In a previous publication (1) we showed that stainless steel undergoes corrosion in a sodium polysulfide melt when polarized cathodically (i.e., at the end of discharge in a Na/S cell). This basic electrochemical study of the sulfur/polysulfide cathode has been extended using specially designed electrochemical cells incorporating potential probes in the ca%hode. The apparent accumulative loss in capacity on cycling of Na/S cells is explained in terms of increasing polarization which, in turn, is related to the steel corrosion phenomenon.
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