Progress in the Development of Lightweight Nickel Electrode for Nickel-Hydrogen Cell

1999-01-2537

08/02/1999

Event
34th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
Authors Abstract
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Development of a high specific energy battery is one of the objectives of the lightweight nickel-hydrogen (Ni-H2) program at the NASA Glenn Research Center. The approach has been to improve the nickel electrode by continuing combined in-house and contract efforts to develop a lighter weight electrode for the nickel-hydrogen cell. Small fiber diameter nickel plaques are used as conductive supports for the nickel hydroxide active material. These plaques are commercial products and have an advantage of increased surface area available for the deposition of active material. Initial tests include activation and capacity measurements at five different discharge levels, C/2, 1.0C, 1.37C, 2.0C, and 2.74C. The electrodes are life cycle tested using a half-cell configuration at 40 and 80% depths-of-discharge (DOD) in a low-Earth-orbit regime. The electrodes that pass the initial tests are life cycle-tested in a boilerplate nickel-hydrogen cell before flightweight designs are built and tested.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2537
Pages
6
Citation
Britton, D., "Progress in the Development of Lightweight Nickel Electrode for Nickel-Hydrogen Cell," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-2537, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2537.
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Aug 2, 1999
Product Code
1999-01-2537
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English