ALUMINUM AIR CELL, AND ALUMINUM AIR FUEL CELL

• Main Authors: WATABE KENTARO, HAZAWA MANABU, KAWABATA TOSHIHIKO, YAJIMA SHUJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.08.2017
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: an aluminum air cell which can solve the problems of self corrosion, polarization, etc. which is superior in cell performance, e.g. energy density and voltage, and which is long in life and high in safety; and an aluminum air fuel cell.SOLUTION: In an aluminum air cell and an aluminum air fuel cell, each comprising a negative electrode including aluminum or an aluminum alloy as an active material, a positive electrode (air electrode) using oxygen as an active material, and a neutral aqueous electrolyte, the electrolyte is arranged by dissolving an organic fatty acid salt in a neutral aqueous electrolyte.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】自己腐食や分極等の問題を解決し、エネルギー密度や電圧等の電池性能に優れ、寿命が長く、安全性の高いアルミニウム空気電池及びアルミニウム空気燃料電池を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】アルミニウム又はアルミニウム合金を活物質とする負極と、酸素を活物質とする正極（空気極）と、中性水系電解質とからなるアルミニウム空気電池及びアルミニウム空気燃料電池において、電解質が中性水系電解質に有機脂肪酸塩を溶解したものであることを特徴とする。【選択図】図２