuel cell is issued, shutoff valves are closed (at time t1), and then a time-dependent change in pressure (P) in a closed passage area including the fuel cell is detected. A pressure change speed (dP1, i.e., an inclination of L1) when...

20060166061 - Fuel cell and portable device equipped with the same, and fuel cell operating method: A fuel cell includes a fuel cell main unit (101), a fuel holder (334) and a transforming section (335). The fuel cell main unit (101) includes a fuel electrode (102) and an oxidant electrode (108), and generates electric power based on supplying of organic liquid fuel (124) to the fuel...

20060166062 - Primary zinc-air battery: A rectangular-shaped primary zinc-air battery is provided. Hence, many components of the primary zinc-air battery can be designed in shapes of sheets for easy production. In addition, the primary zinc-air battery comprises two sheets of air cathodes on opposite sides of the zinc-air battery to double the power output....

20060166063 - Electric motive power system for a motor vehicle, and method for using a fuel-cell: An electric motive power system for a motor vehicle including a fuel cell having at least one set of two electrodes each provided with an electrode input and output, an electrolytic membrane being located between the two electrodes. The electrolytic membrane includes proton conductive charges distributed in the thickness of...

20060166064 - Sub-micron solid oxide electrolyte membrane: This document describes the nano-scaling effects of solid-state oxygen-ion conductors when the thickness of an ionic conductor membrane as well as size of the grains within the membrane are scaled down to less than 200 nm. By using such solid-state oxygen-ion conductor membranes as solid-state electrolytes, the performances of solid-state...

20060166065 - Mini fuel battery with screw closure system: This mini fuel cell battery has a central body into which two membrane electrode assemblies are positioned, one at each end of the central body. An anodic space is defined between the two membrane assemblies. The central body has two internal threads into which two externally threaded rings are screwed...

20060166066 - Solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A solid-polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising power generating units each being constituted by laminating an electrolyte membrane sandwiched between a pair of electrodes, and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on the electrodes, wherein laminated portions are formed in the peripheries of the power generating units by laminating a...

20060166068 - Mixed ion conductor: A mixed ionic conductor of the present invention includes a perovskite oxide of Ba, Ce, and In. The perovskite oxide is a crystalline compound expressed by Ba(Ce1-xInx)pO3, where x is 0.4 to 0.6 and p is 1 to 1.02. An electrochemical device of the present invention includes the mixed ionic...

20060166069 - Polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cell, method for preparing the same, and fuel cell system comprising the same: The polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell comprises a hygroscopic substrate and a proton conductive polymer disposed at the inside, one side, and/or both sides of the hygroscopic substrate....

20060166067 - Polymer electrolyte membrane, method for the production thereof, and application thereof in fuel cells: The present invention relates to a proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane based on polyvinylphosphonic acid/polyvinylsulfonic acid polymers, which owing to their excellent chemical and thermal properties, can be used for a variety of purposes and is particularly suitable as polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) in PEM fuel cells....

20060166070 - Solid oxide reversible fuel cell with improved electrode composition: A solid oxide electrolyzer cell or a solid oxide reversible fuel cell includes a solid oxide electrolyte. It may also include at least one of a first gadolinia doped ceria interfacial layer in contact with a first side of the electrolyte and a second gadolinia doped ceria interfacial layer in...

20060166071 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell assembly has a fuel cell stack (1) provided with a polymer electrolyte membrane (2), an air electrode (4) and a fuel electrode (3); an air supply device (19) for supplying air; a fuel gas supply device (20) for supplying fuel gas, and a humidity regulation module (5)...

20060166072 - Fuel cell system, fuel cell operation method, and gas treatment device: A fuel cell system (800), including a plurality of unit cells (101), a container (801) having an inlet (809) introducing the gases such as carbon dioxide generated in the electrode reaction by these unit cells (101) and an exhaust vent (807) discharging the gases, and a catalyst layer (805) placed...

20060166073 - Fuel cell: In a membrane electrode assembly 1 of a fuel cell, the porosity of a hydrogen electrode-side catalyst layer 11a is made to be lower than that of an air electrode-side catalyst layer 11b. Specifically, the weight ratio of ion-exchange resin to carbon carriers of the hydrogen electrode-side catalyst layer is...

20060166074 - Fuel cell electrode assembly: A fuel cell electrode assembly includes an electrolyte, a porous diffusion layer, and a catalyst layer interposed between the electrolyte and the diffusion layer. The catalyst layer includes a mixture of one or more catalysts supported by a conducting high surface area structure(s), one or more polymeric electrolytes, and a...

20060166076 - Constituting part for fuel battery: In order to reduce an assembling man hour of the constituting part for the fuel battery and prevent wrinkles from being generated in an electrolyte membrane, in a constituting part for a fuel battery having electrodes with catalyst in both pole sides of an electrolyte membrane and provided with gas...

20060166075 - Flame-resistant acrylic fiber nonwoven fabric, carbon fiber nonwoven fabric, and method for production thereof: A nonwoven fabric comprising flame-retardant acrylic fibers, characterized in that it has a weight per square-meter of 70 to 190 g/m2, a thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 mm, a density of 0.35 to 0.8 g/cm3; and a nonwoven fabric comprising carbon fibers, characterized in that it has a weight per...

20060166077 - Thin membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell including the same: A thin membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes a diffusion layer with openings and thus does not require a separate carbon substrate. The membrane electrode assembly can be used to manufacture a slim, compact fuel cell. The membrane electrode assembly also ensures a quick response and stable electric...

20060166078 - Implantable battery having thermal shutdown separator: The present teachings include an electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte, a separator disposed between the cathode and anode, and a housing containing the anode, cathode, electrolyte, and separator. The separator can include a first sheet consisting essentially of a single layer material and a second sheet...

