Lithium/carbon monofluoride primary batteries

ANSI C18.3M, Part 1 Steuidard for Portable Lithium Primary CeUs and Batteries Lithium/carbon monofluoride Lithium/manganese dioxide... 

Primary lithium batteries offer these advantages as well as good low-temperature characteristics. There are many kinds of primary lithium batteries, with various cathode active materials the main ones are lithium-manganese dioxide, lithium-carbon monofluoride, and lithium-thionyl chloride batteries [28]. 

The semiconductive properties and tunnel structure of sulfide and transition-metal oxides led to the use of these materials in lithium power sources (Table 2.5). Several lithium-based chemistries were successfully applied to replace the prior system Zn/AgO and later the lithium-iodine batteries in implantable medical devices [59-61]. For example, Li//CuO, Li//V205, Li//CF and more recently Li// Ag2V40ii couples have been adopted to power cardiac pacemakers requiring less that 200 pW [62,63]. The lithium/carbon monofluoride (Li//CFJ primary cells are very attractive in several applications because of the double energy density with respect to the state-of-the-art LiZ/MnOa primary batteries (theoretically 2203 against 847 Wh kg ). 

Lithium batteries use nonaqueous solvents for the electrolyte because of the reactivity of lithium in aqueous solutions. Organic solvents such as acetonitrile, propylene carbonate, and dimethoxyethane and inorganic solvents such as thionyl chloride are typically employed. A compatible solute is added to provide the necessary electrolyte conductivity. (Solid-state and molten-salt electrolytes are also used in some other primary and reserve lithium cells see Chaps. 15, 20, and 21.) Many different materials were considered for the active cathode material sulfur dioxide, manganese dioxide, iron disulfide, and carbon monofluoride are now in common use. The term lithium battery, therefore, applies to many different types of chemistries, each using lithium as the anode but differing in cathode material, electrolyte, and chemistry as well as in design and other physical and mechanical features. 

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