DOI: 10.1051/jp3:1993194
J. Phys. III France 3 (1993) 1201-1209

Performance characteristics of silver cerium vanadate batteries

Abdul Kariem Arof¹, Burhanuddin Kamaluddin² and S. Radhakrishna<sup>3

1</sup>  Physics Division, Centre for Foundation Studies in Science, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
²  Physics Department, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
³  Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

(Received 1 June 1992, revised 16 February 1993, accepted 10 March 1993)

Abstract
Stoichiometric ratios of AR grade AgI, Ag ₂O, V ₂O ₅ and CeO ₂ were melted in a furnace and the melt was rapidly quenched to liquid nitrogen temperature to form a glass. The glassy nature of the sample has been confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction technique. The microstructure and microanalysis studies of the silver cerium vanadate (SCV) have been carried out by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive analysis of X-rays (EDAX). The SEM micrograph of the as-quenched melt showed crystalline AgI precipitate on the surface of the solid as well as glass-in-glass phase separations. The X-ray diffractogram of the powdered SCV sample confirmed the crystalline structure to be AgI. Several batteries were fabricated from the sample, each battery with a 1 : 1 ratio of silver powder and glass in the anode and a 5 : 5 : 1 glass, iodine and carbon mixture in the cathode. The batteries were discharged at 30  A, 40  A and 50  A load currents.

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