The Effect of Additives on the Properties of Zn Electrode in Zn/AgO Secondary Battery

We investigated the effect of both 4 types additives and $0.5wt\%\;Pb_3O_4$ which have been reported to show an improvement on the performance of Zinc anode. And Experimental methods such as corrosion potential measurement, potentiodynamic polorization test and charging-discharging cycle life test were carried out in $40 wt\%$ KOH with $Pb_3O_4(0.5, \;10\;&\;2.0wt\%)$ and 4 types additives $(0.4wt\%\;of\;Ca(OH)_2$, 0.025M of Citrate, Tartrate and Gluconate). Corrosion potential was shifted to high direction and also changed to high and low direction repeatedly with increasing of $Pb_3O_4$ quantity. However by adding $0.5wt\%\;Pb_3O_4$, corrosion potential shifted to low direction and showed stable condition. Furthermore it was well known that corrosion resistance was predominantly increased compared to no addition and improved charging-discharging property with adding additives. By SEM analysis, it was concluded that the morphology of surface in case of only $0.5wt\%\;Pb_3O_4$ addition was nearly the same as that of Tartrate additive and in the other additives such as $Ca(OH)_2$, Citrate, Tartrate and Gluconate, their morphologies showed dendrite growth. Eventually it was thought that the additive of Tartrate indicated comparatively good corrosion resistance effect as well as charging-discharging property improvement among those four types additives.

Zn/AgO Secondary Battery용 아연 양극의 성능에 미치는 첨가제의 영향

아연 양극의 성능을 향상시킬 목적으로 4가지 종류의 첨가제의 효과를 연구하였다. $Pb_3O_4(0.5, \;1.0&\;2.0wt\%)$와 4가지 종류의 첨가제$(0.4wt\%\;of\;Ca(OH)_2,\;0.025M\;of\;Citrate,\;tartrate\;and\;Gluconate)를\;40wt\%$ KOH 전해질 용액에 용해시켜 부식전위 측정, 분극실험, 충$\cdot$방전 사이클 수명시험을 행하였다. 부식전위는 시간이 흐름에 따라 높은 방향으로 이행하였고 $Pb_3O_4$의 량이 증가함에 따라 반복적으로 전위가 상승과 하강을 거듭하였다. 더욱이 내식성은 무첨가의 경우에 비해 확실하게 증가하였고 첨가제가 들어간 경우 충$\cdot$방전 특성이 향상되었다. SEM사진을 분석한 결과 $0.5wt\%\;Pb_3O_4$ 만을 첨가한 경우와 Tartrate가 첨가된 경우의 표면 형상이 유사하였으며, 다른 첨가제의 경우 표면에 수지상 결정의 성장이 나타났다. 결과적으로 다른 첨가제와 비교하여 Tartrate의 경우 내식성 효과뿐만 아니라 충$\cdot$방전 특성도 우수함을 보여주었다.