20060166079 - Air management system for zinc-air battery: A metal-air battery is shown. The metal-air battery includes a housing holding at least one metal-air cell and an interface electrically coupled to the housing holding the at least one metal-air cell. The interface includes an air management system. The air management system includes a housing having at least one...

20060166081 - Battery manifold vent: A leak resistant battery manifold vent for a battery. The battery manifold vent includes a vent housing having an interior volume, at least two cell vents, and at least one atmospheric vent. The interior volume comprises a labyrinth system, fluid collection chamber, and vent collar. The labyrinth system has at...

20060166080 - Electrical power generator: A power generator includes a plurality of chambers, each of which has therein a positive electrode and a negative electrode. Each of the chambers has an entry port that is connected to a source of water through a timer valve. The water is periodically provided through the timer valve to...

20060166082 - Battery operated electric blanket: A battery powered electric blanket includes battery compartments are located on each of the four corners and are configured to facilitate the removal and insertion of batteries. The batteries are used to power a network of heating elements distributed through out the blanket. The blanket is further designed such that...

20060166083 - Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device: A portable electronic device (100) includes a housing (10), a cover (20) and a latch (30). The housing has a latch receiving portion (150) defined at one end thereof The battery cover has a button hole (222) therein and includes at least one tab (224). The latch is fixed in...

20060166084 - Electrochemical generator with a liquid cathode: The subject of the invention is an electrochemical generator with a liquid positive material comprising at least one metal anode and at least one cathode, characterized in that the cathode has a very low porosity, less than 0.1. A subject of the invention is also the use of a conductive...

20060166085 - Ion conducting battery separator for lithium batteries, method for the production and use thereof: The invention relates to separators for lithium batteries and to a process for producing them, and also to their use. The separators of the invention for lithium batteries, based on a sheetlike flexible substrate provided with a plurality of openings and having a porous inorganic electrically insulating coating on and...

20060166086 - Battery pack: The present invention is applied to a power supply of a portable personal computer, for instance, to hold sheet-shaped secondary battery cells in a multi-layered arrangement with the same-side surfaces facing each other. In the above configuration, positive terminals and negative terminals of the secondary battery cells are connected to...

20060166087 - Secondary battery: A secondary battery comprises a case body member of a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a plurality of housing parts each accommodating each of a plurality of electrode plate groups, and a cover member that closes an insertion opening of the case body member, through which each electrode plate group is...

20060166088 - Electrode connector tabs: Embodiments of the invention provide electrochemical cells for use in implantable medical devices. Embodiments of the invention provide an anode or cathode with a connection tab or tabs that extend a sufficient distance from separation material between the anode and cathode to reduce the heat transferred back to the separation...

20060166089 - Battery pack: A battery pack is provided. For example, the battery pack includes a box-shaped or plate-shaped battery pack. The battery pack has a hard outer jacket member, a box-shaped or plate-shaped battery element, a cover, and a circuit board. The hard outer jacket member has a first opening and a second...

20060166090 - Electrochemical activation of capacitor material: The present teachings are directed toward methods for preparing activated capacitor materials by exposing capacitor material to an electrical potential of sufficient voltage and for a sufficient time to activate the capacitor materials. Compositions of capacitor materials containing carbon nanotubes and other carbon-containing materials are also disclosed....

20060166091 - Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery: To provide a high-capacity non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that exhibits satisfactory charge/discharge cycle characteristics even in a high temperature environment. The battery has: a positive electrode including a nickel-containing lithium composite oxide; a negative electrode capable of charging and discharging; a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes; and...

20060166092 - Electrochemical device: An electrical double layer capacitor comprises an element and a case which houses the element. The element has an anode charge collector, anode, separator, cathode and cathode charge collector. The anode and cathode consist of a porous layer containing electrically conducting porous particles as a constituent material. The anode charge...

20060166094 - Electrode and electrochemical device using the same: An electrode and an electrochemical device using the same are provided in which excellent effects can be obtained that the filling density of the active material can be increased and the energy density can be improved. The electrode includes at least an active material, a conductive auxiliary agent, and a...

20060166093 - Electrode coated with a film obtained from an aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble binder, production method thereof and uses of same: The invention relates to a method of preparing an electrochemical electrode which is partially or totally covered with a film that is obtained by spreading an aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble binder over the electrode and subsequently drying same. The production cost of the electrodes thus obtained is reduced and...

20060166095 - Alkaline battery: An alkaline battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an alkaline electrolyte, the positive electrode including a positive electrode material mixture containing a nickel oxyhydroxide, electrolytic manganese dioxide and a graphite conductive material, wherein the nickel oxyhydroxide includes a crystal having manganese dissolved therein and having a β...

20060166096 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a negative electrode containing a graphite material as the negative active material, a positive electrode containing lithium cobalt oxide as a main component of the positive active material and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, the battery being characterized in that the lithium cobalt oxide contains...

20060166097 - 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 comprises a salt molten at the thermal battery operating temperatures. The anode includes a lithium-containing composite nitride as an active material....

20060166101 - Active electrode composition with graphite additive: An active composition for an electrode of an electrochemical device. The active composition comprises a nickel hydroxide material, a graphite material, and a polymeric binder....

20060166099 - Closed nickel-hydrogen storage battery and its production method: The invention provides a solution to the aforesaid problems by the provision of a sealed type nickel-metal hydride battery (1) improved in high-rate discharge capability and charge-discharge cycle characteristics. To this end, the invention is characterized by locating a 50 nm to 400 nm thick nickel-rich layer (11) on the...

20060166100 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery which has a positive electrode containing lithium cobalt oxide as a positive active material, a negative electrode containing a graphite material and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing ethylene carbonate as a solvent and which is charged with an end-of-charge voltage of at least 4.3 V....

20060166098 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell: The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; characterized in that said negative active material contains composite particle (C), which has silicon-containing particle (A) and electronic conductive additive (B), and carbon material (D),...

