Performance of zinc air batteries with added K2CO3 in the alkaline electrolyte

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 427-437

  Schröder, Daniel ^a   Sinai Borker, Neeraj Nitin ^b   König, Michael ^a   Krewer, Ulrike ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Discharge performance; Electrolyte composition; Impedance spectroscopy; Potassium carbonate; Potassium hydroxide; Zinc air battery

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; POTASH; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CONSTANT-CURRENT DISCHARGE; DISCHARGE PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC-AIR BATTERY;

PRIMARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84939958047     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: 15728838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-015-0817-0     Document Type: Article

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