| United States Patent | 4,617,243 |
| Nogami, et. al. | Oct. 14, 1986 |
Electrochemical battery
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an electrochemical battery having electrodes immersed in an organic solvent electrolyte solution so that the electromotive force is generated by doping to and/or undoping from said electrodes. Both electrodes are characterized to be carbon molded products having a specific surface area of 100 to 2500 m(^2) /g. The electrodes according to this invention are capable of accepting a large quantity of doping, light in weight and easy to handle.
| Inventors: | Nogami; Takashi (Toyonaka, JP); Nawa; Masayoshi (Minoo, JP). |
| Assignee: | Kao Soap Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP). |
| Appl. No.: | 397,238 |
| Filed: | Jul. 12, 1982 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
| Aug. 27, 1981 [JP] | 56-134690 |
| Intl. Cl. : | H01M 6/14 |
| Current U.S. Cl.: | 429/218.1; 429/231.4 |
| Field of Search: | 429/194, 213, 218 |
References Cited | [Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
| 3,870,565 | Mar., 1975 | Bonnemay et al. | 429/40 X |
| 4,271,242 | Jun., 1981 | Toyoguchi | 429/194 |
| 4,321,114 | Mar., 1982 | MacDiarmid et al. | 429/213 X |
| 4,327,166 | Apr., 1982 | Leger | 429/194 |
| 4,333,996 | Jun., 1982 | Louzos | 429/213 X |
| 4,366,216 | Dec., 1982 | McGinness | 429/213 |
| 4,375,427 | Mar., 1983 | Miller et al. | 429/213 X |
Primary Examiner: LeFevour; Charles F.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland
& Maier
5 Claims, No Drawings