Abstract: A Ni/metal hydride secondary element having a positive nickel hydroxide electrode, a negative electrode having a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte, the positive electrode, provided with a three-dimensional metallic conductive structure, also contains an aluminum compound which is soluble in the electrolyte, in addition to nickel hydroxide and cobalt oxide. The aluminum compound is aluminum hydroxide and/or aluminum oxide, and the mass of the aluminum compound which is present in the positive bulk material mixture is 0.1 to 2% by weight relative to the mass of the nickel hydroxide which is present. In combination with aluminum hydroxide or aluminum oxide, the positive electrode further contains lanthanoid oxidic compounds Y2O3, La2O3 and Ca(OH)2, as well as mixtures of these compounds.

Abstract: A Ni/metal hydride secondary element having a positive nickel hydroxide electrode, a negative electrode which contains a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode, which is provided with a three-dimensional metallic conductive structure, also contains a nickel hydroxide whose grains are coated with discrete particles composed of metallic copper. The mass of the copper coating is about 0.2 to about 15 % by weight, preferably about 5 to about 10% by weight, of the mass of nickel hydroxide. The nickel hydroxide material coating is produced by non-electrical chemical deposition in an alkaline environment.

Abstract: A Ni/metal hydride secondary element having a positive nickel hydroxide electrode, a negative electrode having a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte, the positive electrode, provided with a three-dimensional metallic conductive structure, also contains an aluminum compound which is soluble in the electrolyte, in addition to nickel hydroxide and cobalt oxide. The aluminum compound is aluminum hydroxide and/or aluminum oxide, and the mass of the aluminum compound which is present in the positive bulk material mixture is 0.1 to 2 % by weight relative to the mass of the nickel hydroxide which is present. In combination with aluminum hydroxide or aluminum oxide, the positive electrode further contains lanthanoid oxidic compounds Y2O3, La2O3 and Ca(OH)2, as well as mixtures of these compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laminated lithium-ion cell which comprises flexible layers, wherein the negative electrode is lithium metal, lithium alloy or a metallic bonded fiber web or a foam, which comprises a lithium-intercalating material such as carbon, graphite, tungsten dioxide, molybdenum dioxide, titanium dioxide, titanium disulfide or vanadium pentoxide as the active component, the separator is made of a porous polymer in which a non-aqueous electrolyte is immobilized, and the positive electrode as the active material comprises lithiated manganese dioxide, manganese spinel, lithium-metal oxides, lithium-metal mixed oxides or lithium-metal sulfides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing polymer electrolytes for rechargeable lithium intercalation cells which contain a dissociable lithium salt dispersed in a polymeric matrix, the polymeric matrix being a self-supporting film of a copolymer of vinylidene difluoride and hexafluoropropylene, in which the plasticizer is exchanged for a solution of the dissociable lithium salt, so that the polymeric electrolyte 20 to 70 wt % of the solution of the dissociable lithium salt, and is characterized in that a plasticizer is used which is stable under the electrochemical conditions of a rechargeable lithium intercalation cell and is selected from the group consisting of hexylene carbonate, octylene carbonate or tributyl phosphate.