How does a primary lithium battery work? full version

Lithium Thionyl Chloride batteries are used in many IoT applications and knowing how they work and their particularities will help you select the best options for your application, and understand what to take into consideration when calculating your devices lifetime in the field.

This video explains the basic functioning of a primary battery, and the main chemical reactions that occur in a Lithium Thionyl Chloride battery.


In the first section, you will find out about the anatomy of a battery, how stored chemical energy is converted to electrical energy, the particularities of Lithium Thionyl Chloride systems in terms of operating voltage, and how the battery discharges itself and eventually dies.


In the 2nd and 3rd sections, well assess two phenomena that can impact the life duration of a Lithium Thionyl Chloride battery: the self-discharge and, in the case of a liquid cathode system, the passivation.


In the final section of the video, well see how these two phenomena, self-discharge and passivation impact IoT applications.


We hope that after watching this, youll feel more clued up about Lithium Thionyl Chloride batteries in IoT applications.
Useful resources available on our Energize IoT blog https://www.saftbatteries.com/energizing-iot
If you have any additional questions, please drop us an email at energizeIoT@saftbatteries.com

Saft - We energize the world. www.saftbatteries.com