The invention comprises a battery with an iron anode and nickel cathode. The battery, in one embodiment comprises an iron electrode comprised of a single, coated conductive substrate, prepared by a simple coating process, which can be continuous. The substrate can be coated on one side, or on both sides.
The battery is prepared by conventional processing and construction with an iron anode and a cathode, i.e., a nickel cathode. The battery of the present invention, however, comprises a particular electrolyte. In one embodiment, the nickel-iron battery also comprises a particular separator, e.g., comprised of a polyolefin. In one embodiment, the iron electrode is comprised of a single, coated conductive substrate, as shown in