20060166102 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell that has excellent high-temperature cycle characteristics and that is highly safe enough to prevent overcharge is provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell has a positive electrode for reversibly intercalating-deintercalating lithium ions, a negative electrode for reversibly intercalating-deintercalating lithium ions, and a non-aqueous electrolyte having a...

20060166103 - Quaternary ammonium salts: (wherein, R5 represents a methyl group or ethyl group), R4 represents a methyl group or ethyl group, and any two of R1, R2 and R3 may mutually bond at the end to form an alkylene chain, a, b and c represent an integer of 0 to 3, d represents an...

20060159965 - Fuel cell system and cleaning system: A fuel cell system and a cleaning system provided with the function of cleaning cordlessly are provided. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell which generates electric power by using liquid fuel and a cleaning apparatus which cleans a target of cleaning by using the liquid fuel. A cleaning...

20060159966 - Fuel cell system and method of stopping operation of the fuel cell system: When a power generation stop signal of an ignition switch is detected, an oxygen-containing gas is supplied to an anode for starting an anode scavenging process. After starting the anode scavenging process, the remaining electrical energy stored in a capacitor is monitored. If the monitored remaining electrical energy stored in...

20060159967 - Process for generating electricity and concentrated carbon dioxide: A process for the generation of electricity and the production of a concentrated carbon dioxide stream using a molten carbonate fuel cell. Anode off-gas is at least partly fed to a catalytic afterburner wherein it is oxidized with an oxidant consisting of part of the cathode off-gas and/or part of...

20060159968 - Fuel cell device and fuel-feeding method for fuel cell: A fuel mixer 106 can adjust the methanol concentration of a mixed solution, and it adjusts the concentration of the mixed solution to an optimal methanol concentration for a load 114. Information on the methanol concentration detected by a concentration sensor 115 is sent to a controller 112 and referred...

20060159969 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system which provides stable cell outputs at startup. The fuel cell system comprises: a fuel cell stack including a laminate formed by combining a membrane electrode assembly composed of an electrolyte membrane, an anode jointed to one side of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode joined to...

20060159970 - Flux control apparatus and fuel cell system: A flux control apparatus includes an outlet pressure detector for detecting an outlet pressure of a fluid at an outlet of a fluid flow apparatus driven by a drive source for feeding the fluid from an inlet of the fluid flow apparatus and letting the fluid flow out from the...

20060159971 - Metal component for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same, austenitic stainless steel for polymer electrolyte fuel cell and metal component for fuel cell material and method of manufacturing the same , corrosion-resistant conductive component and: An Au plated film 12 is formed on the surface of a plate-formed metal base 13 composed of a metal less noble than Au, and the product is cut along a planned cutting line 18 reflecting a contour of a desired component, to thereby form a separator 10. Thus-formed separator...

20060159972 - Polymer electrolyte composite film, method for production thereof and use thereof: A polymer electrolyte composite film which comprises a porous base material and, provided in fine pores thereof, a polymer electrolyte comprising a hydrophilic moiety and a hydrophobic moiety, the hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties of said polymer electrolyte satisfy the following formula (1): a+b≦d (1) [wherein, a represents the size of...

20060159974 - Anhydrous proton conductor based on heterocycle attached to a polymer backbone: The invention relates to proton-conducting polymers, including tetrazole-containing polymers. Proton-conducting membranes useful for fuel cell applications are formed from mixtures of a polymer with one or more non-aqueous proton sources. In representative examples of the present invention, tetrazole groups are attached to a polymer backbone such as polyphosphazene, the tetrazole...

20060159973 - Electrolyte membrane, process for its production and membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells: To provide an electrolyte membrane having high strength even if it is thin in the thickness, excellent dimensional stability even upon absorption of water and a low electrical resistance; a process for producing the electrolyte membrane; and a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells having a high output and...

20060159975 - Polymer electrolyte and fuel cell using the same: A polymer electrolyte forming composition includes a trialkoxysilane containing an epoxy group, polyethyleneimine, and at least one of heteropolyacid and trifluoromethanesulfoneimid...

20060159977 - Compact electrochemical converter: An electrochemical converter (1) with protonic membrane, includes a plurality of series-connected unit electrochemical conversion cells (2a, 2b, 2c, . . . ), a first substrate including the protonic membrane having a first surface on which a succession of first deposits is made forming a series of spaced anodes, and...

20060159976 - Electrochemical energy source and electronic device incorporating such an energy source: The invention relates to an electrochemical energy source comprising at least one fuel cell, which fuel cell comprises: a first current collector coupled to a negative electrode, a fuel source connected to said negative electrode, a second current collector coupled to a positive electrode, an oxidant source connected to said...

20060159978 - Gasketed membrane-electrode-assembly and fuel cell system employing the same: The present invention relates to a gasketed membrane-electrode assembly comprising gaskets arranged on each side of a membrane-electrode assembly including a cathode, an anode, and a polymer electrolyte membrane, in which the gaskets are multilayered films comprising an elastic layer and an adhesive layer formed on each side of a...

20060159979 - Membrane electrode assembly for improved fuel cell performance: A membrane electrode assembly comprises an ion exchange membrane, an anode positioned on one side of the membrane and a cathode positioned on the other side of the membrane so that a portion of the cathode extends outside of the anode area on the oxidant outlet side of the fuel...

20060159980 - Supported catalyst and method of preparing the same: A method of preparing a supported catalyst includes dissolving a cation exchange polymer in alcohol to prepare a solution containing cation exchange polymer; mixing the cation exchange polymer containing solution with a catalytic metal precursor or a solution containing catalytic metal precursor; heating the mixture after adjusting its pH to...

20060159981 - Biological fuel cell and methods: A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode reductant in the presence of the anode enzyme. Likewise, the cathode is configured and arranged to...

20060159982 - Electrode for fuel cell and fuel cell using same: In fuel cell (100), a metal fiber sheet is employed for a base member (104) and a base member (110) that composes a fuel electrode (102) and an oxidant electrode (108)....

