Cathode paste

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The BaCeo.gYo.2O3 electrolyte was deposited on a Pd film by pulse laser deposition. Then, the perovskite cathode paste was screen printed on the coated Pd structure and dried by a heat gun. This procedure was repeated three times to make a complete cathode layer that is 30 pm thick. The size of the Pd film was 15 x 15 mm. The electrolyte and electrode were coated on the Pd film as a circle 6 mm in diameter to make an effective fuel cell area of0.283 cm. The pulse laser deposition apparatus is shown in Fig. 14.5. Two types of test cells, cell A and cell B, were prepared for comparison. Their characteristics are summarized in Table 14.2. 

In the 2inc chloride cell, precipitated basic 2inc chloride is the primary anode product because of the low concentration of ammonium chloride in the cell. Water and 2inc chloride are consumed in equations 1 and 7 and must be provided in adequate amounts for the cell to discharge efficiendy. Usually more carbon is used in 2inc chloride cells than in Led an chit cells in order to increase the electrolyte absorptivity of the cathode and thus allow the use of a larger volume of electrolyte. Also, the use of a thin paper separator, which decreases internal resistance, allows less space for water storage than the thick, pasted separator constmction traditionally used in Leclanchn cells. 

The series system was used in the past as an alternative to the multiple system. In this system only anodes were charged and a potential was maintained between the ends of each cell so that copper dissolved from one anode was plated on the adjacent anode. After a sufficient period of time, all the original anode copper was replaced by a cathodic deposit and the impurities were either in the form of anode slime or in solution. The series system demanded highly uniform anodes, a requirement that was difficult to meet with horizontal equipment. 

The cast grids are made into battery anode and cathode plates by the application of a lead oxide paste of 70 percent lead oxide (PbO) and 30 percent metallic lead. Lead ingots are tumbled in a ball mill with airproducing lead oxide and fine lead dust (referred to as leady oxide ). Leady oxide particulates are entrained in the mill exhaust air, which is treated sequentially by a cyclone separator and fabric filter. The used fabric filter bags are shipped to a RCRA-permitled commercially operated ha2ardous waste landfill located in Colorado. The leady oxide production process does not produce wastewater. 

If too large a current is drawn from a Ledanche cell, the ammonia forms a gaseous insulating layer around the carbon cathode. When this happens, the voltage drops sharply and then returns slowly to its normal value of 1.5 V. This problem can be avoided by using an alkaline dry cell, in which the paste between the electrodes contains KOH rather than NH4CL In this case the overall cell reaction is simply... 

Another important primary battery is the mercury cell. It usually comes in very small sizes and is used in hearing aids, watches, cameras, and some calculators. The anode of this cell is a zinc-mercury amalgam the reacting species is zinc. The cathode is a plate made up of mercury(II) oxide, HgO. The electrolyte is a paste containing HgO and sodium or potassium hydroxide. The electrode reactions are... 

In the profiles of the core from the industrial area, mercury displays the highest accumulation. Mercury in this area, close to the industrial district, has probably derived from a large chloralkali plant which has employed mercury cathodes since the fifties. Whereas, at present, very severe measures are taken to prevent mercury spills into the Lagoon, in the past, polluted waters and solid materials were discharged almost untreated. In the most superficial strata a marked decrease in the accumulations is, in fact, recorded. Lead and Cd accumulations are lower here by a factor of 5-10. The presence of cadmium in the sediments of the Lagoon has been referred to sphalerite (ZnS) processing on the basis of a strict concomitant... 

Tellurium has been tested as a cathode material for use in conjunction with an anode made of alkali metal, primarily lithium, in power sources with a high specific energy and power [99], The theoretical specific energy for Li/Te pair is 612 Wh kg High-temperature (470 °C) cells with Li, Te, and eutectic (LiF-LiCl-Lil) electrolyte in the molten state, or with more convenient, albeit more resistive, paste-type electrolytes, have been tested in the laboratory. Similar layouts have been proposed for utilizing the Li/Se pair (theoretic cal specific energy 1,210 W h kg ) with the cell ingredients in the molten state (365 C) or with paste electrolyte at a lower temperature. 

It is well to remember that in the past, the unit of electrical current—the international ampere—was defined as the strength of an invariant current which, when sent throngh a silver nitrate solution, would deposit l.lllSOOmg silver at the cathode. Today, another definition of the ampere as an SI unit is valid. 

In transient measurements one must record rapidfy changing currents or potentials. In the past, cathode-ray oscilloscopes have been used for this purpose (at present, improved recording devices or computers are used as well), hence the term oscillographic polarography (or oscillographic voltammetry). This term is unfortunate since it reflects only the device used to record the results, rather than the essential features of the method used for the measurements. 

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