Alkaline battery and method of producing negative electrode gel for alkaline battery

An alkaline primary battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, the alkaline battery comprising:

• manganese dioxide for a positive electrode active material;
• and
• a negative electrode gel in which a negative electrode active material made of a zinc alloy and a binder are dispersed in an alkaline aqueous solution,
• wherein the binder contains cellulose nanofibers having a diameter of about 3 nm and a length of several μm and polyacrylic acid,
• the cellulose nanofibers having a diameter of about 3 nm are linear fibers to which functional groups are attached and are uniformly dispersed in the negative electrode gel to form a three-dimensional network structure,
• the aqueous solution of the negative electrode gel contains between 0.4 wt % and 0.9 wt % polyacrylic acid, and
• the aqueous solution of the negative electrode gel contains between 0.2 wt % and 0.7 wt % cellulose nanofibers,
• wherein discharge performance of the alkaline battery is improved by at least 8% and the negative electrode gel has a viscosity of 203% or less compared to the same alkaline battery in which the aqueous solution contains no nanofibers.