Recent advances in rechargeable zinc-air battery technology

Author

Sieminski, Dennis

Author_Institution

AER Energy Resources Inc., Smyrna, GA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

14-17 Jan 1997

Firstpage

171

Lastpage

180

Abstract

AER Energy´s battery development effort is focused on improving the zinc-air rechargeable battery system to serve the portable computer market. Therefore system attributes such as energy density, power, life, form factor, environmental impact and safety are areas of active investigation. The battery system consists of cells in series, an air manager housing and an electronic control system for battery charge termination. This paper reviews recent developments in each of these areas that have contributed to the enhanced performance of the zinc-air system for the target market

Keywords

air; anodes; battery chargers; cathodes; computer power supplies; electrochemical electrodes; electrochemistry; life testing; portable computers; safety; secondary cells; zinc; Zn; Zn-air secondary batteries; battery safety; development efforts; electrochemical performance; energy density; environmental impact; form factor; life; portable computer power supplies; Anodes; Application software; Battery management systems; Consumer electronics; Control systems; Portable computers; Power system management; Runtime; Safety; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1997., Twelfth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

ISSN

1089-8182

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3631-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1997.574099

Filename

574099