Prismatic sealed nickel-cadmium batteries utilizing fiber structured electrodes. I. New advances in cell design

Prismatic sealed Ni/Cd cells of fiber structured electrodes offer the potential to fully recharge a battery in uniquely short time. It was demonstrated that the cells show excellent cycle life. The design is not restricted to 20 Ah rated capacity. Cells of 50 Ah have been built and tested in an electric hybrid vehicle. A specially designed ultra high-power cell of 45 Ah rated capacity for APU cranking in commercial aircraft supplies 50% more peak power than vented Ni/Cd sintered plate aircraft cells. The fiber structured sealed FNC-RECOM cell will not require any maintenance