Solid State Ionics, Vol.70-71, 662-665, 1994
High-Temperature Electrochemical Discharges of Lithium Copper-Oxide Cells Using Solid Electrolytes
At temperatures of 530-550-degrees-C, lithium alloy-copper oxide cells with solid sulphate electrolytes can be discharged at current densities of 100 mA cm-2. The open-circuit voltages were about 2.5 V (versus 24 wt% lithium-aluminium alloy) and the initial on-load voltages were about 2.3 V, significantly higher than 1.5 V (versus lithium) found in ambient temperature lithium-copper oxide cells. However the voltage fell to about 1.5 V after about 1/3 Faraday (g atom copper)-1 has been withdrawn. This may be due to the formation of lithium copper oxide LiCu3O3 as the high temperature discharge product.