This application is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/JP2010/055479 filed 19 Mar. 2010 which designated the U.S. and claims priority to JP 2009-104825 filed 23 Apr. 2009, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a method for producing a negative plate for use in a lead-acid battery which is applicable in industrial fields such as hybrid vehicles or windmills and the like in which rapid charge/discharge operations are repeated under PSOC conditions and also relates to a lead-acid battery.
In the related art, national publication No. 2007-506230 of the Japanese translated version of the PCT application proposed a negative plate for use in a lead-acid battery which has such a configuration that a plate filled with a negative active material is constructed as its main body, and a coating layer of a carbon mixture is formed on the surface of the negative active material-filled plate, the carbon mixture being prepared formed by mixing at least two kinds of carbon materials selected from a first carbon material such as carbon black having conductive properties and a second carbon material such as activated carbon having capacitive capacitance and/or pseudo capacitive capacitance and a binding agent. Consequently, it is intended that the lead-acid battery thus produced can have an extended life span through the function of capacitors even when rapid charge/discharge operations are repeated under PSOC conditions.
Patent Document 1 National publication No. 2007-506230 of the Japanese translated version of the PCT application
However, in the negative plate proposed in the patent document 1, coupling between the negative electrode and the porous carbon mixture-coated layer having a capacitive function, i.e., between the carbon coating layer and the negative plate body disposed under the carbon coating layer, is achieved by a mechanical anchoring effect of the carbon coating layer. Therefore, in the course of various processes for producing a lead-acid battery using a subsequent formation process of the negative plate or an initial charge treatment process of the storage battery, etc., the carbon mixture-coated layer is easily peeled off from the surface of the negative electrode, and, as a consequence of the peeling off, the carbon mixture-coated layer can riot be performed sufficiently, so that deteriorating rapid discharge performance at low temperatures is brought about. Thus, the expected performance cannot be Obtained.
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and aims to provide a method for producing a negative plate for use in a storage battery capable of preventing an interfacial separation between the carbon mixture-coated layer and the negative plate body and resulting in improved conductive properties and to provide a lead-acid battery improved in rapid discharge performance at low temperatures.
As described in claim 1, the present invention lies in a method for producing a negative plate for use in a lead-acid battery, comprising the steps of: forming a coating layer of a carbon mixture at least in a part of a surface of a negative active material-filled plate, the carbon mixture being prepared by mixing two kinds of carbon materials consisting of a first carbon material having conductive properties and a second carbon material having capacitive capacitance and/or pseudo capacitive capacitance and a binding agent; generating a sufficient amount of lead ions enough to be moved from the negative active material-filled plate into the carbon mixture-coated layer; and performing a chemical that the carbon mixture-coated layer and the negative plate are connected and integrated, at least in a part of a respective interfacial surface thereof, by the precipitated lead.
Furthermore, as described in claim 2, the present invention lies in a lead-acid battery including the negative plate produced by the producing method described in claim 1.
According to the invention according to claim 1, since a lead-acid battery negative plate is produced in such a manner that the interfacial surfaces of the negative plate body and the carbon mixture-coated layer are partially or entirely coupled together to be integral by the precipitated lead, the lead-acid battery negative plate thus produced is durable, peel resistant, and improved in its conductivity and further brings about improved battery characteristics.
According to the invention according to claim 2, since the lead-acid battery uses the negative plate having peel resistance and improved conductive properties as its negative electrode, it is possible to provide improvement in low-temperature rapid discharge performance under PSOC conditions.
The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to embodiments.
In producing a lead-acid battery negative plate according to the present invention, a negative active raw material mixed with a kneading solution of litharge and sulfuric acid, for instance, is filled in a porous current collector plate made from lead or a lead alloy, in a way similar to the conventional art. Thereafter, by a conventional method, the resultant negative active material-filled plate is changed into a treated one for using as an intermediate material for producing negative plate according to this invention. Namely, the negative active material-filled plate is changed into an aged negative plate by subjecting it to an aging treatment. Alternatively, the foregoing negative active material-filled. plate or the foregoing aged negative plate is changed into a formed negative plate by subjecting it to a formation treatment.
