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A sealed, starved-electrolyte, negative-limited 6 V/1 Ah laboratory prototype of a nickel–iron (Ni–Fe) battery comprising five cells stacked in series with ceria-supported platinum as hydrogen–oxygen recombinant catalyst was assembled. The battery was tested under various operational conditions. While a continuous increase in gaseous pressure in the cells was observed without the recombinant catalyst, the cells with the recombinant catalyst registered a decline in gaseous pressure subsequent to the onset of hydrogen–oxygen recombination. The battery showed little decay in its capacity during its life-cycle tests conducted at C/5 rate at 25°C. The battery performance is superior to its conventional vented-counterpart.
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Hariprakash, B., Martha, S.K., Hegde, M.S. et al. A sealed, starved-electrolyte nickel–iron battery. J Appl Electrochem 35, 27–32 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-004-2052-y
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