CA2506295A1 - Zinc powder or zinc alloy powder with inhomogeneous bulk density for alkaline batteries - Google Patents
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- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title claims abstract 45
- 229910001297 Zn alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 title claims abstract 42
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 claims abstract 30
- 239000002245 particle Substances 0.000 claims abstract 4
- 229910052725 zinc Inorganic materials 0.000 claims abstract 3
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 claims abstract 3
- 229910052797 bismuth Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 6
- JCXGWMGPZLAOME-UHFFFAOYSA-N bismuth atom Chemical compound [Bi] JCXGWMGPZLAOME-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims 6
- 229910052738 indium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 6
- APFVFJFRJDLVQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N indium atom Chemical compound [In] APFVFJFRJDLVQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims 6
- 229910052782 aluminium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 3
- XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium Chemical compound [Al] XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims 3
- OYPRJOBELJOOCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Calcium Chemical compound [Ca] OYPRJOBELJOOCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims 2
- DGAQECJNVWCQMB-PUAWFVPOSA-M Ilexoside XXIX Chemical compound C[C@@H]1CC[C@@]2(CC[C@@]3(C(=CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@H]5[C@@]4(CC[C@@H](C5(C)C)OS(=O)(=O)[O-])C)C)[C@@H]2[C@]1(C)O)C)C(=O)O[C@H]6[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O6)CO)O)O)O.[Na+] DGAQECJNVWCQMB-PUAWFVPOSA-M 0.000 claims 2
- WHXSMMKQMYFTQS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Lithium Chemical compound [Li] WHXSMMKQMYFTQS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims 2
- FYYHWMGAXLPEAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Magnesium Chemical compound [Mg] FYYHWMGAXLPEAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims 2
- 229910052791 calcium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 2
- 239000011575 calcium Substances 0.000 claims 2
- 230000001419 dependent effect Effects 0.000 claims 2
- 229910052744 lithium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 2
- 239000011777 magnesium Substances 0.000 claims 2
- 229910052749 magnesium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 2
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 2
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 claims 2
- 150000002739 metals Chemical class 0.000 claims 2
- 239000011734 sodium Substances 0.000 claims 2
- 229910052708 sodium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 2
- 229910000967 As alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 1
- 229910045601 alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 1
- 239000000956 alloy Substances 0.000 claims 1
- 229910052753 mercury Inorganic materials 0.000 claims 1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M4/00—Electrodes
- H01M4/02—Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
- H01M4/24—Electrodes for alkaline accumulators
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
- B22F1/00—Metallic powder; Treatment of metallic powder, e.g. to facilitate working or to improve properties
- B22F1/05—Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles
- B22F1/052—Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles characterised by a mixture of particles of different sizes or by the particle size distribution
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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- H01M4/02—Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
- H01M4/36—Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids
- H01M4/38—Selection of substances as active materials, active masses, active liquids of elements or alloys
- H01M4/42—Alloys based on zinc
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- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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- H01M4/02—Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
- H01M2004/021—Physical characteristics, e.g. porosity, surface area
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- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
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Abstract
The invention relates to zinc powders or zinc alloy powders with an inhomogeneous bulk density distribution depending on the particle size, wherein the difference of the bulk density measured according to ASTM B212 in the grain size range smaller than 75 µm and that in the grain size range greater than 150 µm is at least 0.5 g/cm3, and the mean bulk density of the powder, measured according to ASTM B212, ranges from 1.8 to 4.0 g/cm3. The invention is also directed to mixtures of said zinc powders or zinc alloy powders and to an alkaline battery including said powders.
Claims (35)
1. A zinc powder or zinc alloy powder with an inhomogeneous bulk density distribution depending on the particle size, wherein the difference of the bulk density measured according to ASTM B212 in the grain size range smaller than 75 µm and that in the grain size range greater than 150 µm is at least 0.5 g/cm3, and the mean bulk density of the powder, measured ac-cording to ASTM B212, ranges from 1.8 to 4.0 g/cm3.
2. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 1, characterized in that the difference of the bulk density in the grain size range smaller than 75 µm and that of the grain size range greater than 150 µm is from 0.5 g/cm3 to 2.0 g/cm3.
3. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the differences of the bulk densities have a parti-cle size-dependent distribution as follows:
smaller than 75 µm vs. smaller than 100 to 75 µm of at least 0.13 g/cm3, smaller than 100 to 75 µm vs. smaller than 150 to 100 pm of at least 0.13 g/cm3, smaller than 150 to 100 µm vs. 250 to 150 µm of at least 0.13 g/cm3.
smaller than 75 µm vs. smaller than 100 to 75 µm of at least 0.13 g/cm3, smaller than 100 to 75 µm vs. smaller than 150 to 100 pm of at least 0.13 g/cm3, smaller than 150 to 100 µm vs. 250 to 150 µm of at least 0.13 g/cm3.
4. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 3, characterized in that the differences of the bulk densities have a particle size-dependent distribution as follows:
<75 µm vs. <100 to 75 µm of from 0.15 to 0.5 g/cm3, <100 to 75 µm vs. <150 to 100 µm of at least 0.15 to 0.5 g/cm3;
<150 to 100 µm vs. 250 to 150 µm of at least 0.15 to 0.5 g/cm3.
<75 µm vs. <100 to 75 µm of from 0.15 to 0.5 g/cm3, <100 to 75 µm vs. <150 to 100 µm of at least 0.15 to 0.5 g/cm3;
<150 to 100 µm vs. 250 to 150 µm of at least 0.15 to 0.5 g/cm3.
5. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that metals selected from the group of indium, bis-muth, lead, aluminum, calcium, lithium, sodium, magnesium, or mixtures thereof are included as alloy elements.
6. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 5, characterized in that one or more alloy elements selected from the following group of metals can be included in the following amounts: 0.1 to 1200 ppm indium, 0.1 to 1000 ppm bismuth, 0.1 to 1000 ppm lead, 0.1 to 200 ppm aluminum, 0.1 to 200 ppm calcium, 0.1 to 200 ppm lithium, 0.1 to 200 ppm sodium, 0.1 to 200 ppm magnesium.
7. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 5, characterized in that the powder includes 0.1 to 1200 ppm indium and 0.1 to 1000 ppm bismuth.
8. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 5, characterized in that the powder includes 0.1 to 1200 ppm indium, 0.1 to 1000 ppm bis-muth, and 0.1 to 1000 ppm lead.
9. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 5, characterized in that the powder includes 0.1 to 1000 ppm lead and 0.1 to 1000 ppm indium or bismuth.
10. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 5, characterized in that the powder includes 0.1 to 1000 ppm lead.
11. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 5, characterized in that the powder includes 0.1 to 1000 ppm indium, 0.1 to 1000 ppm bis-muth, and 0.1 to 200 ppm aluminum.
12. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the zinc powder is an amalgamated zinc pow-der.
13. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 12, characterized in that the zinc powder is amalgamated with 0.1 to 7 wt.-% Hg.
14. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the zinc powder or zinc alloy powder has a mean bulk density of from 1.8 to 2.2 g/cm3 (LD powder).
15. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the zinc powder or zinc alloy powder has a mean bulk density of from 2.5 to 2.9 g/cm3 (MD powder).
16. The zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the zinc powder or zinc alloy powder has a mean bulk density of from 3.0 to 3.4 g/cm3 (HD powder).
17. Mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder, including conventional prior art zinc powders or zinc alloy powders with a bulk density of from 2.8 to 3.0 g/cm3 in mixture with the powder according to one or more of claims 14 to 16.
18. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 17, characterized in that the mixture includes the powder according to claim 14.
19. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that the mixture includes at least 5 wt.-% of the powder according to claims 14 to 16.
20. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 17 to 19, characterized in that the mixture includes 10 to 80 wt.-%
of the powder according to claims 14 to 16.
of the powder according to claims 14 to 16.
21. Mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder, including the low bulk density powder (LD powder) according to claim 14 and the high bulk density pow-der (HD powder) according to claim 16.
22. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 21, characterized in that the mixture includes at least 5 wt.-% low bulk density powder (LD powder).
23. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 22, characterized in that the mixture includes 10 to 80 wt.-% low bulk density powder (LD powder).
24. Mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder, including the medium bulk density powder (MD powder) according to claim 15 and the high bulk den-sity powder (HD powder) according to claim 16.
25. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 24, characterized in that the mixture includes at least 5 wt.-% medium bulk density powder (MD powder).
26. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 25, characterized in that the mixture includes 10 to 80 wt.-% medium bulk den-sity powder (MD powder).
27. Mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder, including the low bulk density powder (LD powder) according to claim 14 and the medium bulk density powder (MD powder) according to claim 15.
28. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 27, characterized in that the mixture includes at least 5 wt.-% low bulk density powder (LD powder).
29. The mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to claim 28, characterized in that the mixture includes 10 to 80 wt.-% low bulk density powder (LD powder).
30. An alkaline battery, including the zinc powder or zinc alloy powder accord-ing to one or more of claims 1 to 16 as anode.
31. An alkaline battery, including mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 17 to 20 as anode.
32. An alkaline battery, including mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 21 to 23 as anode.
33. An alkaline battery, including mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 24 to 26 as anode.
34. An alkaline battery, including mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 27 to 29 as anode.
35. An alkaline battery, including mixtures of zinc powder or zinc alloy powder according to one or more of claims 21 to 23 as anode.
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP02028828.8 | 2002-12-21 | ||
| EP02028828A EP1430976A1 (en) | 2002-12-21 | 2002-12-21 | Zinc powder or zinc alloy powder with inhomogeneous bulk density for alkaline batteries |
| PCT/EP2003/013441 WO2004056507A1 (en) | 2002-12-21 | 2003-11-28 | Zinc powder or zinc alloy powder having an inhomogeneous bulk density for use in alkaline batteries |
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| CA2506295A1 true CA2506295A1 (en) | 2004-07-08 |
| CA2506295C CA2506295C (en) | 2012-05-01 |
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| EP (2) | EP1430976A1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JP2006511703A (en) |
| CN (1) | CN100364699C (en) |
| AT (1) | ATE383218T1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU2003303182A1 (en) |
| BR (1) | BR0316921A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2506295C (en) |
| DE (1) | DE50308998D1 (en) |
| ES (1) | ES2298628T3 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2004056507A1 (en) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8039150B2 (en) | 2005-04-20 | 2011-10-18 | Revoit Technology Ltd. | Agglomerated zinc powder anode |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US8039150B2 (en) | 2005-04-20 | 2011-10-18 | Revoit Technology Ltd. | Agglomerated zinc powder anode |
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| EP1572401A1 (en) | 2005-09-14 |
| DE50308998D1 (en) | 2008-02-21 |
| JP2006511703A (en) | 2006-04-06 |
| ES2298628T3 (en) | 2008-05-16 |
| CA2506295C (en) | 2012-05-01 |
| CN100364699C (en) | 2008-01-30 |
| EP1572401B1 (en) | 2008-01-09 |
| ATE383218T1 (en) | 2008-01-15 |
| CN1735471A (en) | 2006-02-15 |
| WO2004056507A1 (en) | 2004-07-08 |
| EP1430976A1 (en) | 2004-06-23 |
| AU2003303182A1 (en) | 2004-07-14 |
| BR0316921A (en) | 2005-10-18 |
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