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Impedances of Nickel Electrodes Cycled in Various KOH ConcentrationsRecent tests at Hughes have shown that Ni/H2 cells cycled in 26 percent KOH have much longer lives than those cycled in other concentrations. As part of an ongoing program to try to correlate the impedances of nickel electrodes with their life and performance, impedances were measured of a number of electrodes from these tests that had been cycled in concentrations from 21 to 36 percent KOH. These had ranged from about 1000 to 40,000 cycles. After cycling ten times to reduce possible changes due to storage, impedances were measured at five voltages corresponding to low states of charge. The results were analyzed using a standard circuit model including Warburg impedance term. Lower kinetic resistances and Warburg slopes were found for several electrodes which had been cycled in 26 percent KOH even though they had been cycled for a much longer time than the others. Interpretation of the data is complicated by the fact that the cycle lives, storage times, and failure mechanisms varied. Several other circuit models have also been examined, but the best correlations with life were found with parameters obtained from the simple model.
Document ID
19910023243
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Margaret A Reid
(Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Patricia L Loyselle
(Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Power Sources: Proceedings of the Third Space Electrochemical Research and Technology Conference
Publisher: Elsevier
Volume: 36
Issue: 3
Issue Publication Date: December 1, 1991
ISSN: 0378-7753
e-ISSN: 1873-2755
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Meeting Information
Meeting: 3rd Space Electrochemical Research and Technology (SERT) Conference
Location: Cleveland, OH
Country: US
Start Date: April 9, 1991
End Date: April 10, 1991
Sponsors: Lewis Research Center
Accession Number
91N32557
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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