Title

Diffusion-Limited Self-Discharge Reaction in the Hubble Space Telescope Battery

Author(s)

Joseph P. Fellner, Air Force Research Laboratory
Sarwan S. Sandhu, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1996

Publication Source

Journal of Power Sources

Abstract

The self-discharge rate of aerospace flight-quality nickel-hydrogen batteries is limited by hydrogen diffusion within the nickel electrode active material. A diffusion-limited reaction model is developed which accounts for the observed self-discharge behavior. Effective hydrogen diffusion coefficients were calculated from the open-circuit self-discharge data on Hubble space telescope flight-quantified nickel-hydrogen cells and ranged from 1.12×10⁻¹⁰ cm²/sec at 25°C to 7.45×10⁻¹² cm²/sec at 0°C.

Inclusive pages

99-102

ISBN/ISSN

0378-7753

Comments

Permission documentation is on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 1996, Elsevier

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

58

Peer Reviewed

yes

Issue

1

eCommons Citation

Fellner, Joseph P. and Sandhu, Sarwan S., "Diffusion-Limited Self-Discharge Reaction in the Hubble Space Telescope Battery" (1996). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 192.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/192