Lithium/iron sulfide batteries for electric-vehicle propulsion and other applications. Progress report, October 1979-September 1980

Technical Report · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6326584· OSTI ID:6326584

The research, development, and management activities of the programs involving high-performance lithium-aluminum/iron sulfide batteries at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and at contractors' laboratories during the period October 1979 through September 1980 are reported in detail. These batteries, which are being developed for electric-vehicle propulsion and stationary energy-storage applications, consist of vertically oriented prismatic cells with one or more inner positive electrodes of FeS or FeS/sub 2/, facing negative electrodes of lithium-aluminum, and molten LiCl-KCl electrolyte. Most of the cell and battery design, development, and fabrication for the program to develop a full-scale electric-vehicle battery (designated Mark II) was subcontracted to two industrial firms - Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. and Gould Inc. The major objective for Phase I of this program is the development of highly reliable cells which can be mass-produced at a reasonable cost. Status cells produced by both contractors have been tested at ANL. The cells produced by Eagle-Picher have exhibited high performance in the three areas tested: specific energy, specific pwer and cycle life. Delivery to ANL of a ten-cell battery module incorporating these cells is scheduled for April 1981. In the cells produced by Gould Inc., the specific energy and specific power have been relatively high, but cycle life is still limited by two failure mechanisms which cause short circuiting. The ANL program consists of cell development studies, materials and component development, testing of cells and batteries fabricated by both ANL and its subcontractors, battery component and auxiliary systems development, and potential applications and cost studies.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6326584
• Report Number(s): ANL-80-128; ON: DE81027458
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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