Redox battery.doc

United States Patent 5,318,865 Kaneko , ? et al. June 7, 1994 Redox battery Abstract In a redox battery including an electrolytic cell which has a circulating type electrolytic solution and an intermittent circulating type electrolytic solution which has a membrane and which employs an electrolytic solution permeable porous electrode, a solution of vanadium (II/III) dissolved in sulfuric acid is used as an active material on the negative electrode of a redox couple, and an oxidizing substance in a gas (such as oxygen) or in electrolytic solution is used as an active material on the positive electrode of the redox couple. The redox battery of the invention shows high energy density, and has a small size and a high output, thus it can be used for an electric vehicle or as a portable battery. Inventors: Kaneko; Hiroko (Tsukuba, JP), Negishi; Akira (Tsukuba, JP), Nozaki; Ken (Tsukuba, JP), Sato; Kanji (Kashima, JP), Nakajima; Masato (Inashiki, JP) Assignee: Director-General, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (Tokyo, JP) Kashima-Kita Electric Power Corporation (Ibaraki, JP) Appl. No.: 07/892,032 Filed: June 2, 1992 Foreign Application Priority Data Jun 06, 1991 [JP] 3-134945 Current U.S. Class: 429/345 Current International Class: H01M 8/18?; H01M 006/18?() Field of Search: 429/193,194,196 References Cited [Referenced By] U.S. Patent Documents 2986592 May 1961 McCallum et al. 3279949 October 1966 Schaefer et al. 3279949 October 1966 Schaefer et al. 3996064 December 1976 Thaller 4362791 December 1982 Kaneko et al. 4370392 January 1983 Savinell et al. 4786567 November 1988 Skyllas-Kazacos et al. Foreign Patent Documents 1409588 Jul., 1965 FR 2431196 Feb., 1980 FR 90/03666 Apr., 1990 WO WO89/05526 Jun., 1989 WO WO89/05528 Jun., 1989 WO Other References Chem Abstract An 114872, vol. 117, No. 2; Jul. 13, 1992. .Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, vol. 15