According to the present invention, in the first place, the negative active material-filled plate thus treated is heated and dried, and is then coated with a carbon mixture in at least a part of its surface, so that a carbon mixture-coated layer is formed. More in detail, the carbon mixture is applied entirely or partially on both or one of the surfaces of the plate, thus forming the carbon mixture-coated layer.
The carbon mixture comprises a mixture of a first carbon material ensuring conductive properties and a second carbon material ensuring capacitive capacitance and/or pseudo capacitive capacitance, and at least a binding agent.
By the way, when the negative active material-filled plate with the carbon mixture-coated layer is directly subjected to an initial charge treatment, in a case where it is subjected to a formation treatment, and then to an initial change treatment, in a case where it is the formed negative plate, it is subjected to an initial change treatment, whereby, respective surfaces of the respective negative plates coated with respective porous carbon mixture-coated layers are produced. However, in either cases, the bonding between the mutual interfacial surfaces of the negative active material-filled plate and the carbon mixture-coated layer is achieved merely by mechanical anchoring based on the binding agent. Therefore, an interfacial separation occurs during the formation treatment or the initial charge treatment, and the good formation treatment or the good initial charge treatment can not be performed, resulting in the negative plates decreased in the conductive properties or decreased capacitive capacitance, and when such negative plates are used as the negative electrodes of lead-acid batteries, deterioration in quick discharge characteristics and a shortened life of the battery are brought about.
To solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, it is intended that before the formation treatment and/or the initial charge treatment is carried out, a structure in which the carbon mixture-coated layer is formed on the negative active material-filled plate is subjected, as a means for coupling and integrating the carbon mixture-coated layer and the negative active material-filled plate with each other, to such a treatment that soaks the structure into an electrolytic solution and causing lead ions to move and diffuse from the negative active material-filled plate into the carbon mixture-coated layer in the soaked condition, and thereafter is subjected to the formation treatment and/or the initial charge treatment, and thereby the carbon mixture-coated layer and the negative active material-filled plate can be integrally coupled by precipitated lead at the interface thereof, and, as a result a lead-acid battery negative plate which is free from peeling and provides improved conductive properties can be produced.
As a means for generating lead ions and a means for precipitating lead thereafter, in a case where the formed negative plate is used as the negative active material-filled plate, the carbon mixture-coated layer is formed on the surface of the negative electrode and is then dried in the air, so that the carbon mixture-coated layer is made porous and simultaneously the negative active material is oxidized. As a result, when an electrolytic solution is poured or impregnated, lead ions are generated easily. Further, by prolonging a soaking time after the electrolytic solution is poured, diffusion of more lead ions into the porous carbon mixture-coated layer is made easier, and then the subsequent charge treatment is carried out, precipitation of lead is performed, and the above-mentioned integration is achieved. In addition, it is also effective to start the activation process of the negative active material from discharging for generating lead ions and then precipitating lead by the subsequent charging process.
Incidentally, if a conventional aged negative plate without a carbon mixture-coated layer is first subjected to the discharge treatment as mentioned above, for example, dissolved lead ions is precipitated on the surface of the negative electrode in a form of dendrite by the subsequent charging process, so that short-circuits are likely to occur easily. On the contrary, since the negative electrode of the present invention has a carbon mixture-coated layer, lead ions are trapped by the carbon mixture-coated layer, so that short-circuits will not occur.
Furthermore, in the course of the negative plate producing process of the present invention, the lead ions trapped by the second carbon material such as activated carbon that is mixed in the carbon mixture-coated layer are suppressed from reacting with sulfuric ions. Consequently, growing of lead sulfate crystals becomes difficult, which brings about such an environment that it is difficult to occur sulfation at the mutual interfacial surfaces of the negative plate body and the carbon mixture-coated Layer. Such an environment is also made in the inside and on the outer surface of the carbon mixture-coated layer. As a result, there is brought about production of a negative plate in which the negative plate body and the carbon mixture-coated layer are coupled together and integrally by lead and which is durable and free from interfacial separation and is improved in discharge characteristics at low temperatures, as will become clear later.
The composition of the carbon mixture is prepared by appropriately mixing 5-70 parts by weight of the first carbon material, 20-80 parts by weight of the second carbon material, 1-20 parts by weight of the binding agent, 0-10 parts by weight of a thickening agent, and 0-16 parts by weight of a short-fiber reinforcing agent.
