Abstract: This invention provides a multi-layer article comprising a first electrode material, a second electrode material, and a porous separator disposed between and in contact with the first and the second electrode materials, wherein the porous separator comprises a nanoweb consisting essentially of a plurality of nanofibers of a fully aromatic polyimide. Also provided is a method for preparing the multi-layer article, and an electrochemical cell employing the same. A multi-layer article comprising a polyimide nanoweb with enhanced properties is also provided.

Abstract: This invention provides an electrochemical cell comprising a housing having disposed therewithin, an electrolyte, and a multi-layer article at least partially immersed in the electrolyte; the multi-layer article comprising a first metallic current collector, a first electrode material in electrically conductive contact with the first metallic current collector, a second electrode material in ionically conductive contact with the first electrode material, a porous separator disposed between and contacting the first electrode material and the second electrode material; and, a second metallic current collector in electrically conductive contact with the second electrode material, wherein the porous separator comprises a nanoweb consisting essentially of a plurality of nanofibers of a fully aromatic polyimide. Also provided is a process for preparing the multi-layer article. Further provided is an electrochemical cell wherein the separator is a polyimide nanoweb with enhanced properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to microporous polymeric membranes suitable for use as battery separator film. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a membrane, batteries containing such membranes as battery separators, methods for making such batteries, and methods for using such batteries.

Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte composite for an electrochemical reaction apparatus that possesses satisfactory ion conduction properties and has excellent mechanical strength and heat resistance, is provided. the solid polymer electrolyte composite is characterized in that a solid polymer electrolyte is contained in the continuous pores of an expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene sheet which has continuous pores and in which the inner surfaces defining the pores are covered with a functional material such as a metal oxide. An electrochemical reaction apparatus containing an electrolyte, wherein said electrochemical reaction apparatus is characterized in that the aforementioned solid polymer electrolyte composite is used as this electrolyte is also provided.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode comprising a current collector and a first active material comprising LiCoO2 and a negative electrode comprising a current collector, a second active material, and a third active material. The second active material comprises a lithium titanate material and the third active material is V2O5. The third active material exhibits charging and discharging capacity below a corrosion potential of the current collector of the negative electrode and above a decomposition potential of the first active material.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode having an active material and a polymeric separator configured to allow electrolyte and lithium ions to flow between a first side of the separator and an opposite second side of the separator. The battery also includes a liquid electrolyte having a lithium salt dissolved in at least one non-aqueous solvent and a negative electrode having a lithium titanate active material. The positive electrode has a first capacity and the negative electrode has a second capacity that is less than the first capacity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a polyolefin microporous membrane of which surface is modified by a hydrophilic polymer, a surface modification method thereof and a lithium ion polymer battery including the surface-modified polyolefin microporous membrane as a separator. The polyolefin microporous membrane of which surface is modified by a hydrophilic polymer minimizes membrane distortion by employing plasma-induced coating method and also increase the membrane's mechanical strength and heat resistance. In addition, the polyolefin microporous membrane enhances the ability of impregnating an electrolyte solution by increasing polarity and surface energy on its surface through modification to hydrophilic surface, and enhances the adhesion between a separator and an electrode, between a separator and an electrolyte solution or gel polymer electrolytes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a pouch type lithium rechargeable battery having the same, which can minimize the total volume of a battery while maximizing a distance between electrode tabs. Insulation members cover portions of electrode tabs to prevent contact of an electrode tab with another electrode tab and electrode plate with opposite polarity. The shape of the insulation member is changed to effectively increase the distance between electrode tabs and to reduce overall thickness or width of the battery.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing diluent from a polymer extrudate, especially in connection with a process for producing a microporous membrane. The method involves contacting the extrudate with a second solvent in a first stage; contacting the extrudate from the first stage with a third solvent in a second stage; conducting a first stream away from the first stage and/or conducting a second stream away from the second stage; and cooling at least a portion of the first and/or second stream and separating therefrom at least one of a first phase rich in the second solvent or a second phase rich in the third solvent.

