HIGH ENERGY/POWER DENSITY NICKEL OXIDE/HYDROXIDE MATERIALS AND NICKEL COBALT OXIDE/HYDROXIDE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

According to one embodiment, a material includes a nickel oxide/hydroxide active film, wherein the nickel oxide/hydroxide active film has a physical characteristic of maintaining greater than about 80% charge over greater than 500 charge/discharge cycles, and wherein the nickel oxide/hydroxide active film has a physical characteristic of storing electrons at greater than about 0.5 electron per nickel atom.