Lithium--water--air battery project: progress during the month of August 1976

Technical Report · Fri Sep 17 04:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7209520· OSTI ID:7209520

Cooper, J. F.; Hosmer, P. K.; Homsy, R. V.

A new method for producing lithium was investigated. In a continuous process, lithium amalgam would first be formed by reduction of aqueous LiOH/sup -/ or Li/sub 2/CO/sub 3/. Lithium would then be electrochemically separated from the amalgam to form the pure liquid metal. Laboratory determination of the coulombic efficiency for the reaction Li + OH/sup -/ = LiOH(aq) + e/sup -/ continued. The coulombic efficiency was found to approach 1.0 as the anodic diffusion-limited current density was approached. 2 figures. (RWR)

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7209520
• Report Number(s): UCID-17426-76-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANODES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
ELECTRODES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
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LITHIUM-WATER-AIR BATTERIES
METAL-GAS BATTERIES
METALS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SYNTHESIS