Lithium cobaltite LiCoO2 was prepared by solid state route and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), magnetic properties measurement and simultaneous thermal analysis (STA). The heat capacity and enthalpy increments were measured by physical property measurement system (PPMS), differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) and drop calorimetry. The oxygen non-stoichiometry was determined using thermogravimetric measurement (TG). Above room temperature the temperature dependence of the molar heat capacity was derived by simultaneous least squares method from DSC and enthalpy data. The heat capacity was also analyzed in terms of a combined Debye-Einstein model. The molar entropy was evaluated from the low temperature heat capacity data. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.