Various embodiments of fuel cells and cell assemblies and methods of using the same are provided. Each fuel cell or cell assembly can simultaneously perform a charging function and a discharging function, the former by receiving electric currents from external charging devices, the latter by outputting an electric current to an electrical load. The fuel cell includes a metal layer serving as a positive electrode for the charging function, at least one air electrode layer serving as a positive electrode for the discharging function, as well as a zinc material serving as a negative electrode for both the charging and discharging functions. The fuel cell also includes a plurality of gas chambers via which an electrolyte is disposed into the fuel cell. The electrolyte is disposed up to a level located lower than the gas chambers.

The invention provides an energy generating system that includes ferromagnetic crystals in solution providing for improved longevity and operability at below zero temperatures and exhibiting superconductivity.

A lead-based alloy containing alloying additions of bismuth, antimony, arsenic, and tin is used for the production of doped leady oxides, lead-acid battery active materials, lead-acid battery electrodes, and lead-acid batteries.

A lead-based alloy containing alloying additions of bismuth, antimony, arsenic, and tin is used for the production of doped leady oxides, lead-acid battery active materials, lead-acid battery electrodes, and lead-acid batteries.

The discovery of the method of extracting hydrogen gas from water and saving the high-energy hydrogen gas is a system used by acid-lead batteries and their electrolyte replacement, which removes hydrogen from the water during charging, and then the electricity consumed for this purpose. The battery float charge mode is stored in the battery by chemical reactions. Also, by reversible reactions, a little more than the hydrogen gas is released into the normal amount of gas from the battery houses. By this method, the practical steps are to finalize the sample during the Gaseous hydrogen is recommended for industry and industry.

The discovery of the method of extracting hydrogen gas from water and saving the high-energy hydrogen gas is a system used by acid-lead batteries and their electrolyte replacement, which removes hydrogen from the water during charging, and then the electricity consumed for this purpose. The battery float charge mode is stored in the battery by chemical reactions. Also, by reversible reactions, a little more than the hydrogen gas is released into the normal amount of gas from the battery houses. By this method, the practical steps are to finalize the sample during the Gaseous hydrogen is recommended for industry and industry.

This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving the performance of batteries, such as lead-acid batteries, including reviving or rejuvenating a partially or totally dead battery, by adding an amount of nonionic, ground state metal nanoparticles to the electrolyte of the battery, and optionally recharging the battery by applying a voltage. The metal nanoparticles may be gold and coral-shaped and are added to provide a concentration within the electrolyte of 100 ppb to 2 ppm or more (e.g., up to 5 ppm, 10 ppm, 25 ppm, 50 ppm, or 100 ppm). The metal nanoparticles may be added to battery electrode paste applied to the electrodes to enhance newly manufactured or remanufactured batteries.

This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving the performance of batteries, such as lead-acid batteries, including reviving or rejuvenating a partially or totally dead battery, by adding an amount of nonionic, ground state metal nanoparticles to the electrolyte of the battery, and optionally recharging the battery by applying a voltage. The metal nanoparticles may be gold and coral-shaped and are added to provide a concentration within the electrolyte of 100 ppb to 2 ppm or more (e.g., up to 5 ppm, 10 ppm, 25 ppm, 50 ppm, or 100 ppm). The metal nanoparticles may be added to battery electrode paste applied to the electrodes to enhance newly manufactured or remanufactured batteries.

A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA. The separators include or exhibit performance enhancing additives or coatings, increased porosity, increased void volume, amorphous silica, higher oil absorption silica, higher silanol group silica, reduced electrical resistance, a shish-kebab structure or morphology, a polyolefin microporous membrane containing particle-like filler in an amount of 40% or more by weight of the membrane and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having shish-kebab formations and the average repetition periodicity of the kebab formation from 1 nm to 150 nm, decreased sheet thickness, decreased tortuosity, separators especially well-suited for enhanced flooded batteries.

A battery separator has performance enhancing additives or coatings, fillers with increased friability, increased ionic diffusion, decreased tortuosity, increased wettability, reduced oil content, reduced thickness, decreased electrical resistance, and/or increased porosity. The separator in a battery reduces the water loss, lowers acid stratification, lowers the voltage drop, and/or increases the CCA. The separators include or exhibit performance enhancing additives or coatings, increased porosity, increased void volume, amorphous silica, higher oil absorption silica, higher silanol group silica, reduced electrical resistance, a shish-kebab structure or morphology, a polyolefin microporous membrane containing particle-like filler in an amount of 40% or more by weight of the membrane and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having shish-kebab formations and the average repetition periodicity of the kebab formation from 1 nm to 150 nm, decreased sheet thickness, decreased tortuosity, separators especially well-suited for enhanced flooded batteries.