The first carbon material is necessary for ensuring conductive properties, and suitable examples thereof may be carbon black such as acetylene black or furnace black, Ketjen black, graphite, and the like. At least one kind of these materials is selected and used.
If the content of the first carbon material is less than 5 parts by weight, it is difficult to ensure conductive properties, and capacitive capacitance is decreased. If the content exceeds 70 parts by weight, the conductive effect is saturated. Thus, more preferably, the content is 10-60 parts by weight.
The second carbon material is necessary for ensuring capacitive capacitance and/or pseudo capacitive capacitance, and suitable examples thereof may be activated carbon, carbon black, graphite, and the like. At least one kind of these materials is selected and used. If the content is less than 20 parts by weight, capacitive capacitance is insufficient, If the content exceeds 80 parts by weight, the relative proportion of the first carbon material is decreased, and resulting in decrease capacitance. Thus, more preferably the content is 30-70 parts by weight.
The binding agent is necessary for coupling the first and second carbon materials and coupling these carbon materials with the surface of a negative electrode constituting a lead-acid battery to ensure an electrical connection and maintaining a porous state of the coating layer. As the binding agent, polychloroprene, SBR, PTFE, PVDF, and the like are suitable. If the content is less than 1 parts by weight, the coupling is insufficient. If the content exceeds 20 parts by weight, the coupling effect is saturated, and the binding agent may become an insulator to decrease conductive properties. Thus, more preferably, the content is 5-15 parts by weight.
The thickening agent is useful for producing the carbon mixture in a paste form. Suitable examples of an aqueous paste may be cellulose derivatives such as CMC or MC, and the like polyacrylate, polyvinyl alcohol, and the like. Suitable examples of an organic paste may be NMP and the like. In the case of using the thickening agent, if the remaining content thereof exceeds 10 parts by weight, the conductive properties of the carbon mixture may be deteriorated. Therefore, the remaining content is preferably less than that content.
The short-fiber reinforcing agent is useful for suppressing occurrence of cracks of the carbon mixture by drying after the carbon mixture is produced in a paste state and applied to the negative active material-filled plate, to form a carbon mixture-coated layer. The reinforcing agent may comprise any material, such as, for example, carbon, glass, PET, and Tetron, (polyethylene ferephthalate fiber) and the like, as long. as it is stable in a sulfuric acid solution. Preferably, the reinforcing agent has a diameter of 20 μm smaller and a length. of 0.1 to 4 mm. If the content exceeds 16 parts by weight, the relative proportion of the carbon material or the binding agent is decreased, thus resulting in deterioration of performance and also decreasing conductive properties. Therefore, the content is preferably less than this content.
The content of the carbon binder is preferably 1-15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the negative active material constituting the lead-acid battery. If the content is less than 1 parts by weight, it is difficult to obtain a. sufficient coating effect. If the content exceeds 15 parts by weight, the coating layer becomes thick, so that the coating effect is saturated. More preferably, the content of the carbon mixture is 3-10 parts by weight. The porous carbon mixture-coated layer preferably has a porosity of 40% to 90%. If the porosity is less than 40%, movement of the electrolytic solution is suppressed, leading to degradation of discharge performance. If the porosity exceeds 90%, the capacitor function is saturated and the layer becomes thick, resulting in difficulty in designing. Thus, more preferably, the porosity is 50-80%.
More specific examples of the present invention will be described below
Conventional formed positive plate and formed negative plate for use in a valve-regulated lead-acid battery were produced by a known method. 5 wt % of carbon mixture paste having the composition as shown in Table 1 below with respect to the filled active material weight of lead in terms of dry weight was applied to both entire surfaces of the formed negative plate exclusive of the tab portion thereof to form a coating layer of carbon mixture, and was then dried in the air for one hour at 60° C., so that a porous carbon mixture-coated layer was formed and simultaneously the negative active material of lead was oxidized. The porosity of the carbon mixture-coated layer at that time was 75%. The negative plate thus produced and the positive plate were stacked one with another through an AGM separator by the known method, so that an electrode plate group was assembled. The electrode plate group was accommodated in a battery container, and a 2-V lead-acid battery having 5-hour rate capacity of 10 Ah was produced under control of positive electrode capacity. In addition, a spacer was inserted so that the pressure applied to the electrode plate group may become 50 kPa.
