PBC® Battery Overview
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UtilityGridConnectedPower Conventionalleadacidbatteriesarecomprisedoftwoelectrodes:apositive
MotivePower electrodemadeofleaddioxide(PbO2 )andanegativeelectrodemadeofsponge
lead(Pb).Boththeleaddioxideandspongeleadmaterialsarepastedontolead
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gridsthatactasthecurrentcollector.Twohalfreactionsoccurontheelectrodes
PbCProductGuide duringchargeanddischargethataredescribedbythewellknowndouble
sulphatetheoryforleadacidbatteries:
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PositiveElectrode
PbO2 +4H++SO42+2eD PbSO4 +2H2 O(+1.685V)
NegativeElectrode
Pb+SO4 2D PbSO4 +2e(0.365V)
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OverallReaction
PbO2 +2H2 SO4+PbD 2PbSO4 +2H2 O(+2.050V)
1:10 / 1:10
ThePbCbatteryisahybriddevicethatusesthestandardleadacidbatterypositiveelectrodeanda
supercapacitornegativeelectrodethatismadeofactivatedcarbon.Thespecifictypeofactivatedcarbonweuse
hasanextremelyhighsurfacearea(1500m2 /g)andhasbeenspecificallyformulatedbyAxionforusein
electrochemicalapplications.Duringchargeanddischarge,thepositiveelectrodeundergoesthesamechemical
reactionthatoccursinaconventionalleadacidbattery,i.e.leaddioxidereactswithacidandsulphateionstoform
leadsulphateandwater.ThemaindifferenceinthePbCbatteryisthereplacementoftheleadnegative
electrodewithanactivatedcarbonelectrodethatdoesnotundergoachemicalreactionatall.Instead,thevery
highsurfaceareaactivatedcarbonelectrodestorestheprotons(H+)fromtheacidinalayeronthesurfaceofthe
electrode.Thisnewnegativehalfreactioncanbewrittenasthefollowing:
NegativeElectrodeinthePbCbatterytechnology
nC6 x(H+)xD nC6 (x2).(H+)x2 +2H++2e(discharged)
Inconventionalleadacidbatteriestheconcentrationofacidchangesfrombeingveryconcentratedinthecharged
statetosomewhatdiluteinthedischargedstateastheacidisconvertedtowater.Incontrast,thePbCbattery
storesH+inthenegativeelectrodeinthefullychargesstatewhichmovetothepositiveelectrodeduringdischarge
wheretheyareneutralizedtoformwater.Theresultisreducedacidconcentrationswingsfromthechargedto
dischargedstatewhichreducesgridcorrosiononthepositiveelectrodeandleadstolongerlifeofthepositive
electrode.
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