Patent ID: 11955627
Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A battery electrode as claimed in claim 1, comprising:
a copper current collector coated with tin; the copper current collector coated with tin provided by a method comprising the steps of:
providing a solution of: SnCl2·H2O (10 g·L−1), NaH2PO2·2H2O, CS(NH2)2 (70 g·L−1), and hydrochloric acid (2 g·L−1);
immersing a piece of copper into the solution for 5 minutes to provide a layer of tin on the piece of copper;
lifting the tin coated piece of copper from the solution; and
washing the tin coated piece of copper with water.