Nonaqueous cell having a lithium iodide-ether electrolyte
AssigneeEveready Battery Company, Inc.
InventorAndrew Webber
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Abstract
A nonaqueous cell employing a pure lithium or lithium alloy anode, an iron sulfide-containing cathode, such as FeS.sub.2, and a liquid organic electrolyte consisting of lithium iodide dissolved in at least a 97 percent by volume ether solvent such as a mixture of 1,3-dioxolane and 1,2-dimethoxyethane.
Claims20
A nonaqueous cell comprising a lithium anode, an iron sulfide-containing cathode and a liquid organic electrolyte consisting of lithium iodide dissolved in a solvent, said solvent containing at least 97 percent by volume of an ether solvent composed of at least one ether.
The nonaqueous cell of cell 19 wherein the cathode is FeS.sub.2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.