Patent ID: 8329336

Claim:
A cathode composition comprising: at least one electroactive metal, wherein the electroactive metal is at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, niobium, molybdenum, nickel, iron, cobalt, chromium, manganese, silver, antimony, cadmium, tin, lead and zinc; a first alkali metal halide; an electrolyte salt comprising a reaction product of a second alkali metal halide and a metal halide, wherein the electrolyte salt has a melting point of less than about 300 degrees Celsius; and a metal chlorosulfide compound having a formula (I) M 1 M 2 p+1 S n Cl 4+3p−2n wherein “M 1 ” is a metal selected from group IA of the periodic table, “M 2 ” is a metal selected from group IIIA of the periodic table, “p” is 0 or 1, and “n” is equal to or greater than 0.5.