Understanding and defeating the physical mechanisms limiting the capacity of lead-acid batteries

✍ Scribed by Philip W. Appel; Dean B. Edwards

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 698 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0929-1881
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00136859

✦ Synopsis

In this paper, we summarize previous work [1][2][3][4][5][6] that helped to establish the physical processes limiting the capacity of lead-acid batteries. .Ion diffusion and paste conductivity are the dominate processes that limit capacity over a wide range of discharge rates. A model which includes both these processes was developed and used to understand the role of additives in the positive paste. With a basic understanding of the physical mechanisms limiting capacity and equipped with the model, we are pursuing designs for dramatically improving the capacity of lead-acid batteries. Some of these designs will be discussed in this paper.