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Nickel-Metal Hydride Electric Vehicle Batteries Through Materials Science Advances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. Venkatesan
Affiliation:
Ovonic Battery Company, 1707. Northwood Drive, Troy, MI 48084
M.A. Fetcenko
Affiliation:
Ovonic Battery Company, 1707. Northwood Drive, Troy, MI 48084
D.A. Corrigan
Affiliation:
Ovonic Battery Company, 1707. Northwood Drive, Troy, MI 48084
P.R. Gifford
Affiliation:
Ovonic Battery Company, 1707. Northwood Drive, Troy, MI 48084
S.K. Dhar
Affiliation:
Ovonic Battery Company, 1707. Northwood Drive, Troy, MI 48084
S.R. Ovshinsky
Affiliation:
Ovonic Battery Company, 1707. Northwood Drive, Troy, MI 48084
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Abstract:

Proprietary, multicomponent hydrogen storage materials have been developed making use of the principles of disorder by atomic engineering of the short-range and intermediate -range order. These materials form the basis for Ovonic Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries which have emerged as the leading battery technology for electric vehicle applications. Ovonic Batteries have the highest volumetric energy density available extending the practical range of electric vehicles from under 100 miles to over 200 miles.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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