Conductive ceramic support for active materials in lead / acid batteries

摘要

A conductive ceramic support (16) for the active material in a lead-acid storage battery is disclosed. The support comprises substoichiometric titanium dioxide of the formula TiOx, where x is a number from 1.55 to 1.95. The support is in the form of a plate having a honeycomb structure (15 or 17) of regular and repeating cells, creating voids which hold the active material in the battery. An electrode can comprise the conductive ceramic support (16) with the honeycomb structure (15) on one face pasted with a lead-oxide/sulfuric acid paste and a second honeycomb structure (17) on its opposite face pasted with spongy lead. This electrode can thus form electrically-connected respective positive and negative plates of adjacent cells of a battery.