Abstract: An alkaline storage battery includes: a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide; a negative electrode; a separator layer intervening between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and an alkaline electrolyte. The separator layer includes a water-absorbing polymer, a water repellent, an alkaline aqueous solution, and a scavenger capable of trapping an element which leaches from the negative electrode into the alkaline aqueous solution. The scavenger comprises an oxygen-containing metal compound. The negative electrode is a hydrogen storage alloy electrode, a cadmium electrode or a zinc electrode. The water-absorbing polymer comprises a cross-linked polymer having at least one kind of monomer unit selected from the group consisting of an acrylate unit and a methacrylate unit.

Abstract: A separator for lead starved storage batteries comprises at least one layer of nonwoven fabric made from fibres of one or more organic polymers. In at least one embodiment, the nonwoven fabric is made from staple fibres of polyester with count between 0.1 and 4 dTex. In at least one embodiment of the invention, a lead starved storage battery is provided with such separators.

Abstract: A battery separator is a microporous membrane. The membrane has a major volume of a thermoplastic polymer and a minor volume of an inert particulate filler. The filler is dispersed throughout the polymer. The membrane exhibits a maximum Z-direction compression of 95% of the original membrane thickness. Alternatively, the battery separator is a microporous membrane having a TMA compression curve with a first substantially horizontal slope between ambient temperature and 125° C., a second substantially horizontal slope at greater than 225° C. The curve of the first slope has a lower % compression than the curve of the second slope. The curve of the second slope is not less than 5% compression. The TMA compression curve is graphed so that the Y-axis represents % compression from original thickness and the X-axis represents temperature.

Abstract: A thin separator paper is provided for separating a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode active material from one another in alkaline battery. The separator paper has high gas tightness, high shortage preventing effect, and low deterioration. The separator paper possesses a crystalline structure in which cellulose 1 and cellulose 2 coexist. A ratio of the cellulose 2 is controlled in relation to the cellulose 1 and the separator paper is made by using an alkali treated pulp beaten from CSF 50 ml to 0 ml, as a raw material. The separator paper has the thickness between 15 ?m and 60 ?m, the gas tightness between 10 minutes/100 ml and 800 minutes/100 ml, and the area shrinkage rate which is not greater than 2%. Also provided is an alkaline battery containing the separator paper.

Abstract: An electrical storage system includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulated separator, and an electrolyte. The second electrode is spaced from the first electrode. The insulated separator is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The separator further includes an agar and a fiber material. The electrolyte surrounds the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode that has a current collector and a first active material and a negative electrode that has a current collector, a second active material, and a third active material. The second active material includes a lithium titanate material and the third active material is a material that can be one or more of the following: LiMn2O4, LixVO2 where x is between 0.05 and 0.4, LiMxMn(2?x)O4 where M is a metal and x is less than or equal to 1, V6O13, V2O5, V3O8, MoO3, TiS2, WO2, MoO2, RuO2, and combinations thereof. The third active material exhibits charging and discharging capacity below a corrosion potential of the current collector of the negative electrode and above a decomposition potential of the first active material.

Abstract: A microporous polyolefin membrane comprising a polyethylene resin, and polypropylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 6×105 or more and a heat of fusion of 90 J/g or more (measured by a differential scanning calorimeter), a fraction having a molecular weight of 1.8×106 or more being 10% or more by mass of the polypropylene.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fiber having a nano-order fiber diameter, which is produced by without a process of dehydration and cyclization by a heat treatment after fiber spinning and has excellent heat resistance and mechanical strength, and a non-woven fabric composed of the fiber, and discloses the polyamide-imide fiber and the non-woven fabric having an average fiber diameter of from 0.001 ?m to 1 ?m and also discloses the process for producing threrof. The present invention also provides a separator for an electronic component which has a high conductivity and a small separator thickness and is improved in safety during reflow soldering or short-circuiting, and discloses the separator composed of a non-woven fabric obtained by an electro-spinning method.

Abstract: An organic/inorganic composite separator includes (a) a polyolefin porous substrate having pores; and (b) a porous active layer containing a mixture of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, with which at least one surface of the polyolefin porous substrate is coated, wherein the porous active layer has a peeling force of 5 gf/cm or above, and a thermal shrinkage of the separator after being left alone at 150° C. for 1 hour is 50% or below in a machine direction (MD) or in a transverse direction (TD). This organic/inorganic composite separator solves the problem that inorganic particles in the porous active layer formed on the porous substrate are extracted during an assembly process of an electrochemical device, and also it may prevent an electric short circuit between cathode and anode even when the electrochemical device is overheated.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode comprising a first organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer formed on its surface, wherein the first coating layer includes inorganic particles and a binder polymer for interconnecting and fixing the inorganic particles, and has micropores formed by interstitial volumes among the inorganic particles. An electrochemical device including the same electrode is also disclosed. Further, disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrode having an organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer on the surface thereof, comprising the steps of: (a) coating a current collector with slurry containing an electrode active material and drying it to provide an electrode; and (b) coating the surface of electrode obtained from step (a) with a mixture of inorganic particles with a binder polymer. A lithium secondary battery including the electrode shows improved safety and minimized degradation in battery performance.

Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a composite lithium oxide, a negative electrode capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions, a sheet-like separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte and a porous electron-insulating film attached to the surface of the negative electrode. The sheet-like separator is a monolayer film made of polypropylene resin or a multilayer film whose layer to be in contact with the positive electrode is made of polypropylene resin. The porous electron-insulating film includes an inorganic oxide filler and a binder. The sheet-like separator has a thickness not less than 1.5 times the thickness of the porous electron-insulating film.

Abstract: Disclosed is a successively biaxially stretched film obtained by successive biaxial stretching method comprising extruding a melt of a ?-crystal nucleating agent-containing polypropylene-based resin composition from a T-die, cooling the extruded resin on a chill roll, and stretching the resulting web sheet longitudinally and then transversely, wherein the longitudinally stretched sheet is made to have a degree of ?-crystal orientation of less than 0.3 by the following method (I) and/or (II), optionally subjected to annealing treatment, and transversely stretched: method (I): melting the polypropylene-based resin composition containing needle crystals of a specific ?-crystal nucleating agent at a temperature not lower than m.p.

Abstract: The present invention provides a separator for fuel cell, which is a molded article including a resin and a conductive filler, wherein a contact angle of water on a surface of the separator for fuel cell is from 20 to 85°, and a process for producing the separator for fuel cell.

Abstract: A metal-air battery includes a housing having an aperture for the passage of air and a pair of electrodes that extend from the housing. An air cathode may be interconnected with one of the electrodes and an anode may include a metal foil that is interconnected with another of the electrodes. A separator may be interposed between the air cathode and the metal foil and a barrier layer may surround the metal foil. The barrier layer may function to substantially reduce the passage of moisture to the metal foil. A method of making a metal-air battery is also presented.

Abstract: Provided is a porous film formed from a polyolefin-based resin containing an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer including a structural unit derived from ethylene and a structural unit derived from one or more kinds of monomers selected from ?-olefins having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein a shutdown temperature is 125° C. or lower.

Abstract: Sheet stock that is useful as a separator in batteries can be obtained by a method in which (a) the sheet stock is provided, (b) the sheet stock is cut to the required width, and, subsequently, (c) the sheet stock obtained according to step (b) is wound onto a core or tube, and, subsequently, (d) the sheet stock is cut to length on the core or tube along the axis of the core or of the tube. The sheet stock has a carrier and abrasive particles, the abrasive particles being located inside and/or on at least part of the surface of the carrier.

Abstract: An electrical separator for a lithium battery is composed of a porous carrier coated with a porous inorganic nonelectroconductive material and a porous shutdown layer on the porous inorganic nonelectroconductive coating. The shutdown layer melts at a selected temperature defined by layer composition. Upon melting, the pores of the inorganic layer are closed. Such an electrical separator provides a lithium battery of improved safety. A method to produce the electrical separator is provided.

Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device of the present invention includes a porous film including: a filler; an organic binder; and at least one resin selected from resin A that has a melting point of 80 to 140° C. and resin B that absorbs a non-aqueous electrolyte and swells upon heating and whose swelling degree increases with increasing temperature, and the filler contains boehmite having a secondary particle structure in which primary particles are connected.

Abstract: A separator of the present invention for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is obtained by fluorinating a polyolefin based resin. A contact angle of the separator with a nonaqueous solvent electrolyte is 40° or less a shutdown temperature of the separator is 170° C. or less. Further, a multilayered separator of the present invention for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a plurality of layers, at least one of which is the foregoing separator for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. These separators for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery have both a favorable electrolyte-retaining characteristic and a suitable shutdown performance.

Abstract: A separator for a battery in lithium. The separator is a thick membrane, of around 60 to 120 ?m in polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer, which has considerable porosity, of around 50 to 90%, with pores of size between 1 and 10 ?m. With these characteristics, it is possible to optimize the operation of a battery with an electrode in, e.g., Li4Ti5O12, in particular for rapid charges and discharges, in other words in power applications.

Abstract: A microporous polyolefin membrane having a structure in which its pore size distribution curve obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry has at least two peaks, which is produced by (1) extruding a melt-blend of (a) (i) a polyethylene resin containing 7% or less by mass of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene having a weight-average molecular weight of 1×106 or more, or (ii) a mixture of 75% by mass or more of said polyethylene resin and 25% or less by mass of polypropylene, and (b) a membrane-forming solvent, (2) stretching a gel-like sheet obtained by cooling an extrudate, (3) washing it, (4) stretching the resultant microporous membrane to 1.1-1.8 fold in at least one direction, and (5) heat-setting it at a temperature in a range of the stretching temperature of the microporous membrane plus or minus 5 degrees centigrade.

Abstract: The invention provides a fiber which is excellent in electrolyte absorption and retentivity and oxidation resistance and is suitable for use as a separator for alkaline secondary batteries. The invention is an ethylene/vinyl alcohol-derived copolymer fiber comprising an ethylene/vinyl alcohol-derived copolymer (A) having the following structural unit (1): (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group; X represents a bonding chain other than ether bond; n represents 0 or 1; and R2 to R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group).

Abstract: A separator is disclosed which enables to inject a non-aqueous electrolytic solution easily during production of batteries such as lithium ion secondary batteries and also enables to produce a battery which is excellent in various battery performances. The battery separator comprises a long porous film in which plural non-porous linear regions are arranged in a width direction of the film, at least one surface of the linear regions being a concave or convex surface is advantageously used as a battery separator for lithium secondary batteries or the like.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte primary battery including: a positive electrode including a fluorinated carbon; a negative electrode including a lithium metal; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a separator, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent and a solute dissolved therein, the non-aqueous solvent including ?-butyrolactone, and the separator includes a microporous membrane onto which a phosphoric acid ester is provided, the phosphoric acid ester being represented by the formula (1): where R1 is an alkyl group, R2 and R3 are each independently an alkylene group, and n is an integer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery comprising a lithium transition metal oxide as a cathode active material, wherein an organic ammonium compound is added to a cathode and/or is coated on a separator. Therefore, the secondary battery according to the present invention can achieve improvements in residual capacity and recovery capacity even after high-temperature storage of the battery, simultaneously with improved power retention of the battery at low and high temperatures.

Abstract: Separators for lithium batteries based on a sheetlike flexible substrate provided with a plurality of openings and having a porous inorganic electrically insulating coating on and in the substrate, the coating closing the openings in the substrate, the material of the substrate being selected from woven or non-woven electrically nonconductive polymeric fibers and the inorganic electrically conductive coating comprising metal oxide particles, the separators being electrical insulators and having lithium ion conducting properties without the presence of an electrolyte, the separators comprising at least one lithium ion conducting inorganic material which may also contain organic groups chemically bonded to the inorganic coating, which separators, after filling them with an additional lithium ion conducting electrolyte, have much higher ion conduction than conventional combinations of non-lithium ion conducting separators and electrolyte; a process for producing the separators; and batteries, such as high power

