The effect of lithium iodide‐iodine additives on the anodic and cathodic behavior of lithium in (THF) solution has been investigated with the rotating disk and potentiostatic transient techniques. The formation of a passive film on the lithium surface at anodic potentials was found to follow a dissolution‐precipitation mechanism. The addition of to the electrolyte decreased the stability of the passive film and increased the rate of lithium dissolution at the passive potentials. At the active anodic dissolution potentials as well as in the cathodic polarization regime, the current‐potential relation of the lithium electrode was not affected by the presence of iodide‐iodine additives in the electrolyte.
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Behl et al. (1988) studied this question.