A STUDY ON NOVEL LITHIUM IODINE AND LITHIUM BROMINE SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERIES

This paper deals with the influence of coating the lithium anode on the discharge behaviour of lithium-iodine and lithium-bromine batteries, containing lithium ion conducting solid electrolytes, at different temperatures. In contrast to poly(2-vinylpiridine)/iodine charge-transfer complexes, commonly used as cathodes in heart pacemaker batteries, polyiodides and polybromides bonded to polymers of styrene, which are functionalized by cationic groups, were used. It has been found that addition of anthracene to poly(2-vinvlpyridine) as a coating material produces a positive effect on the discharge behaviour.