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9 BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS 225<br />

Example<br />

anode<br />

material<br />

Example<br />

cathode<br />

material<br />

Example<br />

electrolyte<br />

Example<br />

applications<br />

Lead acid Alkaline Lithium Nickel<br />

Metal<br />

Hydride<br />

Pb Zn Li LaNi 5<br />

PbO 2 MnO 2 CF or<br />

MnO 2<br />

H 2 SO 4<br />

Car<br />

ignitions<br />

Theoretical<br />

specic<br />

energy, W·h<br />

kg<br />

Practical<br />

specic<br />

energy, W·h<br />

kg<br />

References [128, p.<br />

15.11] [140]<br />

KOH or<br />

NaOH<br />

Toys<br />

Organic<br />

solvents<br />

and LiBF 4<br />

Cellphones,<br />

Medical<br />

devices<br />

NiOOH<br />

KOH<br />

252 358 448 240<br />

35 154 200 100<br />

[128, p.<br />

8.10] [140]<br />

[128, p.<br />

15.1, p.<br />

31.5]<br />

Powertools<br />

[128, p.<br />

15.1] [146]<br />

Table 9.2: Example material components and specic energy values for<br />

batteries based on dierent chemistries.<br />

specic energy of the chemical reaction involved while the sixth row lists<br />

example specic energy values for practical devices which are necessarily<br />

lower than the theoretical values. The specic energy values in the table<br />

can be compared to specic energy of various other materials or energy<br />

conversion devices listed in Appendix D.<br />

9.5.2 Lead Acid<br />

Lead acid batteries are secondary batteries which typically have an anode<br />

of Pb and a cathode of PbO 2 [128, ch. 15]. The electrolyte is a liquid<br />

solution of the acid H 2 SO 4 which ionizes into 2H + and SO 2−<br />

4 . The reaction

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