On the Possibilities of Using Titanium as a Source of Energy in Rechargeable Batteries,
Abstract
Titanium has become available as a commercial metal only since World War II, and, at low price, a decade later. This explains the fact that Ti has not been utilized as a reactant or energy-supplying material in batteries, despite its advantageous properties -- its low weight-density and the high energy-density of its reaction with oxygen and halogens. After a review of the occurrence and technology of titanium, the history of its studies in the USA and in the U.S.S.R., its electrochemical behaviour in aqueous and nonaqueous and molten salt media is discussed. Suggestions on the choice of materials for anodes, cathodes and electrolytes for Ti batteries are presented and several electrochemical reactions on which these batteries are based are offered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA042891
Entities
People
- Edmund J. Casey
- Mikhail A. Klochko
Organizations
- Defence Research and Development Canada