Abstract: The present invention provides a microporous polyolefin film having a thickness of 1 ?m (inclusive) to 50 ?m (inclusive), a porosity of 30% (inclusive) to 70% (inclusive), a piercing strength of 0.15 N/?m or more in terms of a film thickness of 1 ?m, tensile strengths in the length direction (MD tensile strength) and the width direction (TD tensile strength) of 30 MPa or more each, a thermal shrinkage in the width direction (TD thermal shrinkage) of 1% or less at 65° C., and a thermal shrinkage ratio in the length to width direction (MD/TD thermal shrinkage ratio) of more than 2 at 65° C. A process for producing the microporous film and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the film are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polymer composition, its manufacture and use, said composition may comprise greater than about 90 mole % propylene monomer, and having a unique combination of properties, including one or more of the following: a heat of fusion of more than about 108 J/g, a melting point of 165° C. or higher, a Melt Flow Rate so low that it is essentially not measurable and a molecular weight of greater than about 1.5×106. Further disclosed herein are blends or mixtures of the present novel polymer composition and products, such as, for example, microporous film structures and the like comprising same.

Abstract: An alkaline electrochemical cell containing a neat multiphase thermoplastic polymer separator is disclosed. The microstructure and composition of the polymer are selected to provide a film that can physically endure the rigors of a cell assembly process and also provide adequate ionic conductivity to support a high rate discharge. In one embodiment, the ionic conductivity of the separator is improved upon contact with the cell's alkaline electrolyte. Processes that can be used to manufacture a cell of this invention are also described.

Abstract: A microporous polyolefin membrane made of a polyethylene resin as a main component, and having (a) a shutdown temperature of 135° C. or lower, at which the air permeability measured while heating at a temperature-elevating speed of 5° C./minute reaches 1×105 sec/100 cm3, (b) an air permeability change ratio of 1×104 sec/100 cm3/° C. or more, which is a gradient of a curve representing the dependency of the above air permeability on a temperature at the air permeability of 1×104 sec/100 cm3, and (c) a meltdown temperature of 150° C. or higher, at which the air permeability measured while further heating after reaching the above shutdown temperature becomes 1×105 sec/100 cm3 again.

Abstract: A liquid absorbing sheet has a liquid-absorbing resin layer that can effectively absorb the nonaqueous electrolyte solution used in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cells that make nonaqueous electrolyte battery packs (in particular, lithium ion-based nonaqueous secondary battery packs). The liquid-absorbing resin layer is obtained by irradiating a particular monomer composition with UV rays or other energy rays to polymerize the monomer composition. The monomer composition contains a monofunctional monomer component (A) having a polyethylene glycol acrylate monomer and an amide bond-containing acrylic monomer; and a polyfunctional monomer component (B).

Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell separator resin composition comprising: (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a curing accelerator comprising a salt of a diazabicyclo compound and an organic acid; and (D) a carbon material, wherein the content of the carbon material (D) is 35 to 85% by mass based on the total amount of the composition, wherein the carbon material (D) comprises high crystalline artificial graphite having a particle size of 150 to 500 ?m in an amount of 5 to 100% by mass based on the total amount of the carbon material (D), and wherein the content of the curing accelerator (C) is 1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the curing agent (B).

Abstract: An alkaline dry battery having high reliability is provided by using a separator that has excellent drop impact resistance when impregnated with an alkaline electrolyte. In the alkaline dry battery according to the present invention, an electrolyte solution is an alkaline aqueous solution containing 30 to 40% by weight of potassium hydroxide, and a separator impregnated with the alkaline aqueous solution has a burst index within a range of 2 to 10 kPa/(g/m2).

Abstract: An immobilization carrier containing an electron acceptor compound is used in addition to glutaraldehyde and poly-L-lysine to immobilize an enzyme and an electron acceptor compound simultaneously to an electrode. For example, here are used diaphorase as the enzyme and 2-amino-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (ACNQ) as the electron acceptor compound.

