Size Effects of the Catalyst on Characteristics of Zn/Air Batteries

$MnO_2$입자 크기에 따른 아연공기전지의 특성연구

  • 김지훈 (한국전기연구원 전략기술연구단 전지연구그룹) ;
  • 엄승욱 (한국전기연구원 전략기술연구단 전지연구그룹) ;
  • 문성인 (한국전기연구원 전략기술연구단 전지연구그룹) ;
  • 윤문수 (한국전기연구원 전략기술연구단 전지연구그룹) ;
  • 김주용 (한국전기연구원 전략기술연구단 전지연구그룹) ;
  • 육경창 (한국전기연구원 전략기술연구단 전지연구그룹) ;
  • 박정후 (한국전기연구원 전략기술연구단 전지연구그룹)
  • Published : 2002.07.08

Abstract

Zinc Air battery obtain their energy density advantage over the other batteries by utilizing ambient oxygen as the cathode materials, and reusing cathode as recycled form. And specific capacity of zinc powder is as high as 820mAh/g. When Zinc Air battery discharged by low rate current discharge voltage profile has very flat pattern until end of voltage. But, when Zinc Air battery discharged by high rate current discharge voltage and capacity become lower. Therefore, we focused on effects of catalyst size in cathode. So we examined performance of zinc air batteries, average discharge voltage, capacity, energy, resistance. And we also obtained resistance by the GSM pulse discharge. So we have got optimum size of catalyst for Zinc Air battery.

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