A Solid Electrolyte Separator for Pulse-Power Batteries.
Abstract
U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) has requirements for pulse power sources of high specific power and specific energy for applications in electric weapons, sensing, and communications systems. These objectives can be met by thin film, high temperature battery components such as a lithium-insertion anode, a lithium intercalation cathode and a high conducting Li(+) ion electrolyte separator. This Phase I program focussed on a new class of Li(+) ion conducting compounds and solid electrolytes made from these compounds using polymer gels. The inorganic Li(+) conductors, which are excellent gel formers, have interesting crystal structures and are thermally and electrochemically stable. The electrolyte separators of 100-200 micrometers thickness, made from these inorganic compounds incorporated in polymeric gels utilizing lithium salts and plasticizer-solvents, have exhibited ionic conductivity of> 5x10(exp -3) S/cm at 100 deg C.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADB211043
Entities
People
- Abdessadek Lachgar
- Ashok K. Saraswat
- Shyam D. Argade