title: Fabrication of VB2/air cells for electrochemical testing.
abstract: A technique to investigate the properties and performance of new multi-electron metal/air battery systems is proposed and presented. A method for synthesizing nanoscopic VB2 is presented as well as step-by-step procedure for applying a zirconium oxide coating to the VB2 particles for stabilization upon discharge. The process for disassembling existing zinc/air cells is shown, in addition construction of the new working electrode to replace the conventional zinc/air cell anode with a the nanoscopic VB2 anode. Finally, discharge of the completed VB2/air battery is reported. We show that using the zinc/air cell as a test bed is useful to provide a consistent configuration to study the performance of the high-energy high capacity nanoscopic VB2 anode.
authors: Department of Chemistry, The George Washington University, USA.
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Stuart
authors: Ruben
authors: R
authors: Lopez
authors: Jason
authors: J
authors: Lau
authors: Xuguang
authors: X
authors: Li
authors: Mahesh
authors: M
authors: Waje
authors: Matthew
authors: M
authors: Mullings
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Rhodes
authors: Stuart
authors: S
authors: Licht
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D014639:Vanadium; D015040:Zirconium; C028541:zirconium oxide
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