Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1999. The Fourteenth Annual
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4967-9
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.1999.795981
