Effect of phosphoric acid on the performance of Pb-1.7%Sb grid of lead-acid cell is studied in 5 M H 2 SO 4 by cyclic galvanostatic polarization and impedance spectroscopy. An increase in capacitance to a maximum is recorded during the initial stages of the electro-reduction of PbO 2 into Pb(II) compounds and attributed to concurrent compositional and dimensional changes. These changes include removal of O 2 bubbles, insertion of large amounts of H 2 SO 4 and H 2 O. Efficiency of PbO 2 formation decreases, while its rate of self-discharge increases with increasing the charging current and in the presence of H 3 PO 4 . The charge capacity increases with increasing the discharging current due to the decrease in the self-discharge. The charge capacity is lower in the presence of H 3 PO 4 . On increasing the cycle number, the corrodibility of the grid increases, because more layers of the surface Pb are involved in the self-discharge. H 3 PO 4 significantly retards the effect of cycle number.
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