20060159983 - Fuel electrode for solid oxide fuel cell and solid oxide fuel cell suing the same: A fuel electrode for solid oxide fuel cell of the present invention comprises a cermet containing an oxide phase having oxygen ion conductivity and a metal phase, Further, the fuel electrode constitutes a three-dimensional network structure, and the oxide phase forms a skeleton of the network structure, and has pores...

20060159984 - Non-aqueous electolyte battery pack: A non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery pack is provided, which includes a measuring unit for measuring a battery voltage and a battery temperature and a control unit for controlling charge and discharge based on a measuring result of the measuring unit. A plurality of cylindrical non-aqueous electrolyte rechargeable batteries each having...

20060159985 - Mixing gas delivery apparatus with check valve: Apparatus for air mixing to prevent acid stratification in a battery having a liquid electrolyte is disclosed. A source of pressurized gas is connected to a gas conduit mounted on the battery. Downtubes within each cell of the battery are in fluid communication with the gas conduit. The tubes have...

20060159986 - Light-detectable solid thin-film secondary battery: To provide novel devices constituting light detection systems with a simple configuration, a low maintenance cost, a reduced size and weight, and high reliability by integrating light detection components and power supplies. A photosensitive solid-state thin-film lithium-ion secondary cell including a photosensitive negative-electrode active material layer as a component, wherein...

20060159987 - Battery, method of manufacturing the same, method of manufacturing weldment, and pedestal: A metal plate and an electrode in a polymer lithium ion secondary battery or the like are welded certainly, and it is accomplished to further improve the reliability and the durability thereof Each of an upper metal plate (7a) and a lower metal plate (9a) on the positive pole/terminal is...

20060159988 - Secondary battery pack having configuration of alternative orientation: Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including a plurality of cartridges. Each of the cartridges has a plurality of unit cells mounted therein. The cartridges are stacked one on another in an alternate orientation structure in which electrode terminals of the neighboring cartridges are not located on the same...

20060159989 - System and process for forming battery cans: A process for producing a battery can in a transfer press comprises drawing a metal cup in a first station to form an elongated cylinder, ironing the elongated cylinder in a second station, and redrawing the elongated cylinder in a third station. In either or both the drawing and ironing...

20060159990 - Secondary battery with an improved safety: The present invention provides a secondary battery comprising a battery package which encloses the outer perimeter of the secondary battery and covers the entire outer surface of positive and negative electrodes and a portion of each terminal of the positive and negative electrodes, wherein the battery package is formed of...

20060159991 - Battery device and electronic apparatus: One surface of a case 10 of a battery apparatus 100 in a thickness direction H is formed as a flat bottom surface 1008. At the portions of the bottom surface 1008 on the both sides in a width direction W, a plurality of engaging pieces 1012 are formed respectively...

20060159992 - Battery cathode: A cathode having a groove extending about 10 to about 450 microns into a surface of the cathode. The cathode can also be roughened....

20060159993 - Preparation of nickel oxyhydroxide: Nickel oxyhydroxide can be prepared by exposing a mixture of a nickel hydroxide and a hydroxide salt to ozone. The nickel oxyhydroxide is suitable for use in the cathode of a battery....

20060159994 - Cathode compositions for lithium ion batteries: A cathode composition for a lithium ion battery that contains lithium having the formula (a) Liy[M1(1−b)Mnb]O2 or (b) Liy[M1(1−b)Mnb]O1.5+c where 0≦y<1, 0<b<1 and 0<c<0.5 and M1 represents one or more metal elements, with the proviso that for (a) M1 is a metal element other than chromium. The composition is in...

20060159995 - Electrode material for non-aqueous solvent secondary cell, electrode and secondary cell: An electrode material comprising a powdery mixture of a metal material (particularly, an intermetallic compound) and a capacitive carbon material each capable of doping and dedoping lithium, and an optionally added fine electroconductive additive, and containing the metal material and the capacitive carbon material in amounts of 5-60 wt. %...

20060159996 - Graphite particles and lithium secondary battery using the same as negative electrode: A graphite particle obtained by assembling or binding together a plurality of flat-shaped particles so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, or a graphite particle in which aspect ratio is 5 or less or specific surface area is 8 m2/g or less or the size...

20060159997 - Electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery: There is provided an electrode for a lithium secondary battery where particles, composed of an active material capable of occluding and releasing lithium, are arranged on a current collector, the active material particle being directly bonded to the surface of the current collector in a state where the bottom of...

20060159998 - Collector, battery electrode substrate, and methods for producing the same: A collector that has enough hardness and flexibility and a battery electrode substrate that uses this collector are provided. Also provided is a low-cost battery electrode substrate that exhibits excellent high-rate charge/discharge characteristics and low electrical resistance and that is able to avoid the decline in cycle characteristics caused by...

20060159999 - Method of automated prismatic electrochemical cells production and method of the cell assembly and construction: The present invention pertains to electrochemical devices having a thin micro porous polytetrafluoroethylene separator bonded to their porous electrodes without special treatment of the separator and without additional adhesive layers. Structures of superior high energy density and power density are disclosed herein, as well as the methods of their assembly...

20060160000 - Electrolyte for lithium rechargeable battery and lithium rechargeable battery comprising the same: wherein X is Cl, n is an integer ranging from 1 to 5, and at least one Cl is substituted at the para-position. The electrolyte additive is present in the electrolyte in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 10% by volume based on the total volume of the...

20060154116 - Lithium battery operating at very low temperature: 5 to 50% by volume of a C3 to C6 saturated cyclic carbonate and a C3 to C6 saturated linear carbonate, only one of the two carbonates being substituted by at least one halogen atom. The invention is also aimed at a lithium battery comprising a liquid electrolyte having this...

