Investigation of Ni­Al hydroxide with silver addition as an active substance of alkaline batteries

Authors

  • Valerii Kotok Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology Gagarina ave., 8, Dnipro, Ukraine, 49005 Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "Vyatka State University" Moskovskaya str., 36, Kirov, Russian Federation, 610000, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-7189
  • Vadym Kovalenko Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology Gagarina ave., 8, Dnipro, Ukraine, 49005 Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "Vyatka State University" Moskovskaya str., 36, Kirov, Russian Federation, 610000, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-6732
  • Sergey Vlasov National Mining University Yavornytskoho ave., 19, Dnipro, Ukraine, 49600 Vyatka State University Moskovskaya str., 36, Kirov city, Russian Federation 610000, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5537-6342

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2018.133465

Keywords:

nickel hydroxide, alkaline secondary battery, Ni(OH)2, layered double hydroxide, silver oxide

Abstract

Layered double hydroxides with different ratios of nickel and aluminum in the presence of Ag + ions and without silver have been synthesized: Ni: Al – 80 %: 20 %, Ni: Al: Ag – 80 %: 15 %: 5 % and 75 %: 15 %: 5 %. The obtained nickel hydroxide powders have a structure similar to α-Ni(OH)2 with a large number of crystal lattice defects. As a result of galvanostatic charge-discharge cycling, it was revealed that the addition of silver in the chemical synthesis stage increases the hydroxide utilization coefficient at fast discharges but decrease it at slow discharges. A possible mechanism that explains the influence of added silver during synthesis on discharge characteristics of hydroxide powders was proposed. The mechanism is that silver oxide, which is a semiconductor, is mixed with hydroxide and increases the specific conductivity of the powder. Increased electrical conductivity has a positive effect on charge effectiveness, because the initial phase has lower electrical conductivity than the oxidized form – NiOOH. Because the charge involves two processes – the main process of active material charging and evolution of molecular oxygen, the electrical conductivity would play a key role in the electrode charging. At low electrical conductivity and fast charge, the current would primarily be consumed by the side process of oxygen evolution. In case of slow charges, additional electrical conductivity due to the presence of silver oxide would not have a great effect on charge effectiveness, because under such conditions the own conductivity of hydroxide is sufficient. Additionally, the presence of silver oxide would decrease the hydroxide content, which in turn would decrease the utilization coefficient that is calculated from the total mass of the powder.

Author Biographies

Valerii Kotok, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology Gagarina ave., 8, Dnipro, Ukraine, 49005 Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "Vyatka State University" Moskovskaya str., 36, Kirov, Russian Federation, 610000

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Processes, Apparatus and General Chemical Technology

Department of Technologies of Inorganic Substances and Electrochemical Manufacturing

Vadym Kovalenko, Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology Gagarina ave., 8, Dnipro, Ukraine, 49005 Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education "Vyatka State University" Moskovskaya str., 36, Kirov, Russian Federation, 610000

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Additives and Cosmetics

Department of Technologies of Inorganic Substances and Electrochemical Manufacturing

Sergey Vlasov, National Mining University Yavornytskoho ave., 19, Dnipro, Ukraine, 49600 Vyatka State University Moskovskaya str., 36, Kirov city, Russian Federation 610000

Doctor of Technical Science, Professor

Department of underground mining

Department of building manufacture

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2018-06-13

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Kotok, V., Kovalenko, V., & Vlasov, S. (2018). Investigation of Ni­Al hydroxide with silver addition as an active substance of alkaline batteries. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 3(6 (93), 6–11. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2018.133465

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Vol. 3 No. 6 (93) (2018): Technology organic and inorganic substances

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