A Low-Cost, High Energy-Density Lead/Acid Battery

Hariprakash, B and Mane, AU and Martha, SK and Gaffoor, SA and Shivashankar, SA and Shukla, AK (2004) A Low-Cost, High Energy-Density Lead/Acid Battery. In: Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 7 (3). A66-A69.

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Abstract

Lightweight plastic grids for lead/acid battery plates have been prepared from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer. The grids have been coated with a conductive and corrosion-resistant tin oxide layer by a novel rapid thermally activated chemical reaction process. X-ray powder diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy show the coated tin oxide film to be $SnO_2$-like. The grids are about 75% lighter than conventional lead/acid battery grids. A 6 V/1 Ah lead/acid battery has been assembled and characterized employing positive and negative plates made from these grids. The energy density of such a lead/acid battery is believed to be more than 50 Wh/kg.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters
Publisher:	The Electrochemical Society, Inc.
Additional Information:	The Copyright belongs to The Electrochemical Society, Inc.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:25
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/6185

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