20060154117 - Electrochemical generator and method for its utilisation: An electrochemical generator consisting of an alternation of membrane fuel cells and cooling cells with internal circulation of liquid water is described. The fuel cells are fed in at least one of the two compartments, anodic or cathodic, with dry gas, which is humidified through the passage of water coming...

20060154118 - Fuel cell device with compound power supply: A fuel cell device with a compound power supply is disclosed, which comprises a bipolar fuel cell board and an auxiliary power supply. The bipolar fuel cell board includes at least one fuel cell unit. The auxiliary power supply is disposed on the bipolar fuel cell board and/or on an...

20060154119 - Method for regeneration of performance in a fuel cell: A process for improved performance in a fuel cell or stack of fuel cells wherein the fuel cell has a cathode, an anode, an anode chamber, a cathode chamber, a fuel comprising an anolyte that flows through the cell, and a catholyte gas, and wherein the fuel cell is connected...

20060154120 - System and method for early detection of contaminants in a fuel processing system: A system and method for preventing damage to a fuel cell stack resulting from impurities in a hydrogen stream delivered thereto. In some embodiments, the hydrogen stream is a product hydrogen stream from a fuel processor. In some embodiments, the impurities may result from a failure or malfunction in a...

20060154121 - Power source system and control method thereof: A power source system comprises: a chemical reaction unit producing a gas for power generation; a generator unit reacting a part of the gas for power generation to generate power, and ejecting unreacted part in the gas for power generation as an offgas; a heating apparatus provided in the chemical...

20060154123 - Burner for a reformer of a fuel cell system, and reformer and fuel cell system with the same: A burner for a reformer of a fuel cell system includes a body having a catalyst inside thereof; and a heating member partially embedded within the catalyst to provide an auxiliary thermal source to the catalyst....

20060154122 - Carbon monoxide remover and fuel cell system with the same: A carbon monoxide remover includes a reactor body having an inner space, and a catalyst provided in the inner space of the reactor body to react with the reforming gas. A diffusion unit is installed at an inlet portion of the reactor body for introducing the reforming gas to diffuse...

20060154124 - Control of rh conditions in electrochemical conversion assembly: A system and method for controlling an electrochemical conversion assembly are provided. The system is configured such that operation of one or both of the second reactant supply and the temperature controller responds to the cathode-side RH signal to a degree sufficient to maintain relative humidity within the second flowfield...

20060154125 - Stack for fuel cell and fuel cell system with the same: A fuel cell stack includes at least one electric generator with a membrane electrode assembly and separators placed at both sides of the membrane electrode assembly. A plurality of common passages are arranged at a surface of at least one of the separators to permit the flow of oxygen and...

20060154126 - Fuel cells including biocompatible membranes and metal anodes: The present invention relates to a fuel cell including a metal anode as fuel and a biocompatible membrane....

20060154127 - Membrane electrode assembly, production method for the same, and proton-exchange membrane fuel cell: The membrane electrode assembly of the present invention for the proton-exchange membrane fuel cell includes a polymer electrolyte membrane and an electrode catalyst layer, wherein at least a part of the polymer electrolyte membrane infiltrates into the electrode catalyst layer, and wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane is formed by polymerizing...

20060154128 - Polymer electrode membrane for fuel, and membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system comprising the same: The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, including a porous membrane including ceramic fibers crisscrossed in a network and pores formed by the ceramic fibers coalesced at intersection points, and a proton conductive polymer inside the pores....

20060154129 - Novel proton exchange membranes using cycloaddition reaction between azide and alkyne containing components: A process for making an ion-conducting polymer comprises cross-linking polymers having functional groups such as alkyne groups and azide groups. An example ion-conducting polymer has cross-links including nitrogen-containing heterocycles formed by the reaction between the functional groups, such as 1,2,3-triazole groups formed by a cycloaddition reaction between alkyne and azide...

20060154130 - Fuel cell direct water injection: A fuel cell assembly provides for direct water delivery to water injection points in the active area of fluid flow field plates of the assembly. The fluid flow field plate has a plurality of channels formed in the surface thereof which extend across the surface of the plate in a...

20060154131 - Fuel cell separator and fabrication method thereof, and conductive corrosion-resistant metallic material: A fuel cell separator is provided with: a core made of an Al alloy or a Mg alloy; a covering layer made of Ti or a Ti alloy formed on at least one side of the core; and a bonding metal layer formed between the core and the covering layer....

20060154132 - Fuel-cell-equipped apparatus and fuel cartridge: The present invention provides a fuel-cell-equipped apparatus equipped with a fuel cell, comprising: a holding part which holds a fuel cartridge in which a fuel that is supplied to the fuel cell is sealed, wherein the holding part is capable of being in a first holding state holding the fuel...

20060154133 - Method and apparatus for forming a fuel cell flow field with an electrolyte retaining material: According to one embodiment of the invention, a flow field plate can be configured with an electrolyte retaining material. The electrolyte retaining material can couple the electrolyte to the flow field plate....

20060154134 - Fuel cell system with carbon monoxide catalyst: 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...

20060154135 - Fuel cell: A solid oxide fuel cell comprising a fuel cell unit which comprises an anode layer made of an electrically conducting mesh and an anode-forming material carried by this mesh, a cathode layer made of an electrically conducting mesh and a cathode-forming material carried by this mesh, and a solid electrolytic...

20060154136 - Battery cover latching assembly for portable electronic device: A battery cover latching assembly is for use in a portable electronic device. The battery cover latching assembly includes a battery cover (10), a housing (40) and a locking member (20). The battery cover has a hook (122) formed on end thereof and a receiving hole (116) defined adjacent the...

20060154139 - Lithium secondary battery and method for producing the same: In a lithium secondary battery of the present invention, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer carried on the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer carried on...

20060154138 - Nonaqueous electrolyte battery: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery wherein a power generating element formed by spirally winding a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate with a separator insulated therebetween, is accommodated in a case. Insulating tapes are adhered to end faces of the power generating element and to portions of side faces...

