Abstract: A battery terminal for high temperature batteries is made in the form of a hollow conductor in the area in which it traverses the heat insulation of the housing wall. Its hollow interior is filled with a molten liquid metal only during periods of operation. During rest periods, the molten liquid metal is in a storage container and the resulting vacuum, or inert gas which remains in the hollow space, forms a barrier for heat conduction from the hot battery interior toward the outside, so that battery and load are decoupled not only electrically but also thermally.

Abstract: In a high-temperature cell using, for example, the system Li(Al)/LiCl, KCl/MeS (wherein Me is a heavy metal) the operating temperatures and the composition of the molten electrolyte are so selected that a solid phase is created through partial precipitation of at least one of the components of the salt mixture, which provides the separator function between the electrode plates. For example, a non-eutectically composed molten electrolyte of 80% by volume LiCl and 20% by volume KCl, at a given temperature corresponding to the operating point in the phase diagram, contains a solid LiCl frame whose pore volume of about 50% is filled with ion-conducting residual molten LiCl and KCl. Through combination with non-electron conducting inert material in grid or powder form, the permeability of the precipitated solid separator can be further controlled.

Abstract: The active mass is supported by an antimony free or antimony poor grid having embedded therein antimony-containing storage bodies from which the antimony is released in controlled manner during the life span of the electrode.

Abstract: Lead alloy for the grids of lead storage batteries, which comprises from 1.0 to 3.5 % antimony, 0.025 to 0.2 % arsenic, 0.005 to 0.1 % selenium, 0.05 to 0.5 % tin, and the remainder lead.Preferably the alloy also contains 0.025 to 0.1 % silver.

Abstract: In a galvanic cell, there is provided a solid fluoride ion-conductive electrolyte which is a compound having the formula M.sub.n Pb.sub.1.sub.-n F.sub.2.sub.-n wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of potassium and rubidium; Pb is usually all lead but part of the lead may be replaced by metal more electropositive than lead; F is fluorine; and n is a positive value.