Patent ID: 7129000
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery comprising: (a) a positive electrode, (b) a negative electrode, (c) an electrolyte intervening between said positive electrode and said negative electrode, and (d) at least one sugar contained in said electrolyte, said negative electrode adapted for electrochemically oxidizing and decomposing said at least one sugar, wherein said sugar is oxidized and decomposed to generate an electromotive force between the negative electrode and positive electrode, and comprising at least one Pb-containing component selected from the group consisting of Pb metal, a Pb alloy, and a Pb compound or at least one Ag-containing component selected from the group consisting of Ag metal, an Ag alloy and an Ag compound, wherein said positive electrode comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, manganese oxide in a low oxidation state, platinum, palladium, iridium oxide, an ammine complex of platinum, and a phenylenediamine complex of cobalt.