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US 2011/0300456 A1Published application
Air battery
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomoki Kodama, Fuminori Mizuno, Yutaka Hirose
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Abstract
An air battery which is capable of detecting entering of water quickly. The air battery includes: a power section which includes an air electrode, an anode containing an alkali metal, and an electrolyte layer containing an electrolyte for conducting ion between the air electrode and the anode; and a housing configured to receive the power section, a pH-detecting means being provided inside the housing.
Claims7
An air battery comprising:
- a power section which comprises an air electrode, an anode containing an alkali metal, and an electrolyte layer containing an electrolyte for conducting ion between the air electrode and the anode;
- and a housing configured to receive the power section,
- an non-aqueous electrolytic solution being used for the electrolyte layer, and a pH-detecting means being provided inside the housing.
A method for detecting water in an air battery, wherein the air battery comprises:
- a power section which comprises an air electrode, an anode containing an alkali metal, and an electrolyte layer containing an electrolyte for conducting ion between the air electrode and the anode;
- and a housing configured to receive the power section, a pH-detecting means being provided inside the housing;
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- water entering into the housing is detected by detecting pH in the housing by the pH-detecting means.
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