Pulsed power molten salt battery development

Author

Argade, S.D. ; Boos, D.L. ; Ryan, D.M.

Author_Institution

Technochem Co., Greensboro, NC, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

25-28 Jun 1990

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

151

Abstract

The authors describe a program aimed at developing a primary reserve pulse power battery design. The program focus at the present time is on developing high-rate chlorine cathodes for the lithium-aluminum/chlorine system. A novel activation treatment has been developed to use porous carbon and graphite materials as chlorine cathodes in this battery system. Results obtained with these electrodes in molten salt cells are discussed. In molten LiCl-KCl at 450°C, these chlorine electrodes deliver the remarkable pulse power performance of 20-25 W/cm². The IR-free cell polarization with LiAl/chlorine cells appears to be ohmic, which is desirable for the pulse power application

Keywords

aluminium alloys; chlorine; electrochemical electrodes; electrolytes; lithium alloys; polarisation; primary cells; pulsed power technology; 450 degC; LiAl-Cl₂; LiCl-KCl; activation; application; cathodes; design; development; electrodes; graphite materials; molten salt; performance; polarization; porous carbon; primary cells; pulse power reserve battery; separators; Aluminum; Argon; Batteries; Circuits; Electrodes; Glass; Organic materials; Pulsed power supplies; Steady-state; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Sources Symposium, 1990., Proceedings of the 34th International

Conference_Location

Cherry Hill, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-87942-604-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPSS.1990.145814

Filename

145814