Discharge Characteristics of a Soluble Iron‐Titanium Battery System

Robert F. Savinell, C. C. Liu, R. T. Galasco, S.H. Chiang, J. F. Coetzee

Journal of The Electrochemical Society · 1979 · 37 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Constant- load and constant-current discharge data are presented for a soluble i ron-t i tanium electrochemical system. Output performance is l imited mainly by activation polarization in the anodic reaction, T i ( I I I) -- e--~ T i ( IV). The influence of different electrode materials, including platinum, graphite foil, and t i tanium-base lectrodes, and of temperature was investi-gated. Electrochemical energy systems in which reactants as well as products are present entirely in solution offer certain potential ly attractive features which have been the subject of several discussions. Thus, Singman and Bond (1, 2) demonstrated the feasibi l ity of em-ploying a soluble bromine- t i tan ium ( I l I) system for the generation of electrochemical energy. Recently, Thal ler (3) discussed the possibi l ity of using a soluble