Nanostructured cathode materials for alkaline and lithium rechargeable batteries

Author

Reisner, David E. ; Dai, Jinxiang ; Ge, Rongde ; Wang, Meidong ; Ye, Hui ; Xiao, T. Danny ; Salkind, Alvin J.

Author_Institution

US Nanocorp. Inc., North Haven, CT, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

145

Abstract

US Nanocorp, Inc. is pioneering the synthesis of nanostructured active battery materials by a novel aqueous solution reaction (ASR) process that is inherently low cost and scalable to volume production. Strategies for the production of high energy content battery electrodes are discussed. Focus areas include Ni(OH)₂, both pure and Al-doped and γ-MnO₂ for rechargeable alkaline batteries as well as the hollandite form of α-MnO₂ for intercalation of lithium. The synthesis of nanostructured pyrite as a feedstock powder for thermal spray to rapidly deposit FeS₂ thin film electrodes for thermal batteries is also discussed

Keywords

electrochemical electrodes; intercalation compounds; iron compounds; manganese compounds; nanostructured materials; nickel compounds; secondary cells; spray coatings; thin films; γ-MnO₂; Al-doped γ-MnO₂; FeS₂; FeS₂ thin film electrodes; Li; MnO₂; MnO₂:Al; Ni(OH)₂; US Nanocorp; alkaline rechargeable batteries; aqueous solution reaction process; feedstock powder; high energy content battery electrodes; hollandite α-MnO₂; lithium intercalation; lithium rechargeable batteries; nanostructured active battery materials; nanostructured cathode materials; nanostructured pyrite; thermal batteries; thermal spray; Automatic speech recognition; Batteries; Cathodes; Costs; Electrodes; Lithium; Nanostructured materials; Powders; Production; Thermal spraying;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1999. The Fourteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

ISSN

1089-8182

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4967-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1999.795981

Filename

795981