摘要 |
PURPOSE:To establish a structure capable of easily supplying and removing an electrolyte by holding both side faces of a battery body between pairs of a supply nick and a supply electrode and applying a voltage across the supply electrodes. CONSTITUTION:In a unit cell 8 made up of a pair of an anode separator 1 and a cathode separator 2 holding an electrolyte retaining layer 3 therebetween, both end faces of the battery 8 is held between the retaining layer 3 and pairs of a supply wick 9 and a supply electrode 10 which preserve ion conductivity and include an electrolyte. A voltage is applied across the electrodes 10 thereby generating an electro-osmosis phenomenon, and the electrolyte may be transferred from the nick 9 to the unit cell for supply thereof or the electrolyte may be removed from the inner part of the cell. |