Aero Propulsion and Power Technology, New Hydrogen Storage Electrodes

"This proposal is directed at research and development of an advanced battery based on nickel-metal hydride chemistry with an improved hydrogen storage material for the battery anode in place of the usual metal hydride alloy. The goals for the new materialwill be to store large amounts of hydrogen, and operate at high rates and low temperature. Implication is for a reduction of the weight of the anode electrode by up to 50%, which presently use materials including the LaNi5-type hydrogen storage anode alloyand yields a theoretical upper bound energy density of 215 Watt hours per kilogram.The EEI project would include evaluating the new material as a plastic-bonded electrode made by an EEI patented process and testing it in EEI's patented bipolar wafer cell design. Test cells of a 3" x 3" size will be used for the initial screening.CONSUMER BATTERIES; ELECTRIC & HYBRID VEHICLES; AIRCRAFT BATTERIES; STARTING, LIGHTING AND IGNITION (SLI) BATTERIES"