Growth of oxygen bubbles during recharge process in zinc-air battery

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 296, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-45

  Wang, Keliang ^a   Pei, Pucheng ^a   Ma, Ze ^a   Chen, Huicui ^a   Xu, Huachi ^a   Chen, Dongfang ^a   Xing, Haoqiang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble coalescence; Simulation; Solution; Zinc air battery

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHARGING (BATTERIES); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; OXYGEN; SOLUTIONS; ZINC;

BUBBLE COALESCENCE; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; INSULATION STRUCTURES; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION; RECHARGEABLE ZINC-AIR BATTERIES; SIMULATION; ZINC-AIR BATTERY;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84937571151     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.07.039     Document Type: Article

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