Next, as an electrolytic solution, a sulfuric acid aqueous solution with a specific gravity of 1.30 in which aluminum sulfate 18-hydrate was dissolved at 30 g/l was poured into the lead-acid battery, and thereafter, immediately, the battery was charged for 20 hours with a current of 1 A and then discharged with a current of 2 A until the battery voltage reached 1.75 V. Thereafter, the batteries were charged again for 15 hours with a current of 1 A and discharged with a current of 2 A until the battery voltage reached 1.75 V. When the 5-hour rate capacity was measured, and a capacity of all of the batteries thus produced was 10 Ah.
After the electrolytic solution was poured into the battery in Example 1, a soaking treatment was carried out for one hour before the battery was charged for 20 hours with a current of 1 A. Thereafter, except for this treatment, a lead-acid battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 1.
A lead-acid battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the carbon mixture paste-coated layer applied to both entire surfaces of the formed negative plate in Example 1 was dried in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, for instance, nitrogen atmosphere for one hour at 60° C. for preventing oxidization of the negative active material, and except that after lead-acid battery was made in the same manner as in Example 1 and the electrolytic solution was poured thereinto, the battery was discharged for 30 hours with a current of 1 A, before charging for 20 hours with a current of 1 A as in Example 1.
A conventional aged positive plate and a conventional aged negative plate for use in a valve-regulated lead-acid battery were produced by a known method. Further, a lead-acid battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 1, except that 5 wt % of the carbon mixture with respect to the negative active material weight of lead in terms of dry weight was applied to both entire surfaces of the aged negative plate, to form a coating layer of the carbon mixture, and after an electrolytic solution was poured thereinto a soaking treatment was carried out for one hour before it was charged for 20 hours with a current of 1 A.
A lead-acid battery was produced in the same conditions as in Example 1, except that the carbon mixture paste applied on the formed negative plate was dried in a non-oxidizing nitrogen atmosphere for one hour at 60° C.
Low-Temperature Quick Discharge Test
For each of the lead-acid batteries of Examples 1 to 4 and the lead-acid batteries of Comparative Example 1, a PSOC low-temperature discharge test was conducted as follows. That is, after discharging the fully-charged lead-acid battery for 2.5 hours with a current of 2 A to become a PSOC of 50%, it was left at −30° C. for 16 hours. Thereafter, the battery was discharged for 10 seconds with a current of 150 A, and the voltage of the battery was measured at 10 second voltage at discharge. Moreover, after the test, the respective lead-acid batteries were disassembled, and the presence of interfacial separation between the carbon mixture-coated layer and the negative plate body was examined. The test results are shown in Table 2.
As is clear from Table 2, the lead-acid batteries of Examples 1 to 4 of the present invention hardly decreased in voltage even by carrying out the quick discharge at the very low temperature under the low PSOC condition. This is because as described in Examples 1 to 4, the batteries were subjected to the treatment for generating a lot of lead ions in the vicinity of the negative electrode before carrying out the formation treatment or the initial charge treatment. As a result, the negative active Material-filled plate and the carbon mixture-coated layer were coupled and integrated by a lot of lead particulate precipitated at the mutual interfacial surfaces during the subsequent charge operation. Accordingly, the interfacial separation can be prevented, conductive properties becomes were improved, the voltage drop is suppressed, and the coating layer becomes improved in the capacitor function. On the other hand, the lead-acid battery of Comparative Example 1, which was not subjected to such a treatment as mentioned above, is resulted in the noticeable voltage drop, and the interfacial separation between them.
Further, also when the above-mentioned carbon mixture was applied entirely or partially to only one side surface or both side surfaces of the negative active material-filled plate and is then dried to form a carbon mixture-coated layer, and the resultant one was subjected to the lead ions generation treatment before the formation treatment or the initial charge treatment, in the same manner in Examples 1 to 4, negative plates without the interfacial separations can be produced and bring about lead-acid batteries improved in the low-temperature rapid discharge characteristics.
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