Zirconium trisulfide as a promising cathode material for Li primary thermal batteries

Kyriakos Giagloglou; Julia Louise Payne; Christina Crouch; Richard Gover; Paul Alexander Connor; John Thomas Sirr Irvine

doi:10.1149/2.1351614jes

Zirconium trisulfide as a promising cathode material for Li primary thermal batteries

Kyriakos Giagloglou, Julia Louise Payne, Christina Crouch, Richard Gover, Paul Alexander Connor, John Thomas Sirr Irvine

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In this work ZrS₃ has been synthesized by solid state reaction in a sealed quartz tube and investigated as a candidate cathode material in Li thermal batteries. The structure of ZrS₃ before and after cell testing has been studied using powder X-ray diffraction. A new spinel related material, LiZr₂S₄, has been identified as the product of the electrochemical process, which can be indexed to a = 10.452(8) Å cubic unit cell. The electrochemical properties of the batteries were investigated at 500 °C against Li₁₃Si₄ by galvanostatic discharge and galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT). In a thermal Li cell at 500 °C a single voltage plateau of 1.70 V at a current density of 11 mA/cm² was achieved with capacity of 357 mA h g^-1. Therefore ZrS₃ material has some promise as a cathode for Li thermal batteries.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Volume	163
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1351614jes
Publication status	Published - 25 Nov 2016

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Cathode
Discharge at high temperature
Li thermal battery
LiZr2S4
Solid state reaction
ZrS

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Energy Materials Discovery: Energy Materials Discovery Characterisation and Application
Irvine, J. T. S. (PI), Cassidy, M. (CoI), Connor, P. A. (CoI), Savaniu, C. D. (CoI) & Zhou, W. (CoI)
EPSRC
7/01/13 → 6/01/18
Project: Standard
Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award: Closing the Carbon Cycle with Solid State Electrochemistry
Irvine, J. T. S. (PI)
The Royal Society
1/08/12 → 31/07/17
Project: Standard

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