Ka. Striebel et al., LABORATORY-SCALE EVALUATION OF SECONDARY ALKALINE ZINC BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, Journal of power sources, 47(1-2), 1994, pp. 1-11
Two types of secondary zinc cell have been evaluated in our laboratory
to assess their suitability to power an electric van. Single cells we
re charged and discharged with constant-current cycles as well as with
controlled-power discharge profiles, scaled to the predicted mass of
a full-size battery. Both cells were able to meet the requirements for
power discharge specified by the so-called Simplified Federal Urban D
riving Schedule (SFUDS) early in life (the first 15 cycles). The Zn/ai
r cell achieved an average of 72 SFUDS repetions (7.2 h) per discharge
. The Zn/NiOOH cell achieved an average of 51 SFUDS repetitions (5.1 h
) per discharge. The bifunctional air electrodes did not reach oxygen-
evolution potentials during the 8-s regenerative breaking portions of
the SFUDS cycle.