20060154137 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and producing method thereof: The present invention provides for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a producing method therefor, in which a grooved portion provided in an upper portion of the outer casing of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery protrudes toward the inner portion of the outer casing, a group of electrodes being housed...

20060154140 - Separator for organic electrolyte battery, process for producing the same and organic electrolyte battery including the separator: An organic electrolyte battery separator is composed of a nonwoven comprising a heat-and-humidity gelling resin capable of gelling by heating in the presence of moisture and another fiber. The other fiber is fixed with a gel material obtained by causing the heat-and-humidity gelling resin to gel under heat and humidity....

20060154141 - Structured electrolyte for micro-battery: In order to increase the capacity of an “all-solid” type micro-battery, the layer of electrolyte is structured: transversing cavities are created in the flat layer, advantageously at the level of patches of collector material, then filled by anode or cathode material....

20060154142 - New-type ni-mh power battery: The present invention provides a new-type Ni-MH power battery, which includes a battery vent cap 1, a metal can 2, a positive electrode current collector 3 and a negative electrode current collector 4 inside the can 2, and an electrode assembly 5 generally formed by winding a positive electrode plate...

20060154143 - Coin type battery and manufacturing method thereof: A positive electrode plate (11) and a negative electrode plate (12) are coiled around into a flat shape such that positive electrode layer faces (22a-22e) and negative electrode layer faces (23a-23f) are alternately layered upon one another with a separator interposed therebetween. Positional discrepancy detecting holes (41a, 41b, 42, 43,...

20060154144 - Novel enhanced electrochemical cells with solid-electrolyte interphase promoters: An electrochemical cell with an alkali metal containing anode having high discharge capacity, charge efficiency and low self-discharge. The addition of at least one nitramide or dinitramide salt of a metal cation to the electrochemical cell electrolyte unexpectedly lowers first cycle irreversible capacity, adds higher cycle life, lowers self-discharge and...

20060154145 - Secondary battery having jelly roll configuration type electrode assembly: A secondary battery including a jelly roll configuration type electrode assembly formed by winding a stack of two electrodes having different polarities and at least one separator for preventing a short circuit between the two electrodes, a case for containing the electrode assembly, and electrode tabs for connecting the two...

20060154146 - Process for producing lithium-containing composite oxide for positive electrode for lithium secondary battery: A process for producing a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the formula LipQqNxMyOzFa (wherein Q is at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, niobium and tantalum, N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn and Ni, M is at...

20060154147 - Carbon material for electrode and method for producing same, battery electrode and method for producing same, and battery and method for producing same: The electrode carbon material of the present invention is an electrode carbon material to become a constituent material for an electrode of a nonaqueous electrolyte battery, wherein the electrode carbon material is formed by way of a plasma processing step of subjecting a material composition to high-frequency thermal plasma processing...

20060154148 - Control valve type lead battery: A valve-regulated lead-acid battery of this invention includes: an electrode plate group; and an electrolyte impregnated into and retained by the electrode plate group. The electrode plate group includes: positive electrode plates that each include a positive electrode current collector comprising a Sn-containing lead alloy, and a positive electrode active...

20060154149 - Lithium secondary battery: This invention provides a lithium secondary battery comprising a container that contains a positive electrode capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, a negative electrode capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an organic electrolyte. Such electrolyte comprises...

20060147763 - Upflow microbial fuel cell (umfc): An upflow microbial fuel cell in one embodiment is comprised of a generally cylindrical cathode chamber containing a cathode sitting atop a generally cylindrical anode chamber containing an anode, with a proton exchange membrane separating the two chambers, so that as influent is passed upwardly through the anode chamber electricity...

20060147764 - Protection circuit module and battery pack incorporating the same: The protective circuit module includes a substrate, electronic components mounted on the substrate for constituting a protective circuit, a molding formed on the substrate to enclose the electronic components, and terminal plates connected to appropriate portions of the substrate for connecting the protective circuit to a rechargeable battery. The molding...

20060147765 - Method of operating a fuel cell: A method of operating a fuel cell (1) in which a gaseous supply stream (5) comprising a reactive species is delivered to an electrode (2) where the reactive species is consumed in an electrochemical reaction to produce an exhaust stream (7, 8) which is depleted in reactive species, which method...

20060147767 - Trapping method and system for energy conversion devices: A trap for an energy conversion device comprises a trapping system comprising a filter element and a trap element, and fluidly coupled to a reforming system. The trapping system is monitored by a combination of devices including an on-board diagnostic system, a temperature sensor, and a pressure differential sensor, which...

20060147766 - Type of fuel cell battery: A fuel cell battery, comprising a chamber unit (1), an anode entrance (2) connected to the chamber unit (1), an anode exit (3), a cathode entrance (4) and a cathode exit (5). The anode entrance (2) is connected to a hydrogen source (11) and an organic fuel source (12) respectively...

20060147769 - Integration of an electrical diode within a fuel cell: A fuel cell system that employs a diode electrically coupled between bipolar plates in a fuel cell of a fuel cell stack for preventing the fuel cell between the plates from reversing its polarity. The diode is a thin-sheet p-n diode including doped semiconductor layers and has a thickness relative...

20060147770 - Reduction of voltage loss caused by voltage cycling by use of a rechargeable electric storage device: A fuel cell system that employs a fuel cell stack and a supplemental power source, such as a battery or an ultra-capacitor. The power source provides supplemental power in addition to the output power of a fuel cell stack for high load demands. The fuel cell system includes a power...

20060147768 - System for reformation of fuel for supply to a fuel cell on a motor vehicle and method for operation thereof: The invention relates to a system (1) for the reformation of fuel for the supply of hydrogen to a fuel cell (2), in particular for a motor vehicle of the type comprising a reformer device (29), a hydrogen enrichment device (33, 34) for the reformate produced by the reformer and...

