Materials for Advanced Batteries, 1980 VI Materials Science Series

The idea of a NATO Science Committee Institute on "Materials for Advanced Batteries" was suggested to JB and DWM by Dr. A. G. Chynoweth. His idea was to bring together experts in the field over the entire spectrum of pure research to applied research in order to familiarize everyone with potentially interesting new systems and the problems involved in their development. Dr. M. C. B. Hotz and Professor M. N. Ozdas were instrumental in helping organize this meeting as a NATO Advanced Science Institute. An organlzlng committee consisting of the three of us along with W. A. Adams, U. v Alpen, J. Casey and J. Rouxel organized the program. The program consisted of plenary talks and poster papers which are included in this volume. Nearly half the time of the conference was spent in study groups. The aim of these groups was to assess the status of several key aspects of batteries and prospects for research opportunities in each. The study groups and their chairmen were: Current status and new systems J. Broadhead High temperature systems W. A. Adams Interface problems B. C. H. Steele Electrolytes U. v Alpen Electrode materials J. Rouxel These discussions are summarized in this volume. We and all the conference participants are most grateful to Professor J. Rouxel for suggesting the Aussois conference site, and to both he and Dr. M. Armand for handling local arrangements.

I. Plenary Review Papers.- Requirements of Battery Systems.- Reflections on Some Recent Studies of Materials of Importance in Aqueous Electrochemical Energy-Storage Systems.- Lithium-Aluminum/Iron Sulphide Batteries.- Solid Electrolytes.- Molten Salt Electrolytes in Secondary Batteries.- The Recharging of the Lithium Electrode in Organic Electrolytes.- Intercalation Electrodes.- Interface Phenomena in Advanced Batteries.- II. Short Communications.- Lead-Acid Battery Overview.- Design and Development of Micro-Reference Electrodes for the Lithium/Metal-Sulphide Cell System.- Molten Salt Electrochemical Studies and High Energy Density Cell Development.- Selenium (IV) Cathode in Molten Chloroaluminates.- Behavior of Hard and Soft Ions in Solid Electrolytes.- Use of the Proton Conductor Hydrogen Uranyl Phosphate Tetrahydrate as the Solid Electrolyte in Hydride-Air Batteries and Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cells.- Behaviour of the Passivating Film in Li/SOCl2 Cells Under Various Conditions.- Novel Solid Electrolytes in the System Li4GeO4-Li2zn GeO4-Li3 PO4.- The Analysis of Surface Insulating Films on Lithium Nitride Crystals.- Kinetic and Morphological Aspects of Lithium Electrodes at Ambient Temperature in Propylene Carbonate.- Investigation of the Li-Bi2O3 Battery System Using the A.C. Impedance Technique.- Enhanced Ionic Motion in Solid Electrode Materials.- Dynamic Considerations in the Design of Batteries with Intercalation Cathodes.- Strain Effects in Intercalation Systems.- Amorphous Cathodes for Lithium Batteries.- A Study of Electrointercalation and Diffusion of Silver in Tantalum Disulphide Using Solid State Cells.- III. Study Group Reports.- State of the Art and New Systems.- High Temperature Systems.- Solid Electrolytes.- Electrode Materials.- Interface Problems.- Participants.