Abstract: A lead storage battery of the present invention has: an electrode plate pack including a plurality of negative electrode plates which each comprise a negative electrode grid having a tab and a negative electrode active material layer retained by the negative electrode grid, a plurality of positive electrode plates which each comprise a positive electrode grid having a tab and a positive electrode active material layer retained by the positive electrode grid, and a plurality of separators separating the positive and negative electrode plates; a positive electrode connecting member connected to each positive electrode plate of the electrode plate pack; and a negative electrode connecting member connected to each negative electrode plate of the electrode plate pack. The negative electrode active material layer includes 0.0001 to 0.003 wt % of Sb, and includes 0.01 to 2 wt % of a condensate of bisphenol and aminobenzene sulfonic acid derivative.

Abstract: A microporous membrane having a structure in which its pore size distribution curve obtained by mercury intrusion porosimetry has at least two peaks, which is produced by extruding a combination of a diluent or solvent and a polyolefin resin composition comprising from about 75 to about 99% of a polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight of from about 2.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprises an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) mixed with a processing oil and a lubricant selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters, ethoxylated fatty acid esters, glycol esters, PEG esters, glycerol esters, ethoxylated esters, sorbitol esters, ethoxylated sorbitol esters, aromatic ethoxylates, alcohol ethoxylates, mercaptan ethoxylates, modified ethoxylates, amide surfactants, phosphate esters, phosphonate esters, phosphite esters, alkyl sulfates, fatty acid ethers, alkyl ether sulfates, alkylaryl ether sulfates, sulfonates, naphthalene sulfonates, sulfosuccinates, sulfonated esters, sulfonated amides, alkyl ether carboxylates, alkylaryl ether carboxylates, quaternary amines, amino quaternary amines, ethoxylated amines, imidazoline derivatives, betaines, sultaines, aminopropionate, catechol derivatives, saturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids, and combinations thereof. The method for making those articles is also disclosed.

Abstract: A separator which includes a covering layer in which a fine framework of polyolefin resin is coated with a glass layer and an exposed layer in which the polyolefin resin is exposed is provided. A battery is provided having a cathode and an anode, an electrolyte, and a separator where the separator has the covering layer in which the fine framework of polyolefin resin is coated with the glass layer and a method for manufacturing a separator including the step of coating a fine framework of polyolefin resin with the glass layer by applying a precursor containing viscous liquid product which contains only polysilazane compound or a mixture of viscous liquid product which contains only polysilazane compound with polycarbosilazane compound to the polyolefin resin and placing the precursor applied polyoleline resin in a water bath to dry.

Abstract: A layer, in particular for use as a separator in galvanic cells, including fibers having at least one first substance which renders possible the chemical and/or physical binding of ammonia or ammonia compounds. A galvanic cell having a low self-discharging rate over its entire life cycle having a layer wherein a first substance is present in volumetric regions of the fibers whose surface areas are at least partially covered by a second substance.

Abstract: A method and composition is disclosed for making conductive flow field separator plates having reduced resistivity, lower weight and lower cost. The plates are made by blending from about 0.5 wt % to about 40 wt %, preferably from about 1 wt % to about 30 wt %, most preferably from about 5 wt % to about 20 wt %, of the liquid crystal polymer; from about 0.5 wt % to about 40 wt %, preferably from about 1 wt % to about 30 wt %, most preferably from about 5 wt % to about 20 wt % of the poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride); and from about 20 wt % to about 99 wt %, preferably from about 60 wt % to about 98 wt %, most preferably from about 70 wt % to about 90 wt % of the conductive filler. The blend is then moulded to form the conductive flow field separator plates.

Abstract: An alkaline cell or battery having at least one positive and one negative electrode which are separated by a separator and which are disposed, along with an alkaline electrolyte, in a housing, the separator being a non-woven fabric, a microporous foil, or a web made of one or a plurality of polymers, which are formed by copolymerization or grafting through reactive extrusion, and which have functional groups in the molecule or form them in the alkaline electrolyte, the functional groups being active as Lewis acids.