Patent ID: 6300011
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A zinc/air cell having an anode comprising zinc particles, wherein said cell comprises less than 100 parts by weight mercury per million parts by weight zinc, said anode comprising a metal binder adhered to at least a portion of the surface of a said zinc particles and binding at least a portion of individual zinc particles to form agglomerates, wherein said metal binder has a melting point below the melting point of said zinc and said anode is made by the process comprising contacting said zinc particles with said metal binder being in molten state at a temperature above its melting point but below the melting temperature of said zinc to form a mixture thereof and cooling said mixture whereupon said metal binder solidifies and adheres to the surface of at least a portion of said zinc particles binding at least a portion of said zinc particles together to form a plurality of zinc particle agglomerates held bound together by said metal binder therebetween, wherein said metal binder provides an electrically conductive pathway between said bound zinc particles.