Patent ID: 6528207
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
An electrochemical cell comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an electrolyte, the improvement in the cell comprising:the negative electrode comprising an anode material contacted to an anode current collector and the positive electrode comprising a cathode active material contacted to a cathode current collector, wherein at least one of the anode material and the cathode active material is mixed with a nitrite additive prior to being contacted to the respective anode current collector and cathode current collector and wherein the nitrite additive has the formula: (RO)N(&boxH;O), wherein R is an organic group of either a saturated hydrocarbon or heteroatom group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an unsaturated hydrocarbon or heteroatom group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms.