The cell's energy is equal to the voltage times the charge.
Each gram of lithium represents Faraday's constant/6.941 or 13,901 coulombs. At 3 V, this gives 41.7 kJ per
gram of lithium, or 11.6 kWh per kg. This is a bit more than the heat of
combustion of gasoline, but does not consider the other materials that go into a
lithium battery and that make lithium batteries many times heavier per unit of
energy.
Molecular mass of lithium - 6.941 u. One mole of Lithium has a mass of about 6.941 gramms.
Faraday's constant - 96485.33 C/mol.
96485.33 C/mol / 6.941 g/mol = 13901 C/g
C = J / V, 3 V * 13901 C/g = 41.7 kJ/g
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