20060147772 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system includes a bypass circuit for refrigerant that is used when the system is started below a temperature point, such as the freezing point of water. In one embodiment, the fuel cell system includes a pump to circulate the refrigerant and one or more valves to direct...

20060147771 - Fuel cell system with independent reformer temperature control: A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, a plurality of reformers, and a plurality of combustors. Each reformer is adapted to reform a hydrocarbon fuel to a hydrogen containing reaction product and to provide the reaction product to at least one of the plurality of the...

20060147773 - Heat and humidity exchanger: A heat and humidity exchanger stack formed by stacking at least one reactant gas source half-cell and at least one reactant gas exhaust half-cell, with each half-cell comprising a porous flowfield, wherein each pair of adjacent half-cells of the stacked heat and humidity exchanger are separated by a member selected...

20060147774 - Humidifier for fuel cell system: A humidifier of the present invention includes a humidifier main body for humidifying a second fluid, using a humidified first fluid discharged from a fuel cell; a head portion of which one end is connected to an end of the humidifier main body and the other end is connected to...

20060147775 - Zinc air battery: A zinc air-type battery comprising first and second cathodes each with positive contacts and an anode with a negative contact. The second cathode is situated proximal to the negative contact and proximal to the anode, which can enable air ingress to be substantially doubled and the internal resistance of the...

20060147776 - Fuel cell system: A fuel cell system comprises a liquid storage section for storing a reacting solution, a reacting section for generating reacting gas from the reacting solution, a gas storage section for storing the reacting gas supplied from the reacting section, and a fuel cell for generating electricity while the reacting gas...

20060147777 - Liquid fuel mixing apparatus and direct liquid feed fuel cell system including the same: A liquid fuel mixing apparatus includes a water chamber, a fuel chamber, and a partition arranged substantially vertically between the water chamber and the fuel chamber. The partition includes a passage to permit communication between the water chamber and the fuel chamber. The water chamber includes a first port for...

20060147778 - Solid-oxide shaped fuel cell module: There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell module comprising a substrate with an internal fuel flow part provided therein, at least a face thereof, in contact with cells, and interconnectors, being an insulator, a plurality of the cells each comprised of an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode, stacked...

20060147783 - Direct liquid feed fuel cell and portable electronic apparatus including the same: A direct liquid feed fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including a plurality of unit cells composed of an electrolyte membrane, and a plurality of anodes and cathodes formed on opposing surfaces of the electrolyte membrane; a current collection plate including a plurality of first current collecting portions correspondingly...

20060147779 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell includes an electrolyte provided with electrodes in the form of an anode and a cathode on opposite sides of the electrolyte, and a system of flow ducts arranged so as to bring a first flow containing a first reactant into contact with an active surface on the...

20060147781 - Fuel cell collector plates containing grafted polyolefins: A conductive composition for fuel cell collector plates and the molding methods thereof are provided. The molding composition includes a polymer resin and conductive fillers, wherein the polymer resin is a polymer blend comprising (1) from about 10 to 100 wt %, preferably from about 50 to about 100 wt...

20060147784 - Low- contact-resistance interface structure between separator and carbon material for fuel cell, separator and carbon material used therein, and production method for stainless steel separator for fuel cell: A low-contact-resistance interface structure between a separator and a carbon material for a fuel cell, a carbon material and a separator used in the interface structure, and a method for producing a stainless steel separator for a fuel cell are provided. The low-contact-resistance interface structure may contain a titanium nitride...

20060147780 - Method for producing separator for fuel cell, separator for fuel cell and fuel cell: A method for manufacturing fuel cell bipolar plates involves heating and softening a nonwoven fabric including an electrically conductive powder and thermoplastic resin fibers of 0.1 to 20 μm diameter, and shaping the softened nonwoven fabric....

20060147782 - Sofc assembly joint spacing: A textured surface is formed on at least one of a fuel cell mounting plate or fuel cell subassembly to define a joint spacing between these two components. In a preferred embodiment, the textured surface comprises a plurality of dimples coined or otherwise formed in the metal mounting plate. The...

20060147785 - Fuel cell: A fuel cell is comprised of a pair of bipolar plates and a membrane electrode assembly sandwiched between the bipolar plates disposed in parallel. A hard stopper is disposed between the two bipolar plates to prevent the two bipolar plates from over-squeezing the membrane electrode assembly. The stopper can be...

20060147786 - Modular fuel cell cassette for forming a solid-oxide fuel cell stack: A modular fuel cell cassette for use in assembling a fuel cell stack comprising a metal separator plate and a metal cell-mounting plate joined at their edges to form a hollow cassette. A fuel cell subassembly is attached to the mounting plate and extends through an opening in the mounting...

20060147787 - Separator for fuel cell and fuel cell using it: The present invention can achieve the prevention of the corrosion of a metal separator, a reduction in contact resistance and an enhancement in cooling effect in a fuel cell. The separator includes an electrically conductive flat plate and two electrically conductive channel plates superposed on each other with the electrically...

20060147788 - Pt/ru alloy catalyst for fuel cell: A platinum (Pt)/ruthenium (Ru) alloy catalyst, highly resistant to CO poisoning, having a lattice constant of 3.856-3.885 Å and a particle size of 2-5 nm, and supported on a carrier. The Pt/Ru alloy catalyst is highly resistant to CO poisoning, thereby allowing for higher catalytic activity when used. That is,...

20060147789 - Gas blocking anode for a direct liquid fuel cell: An anode for a direct liquid fuel cell in which hydrogen gas is generated as a result of a fuel oxidation or decomposition reaction. The surface of the anode which is intended to face the electrolyte chamber of the fuel cell is substantially completely covered with a polymeric material which...

20060147790 - Particle containing a graphite based nucleus covered with at least one continuous or discontinuous layer, processes for preparing the same and their uses: Process for preparing by crushing, a homogenous mixture of particles containing a conductive nucleus including at least one graphite and continuously or discontinuously coated with at least one material that is different from the one constituting the nucleus, the size of the particles of the nucleus being larger than the...

