Nickel-Metal Hydride Electric Vehicle Batteries Through Materials Science Advances

1995 ◽  
Vol 393 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Venkatesan ◽  
M.A. Fetcenko ◽  
D.A. Corrigan ◽  
P.R. Gifford ◽  
S.K. Dhar ◽  
...  

Abstract:Proprietary, multicomponent hydrogen storage materials have been developed making use of the principles of disorder by atomic engineering of the short-range and intermediate -range order. These materials form the basis for Ovonic Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries which have emerged as the leading battery technology for electric vehicle applications. Ovonic Batteries have the highest volumetric energy density available extending the practical range of electric vehicles from under 100 miles to over 200 miles.

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Ovshinsky ◽  
S. Venkatesan ◽  
M. A. Fetcenko ◽  
P. R. Gifford ◽  
D. Corrigan ◽  
...  

Science ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 260 (5105) ◽  
pp. 176-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Ovshinsky ◽  
M. A. Fetcenko ◽  
J. Ross

1997 ◽  
Vol 65 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.K. Dhar ◽  
S.R. Ovshínsky ◽  
P.R. Gifford ◽  
D.A. Corrigan ◽  
M.A. Fetcenko ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-393
Author(s):  
Hiroshi FUKUNAGA ◽  
Mitsuhiro KISHIMI ◽  
Nobuaki MATSUMOTO ◽  
Toshiki TANAKA ◽  
Tomonori KISHIMOTO ◽  
...  

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Manis Kumar Jha ◽  
Pankaj Kumar Choubey ◽  
Om Shankar Dinkar ◽  
Rekha Panda ◽  
Rajesh Kumar Jyothi ◽  
...  

Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries are extensively used in the manufacturing of portable electronic devices as well as electric vehicles due to their specific properties including high energy density, precise volume, resistance to overcharge, etc. These NiMH batteries contain significant amounts of rare earth metals (REMs) along with Co and Ni which are discarded due to illegal dumping and improper recycling practices. In view of their strategic, economic, and industrial importance, and to mitigate the demand and supply gap of REMs and the limited availability of natural resources, it is necessary to explore secondary resources of REMs. Therefore, the present paper reports a feasible hydrometallurgical process flowsheet for the recovery of REMs and valuable metals from spent NiMH batteries. More than 90% dissolution of REMs (Nd, Ce and La) was achieved using 2 M H2SO4 at 75 °C in 60 min in the presence of 10% H2O2 (v/v). From the obtained leach liquor, the REMs, such as Nd and Ce, were recovered using 10% PC88A diluted in kerosene at eq. pH 1.5 and O/A ratio 1/1 in two stages of counter current extraction. La of 99% purity was selectively precipitated from the leach liquor in the pH range of 1.5 to 2.0, leaving Cu, Ni and Co in the filtrate. Further, Cu and Ni were extracted with LIX 84 at equilibrium pH 2.5 and 5, leaving Co in the raffinate. The developed process flow sheet is feasible and has potential for industrial exploitation after scale-up/pilot trails.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document