| abstract |
Method for producing a battery electrode, particularly a zinc electrode, of improved strength and stability, and which has a porous cellular structure, by mixing an aqueous dispersion of electrode material such as zinc oxide, with an aqueous dispersion of a latex type polymer such as a fluorocarbon polymer, e.g., polytetrafluoroethylene, casting a film of such mixture, drying the film, sintering the dried film, and rolling such sintered film, to form a fibrous polymer structure binding the particles of electrode material. The resulting sintered and rolled film can be employed per se as an electrode, e.g., a zinc electrode, or such film can be ground and the ground particles then compacted to form an electrode. |