20060147791 - Platinum recovery from fuel cell stacks: A method and apparatus is provided for recovering platinum metal from a fuel cell stack without disassembly, burning or electrolysis by introducing an oxidizing acidic solution to at least one of the ports of the stack. The method may additionally include the subsequent step of precipitating a platinum salt from...

20060147792 - Machining electrical power supply device for wire electrical discharge machining apparatus: Improved battery packaging and constructions for batteries, particularly thin, flat-profile packaged batteries are provided. The battery packaging constructions may eliminate the need for soldering by providing current collector tabs coated by electrically conductive adhesive tape such as z-axis conductive tape and may provide support for current collector tabs and a...

20060147793 - Jelly-roll type battery unit and winding method thereof and lithium secondary battery comprising the same: A jelly-roll type battery unit includes a first electrode plate having a first electrode current collector with a first electrode tab, and a first electrode active material layer on a surface of the first electrode current collector; a second electrode plate having a second electrode current collector with a second...

20060147794 - Battery holder: The invention relates to a battery holder 30 for an electronic device. In order to provide an improved possibility of exchanging a battery of an electronic device, it is proposed that the battery holder 30 comprises an outer surface 31, means 32 for receiving an exchangeable battery 20 and means...

20060147795 - Cycling stability of li-ion battery with molten salt electrolyte: An example battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode comprises a positive active material, and has a positive electrode area and a positive electrode capacity. The negative electrode comprises a negative active material, and has...

20060147796 - Positive battery electrodes and positive electrode fabrication methods: The disclosure relates to positive electrodes for storage cells including a ground positive electrode active material and a conductivity enhancement additive, wherein the ground positive electrode active material exhibits a specific surface area of 5 m2/g or greater, a crystallite diameter of 70 nanometers or less, and a 50% cumulative...

20060147797 - Anode materials of lithium secondary battery and method of fabricating the same: An anode material of a lithium secondary battery. The anode material includes a plurality of silicon particles, each silicon particle comprising a silicon core covered by a coating layer containing at least one metal oxide, preferably TiO2, ZrO2, or a combination thereof. The invention also provides a method of fabricating...

20060147798 - Cathode compositions for lithium-ion batteries: A cathode composition for a lithium-ion battery having the formula Li[M1(1-x)Mnx]O2 where 0<x<1 and M1 represents one or more metal elements, with the proviso that M1 is a metal element other than chromium. The composition is in the form of a single phase having an O3 crystal structure that does...

20060147799 - Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery: A subject for the invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which can be improved in high-output/high-input characteristics based on a reduction in the thickness of an active material layer, has a long life, and is highly safe. The invention relates to: a negative electrode for lithium secondary battery...

20060147800 - Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing same: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with excellent charging/discharging cycle characteristics is provided, more specifically a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which deterioration of the conductivity of a negative electrode due to charging/discharging cycle is suppressed and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes:...

20060147801 - Electrode for secondary battery, process of producing the electrode, and secondary battery: The positive or negative electrode of a secondary battery has a first and a second surface that are electro-conductive and adapted to be brought into contact with an electrolyte. The electrode has an active material layer containing active material particles between the first and second surfaces. The electrode has a...

20060147802 - Anode for nonaqueous secondary battery, process of producing the anode, and nonaqueous secondary battery: A negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries is disclosed. The negative electrode has a pair of current collecting surface layers of which the surfaces are adapted to be brought into contact with an electrolyte and at least one active material layer interposed between the surface layers. The active material layer...

20060147803 - Copper collector for secondary battery comprising cu-nitrile compound complex formed on surface thereof: Disclosed are copper foil or net comprising a Cu-nitrile compound complex formed on the surface thereof, a method for preparing the same, and a lithium secondary battery that comprises an electrode using the same copper foil or net as a collector. The lithium secondary battery, which uses a copper collector...

20060147804 - Separator material and method of producing the same, and alkali secondary battery separator: A separator material of the present invention is a sulfonated nonwoven that comprises a polyolefin ultra-fine short fiber having a fineness of less than 0.5 dtex and other polyolefin short fiber(s). The other polyolefin short fibers include a polyolefin thermal bonding short fiber. At least a portion of the polyolefin...

20060147805 - Polymerizable boric compounds, methods of producing the same, polymerizable compositions and ionic-conductive polymeric electrolytes: A polymerizable boric compound for electrochemical devices represented by the formula (1), wherein, B represents a boron atom, Z represents a polymerizable functional group, X represents a divalent C1-12 hydrocarbon group or in the absence of X, Z and B form a direct bond, AO represents a C2-4 oxyalkylene group,...

20060147806 - Inorganic solid electrolyte and lithium cell component: A sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte that suppresses the reaction between silicon sulfide and metallic lithium even when the electrolyte is in contact with metallic lithium, a method of forming the electrolyte, and a lithium battery's member and lithium secondary battery both incorporating the electrolyte. The electrolyte comprises Li, P, and...

20060147808 - Electrolytes for lithium ion secondary batteries: The present invention relates to additives for electrolytes of lithium ion secondary batteries that include one or more of the following: 1,3-propane sultone, succinic anhydride; ethenyl sulfonyl benzene, and halobenzene. It can also include biphenyl, cyclohexylbenzene; and vinylene carbonate. The weight of said 1,3-propane sultone is between 0.5 wt. %...

20060147809 - 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 certain electrolytes, the alkali metal salt is a bis(chelato)borate and...

20060147807 - Organic electrolytic solution and lithium battery employing the same: An organic electrolytic solution and a lithium battery employing the same are provided. The organic electrolytic solution includes: a lithium salt; an organic solvent containing a high dielectric constant solvent and a low boiling point solvent; and a carbonate or oxalate derivative having at least one substituted or unsubstituted cyano...