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Solid state lithium-iodine primary battery

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1981-09-11
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Granted: 1984-01-10
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Expires: 2001-09-11
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Abstract

Abstract A solid-state primary cell comprising a lithium anode, an iodine cathode containing a charge transfer complex and a solid lithium iodide electrolyte doped with a 1-normal-alkyl-pyridinium iodide. The anode surface can be coated with LiOH or Li 3 N. The iodine cathode comprises a complex of iodine and 1-normal-alkyl-pyridinium iodide and preferably contains titanium dioxide powder, alumina gel powder or silica gel powder admixed with the complex.

Inventors

  • 👤 Satoshi Sekido
  • 👤 Tadashi Sotomura
  • 👤 Yoshito Ninomiya

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 23:33
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/60; H01M6/00; H01M6/14; H01M6/18; H01M6/182; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49108

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 45 words
A substantially anhydrous cell comprising a solid lithium anode, a solid .[.electronically.]. .Iadd.electrically .Iaddend.conductive iodine cathode containing a charge transfer complex of iodine with a 1-normal-alkyl-pyridinium iodide .Iadd.and an iodine-inert electrically nonconductive powder, .Iaddend.and a solid electrolyte of lithium iodide doped with the 1-normal-alkyl-pyridinium iodide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 45 words
A substantially anhydrous cell comprising a solid lithium anode, a solid .[.electronically.]. .Iadd.electrically .Iaddend.conductive iodine cathode containing a charge transfer complex of iodine with a 1-normal-alkyl-pyridinium iodide .Iadd.and an iodine-inert electrically nonconductive powder, .Iaddend.and a solid electrolyte of lithium iodide doped with the 1-normal-alkyl-pyridinium iodide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
A cell according to claim 1 in which the anode surface is coated with lithium hydroxide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 16 words
A cell according to claim 1 in which the anode surface is coated with lithium nitride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 25 words
A cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which .Iadd.the .Iaddend.1-normal-alkyl-pyridinium iodide has an alkyl group of at least three normal carbon chains.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
A cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the charge transfer complex contains between 6 and 12 atoms of iodine for each atom of nitrogen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 36 words
A cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the .[.cathode contains an.]. iodine-inert electrically nonconductive powder .Iadd.is .Iaddend.selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide powder, alumina gel powder, and silica gel powder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 24 words
A cell according to claim 5 in which the cathode is a mixture consisting of the charge transfer complex and .Iadd.a .Iaddend.silica gel powder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 25 words
A cell according to claim 7 in which the charge transfer complex has 9 atoms of iodine for each atom of nitrogen of 1-normal-butyl-pyridinium iodide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 22 words
A cell according to claim 7 in which the cathode contains between 10 and 20 weight percent of the silica gel powder.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 21 words
A cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the iodine cathode is separated from an anode current collector.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 74 words
A cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which a cathode current collector is made of a super ferrite stainless steel consisting of at least 30 weight percent of Cr, at least 2 weight percent of Mo, and Fe. .[.12. A cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which an insulator is made of iodine resistant plastics selected from the group consisting of copolymer of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 27 words
and polyimide..]. 13. A process for assembling a cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the lithium anode surface is directly attached to the
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 29 words
iodine cathode. 14. A process for assembling a cell according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the lithium anode surface is directly pressed against the iodine cathode.

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