Eight advantages of lithium iron phosphate batteries Improvements in safety performance
The P-O bond in the lithium iron phosphate crystal is stable and difficult to decompose. Even at high temperature or overcharge, it will not collapse and generate heat like lithium cobalt oxide or form strong oxidizing substances, so it has good safety. A report pointed out that in the actual operation, a small number of samples were found to be burning in the acupuncture or short-circuit experiments, but no explosion occurred. In the overcharge experiment, a high voltage charging that was many times higher than the self-discharge voltage was used, and it was found that there were still explosion phenomenon. Even so, its overcharge safety has been greatly improved compared with ordinary liquid electrolyte lithium cobalt oxide batteries.
improvement in lifespan
Lithium iron phosphate battery refers to a lithium ion battery that uses lithium iron phosphate as a positive electrode material.
The cycle life of a long-life lead-acid battery is about 300 times, and the maximum is 500 times, while the lithium iron phosphate power battery has a cycle life of more than 2,000 times, and can be used for 2,000 times with standard charging (5-hour rate). The lead-acid battery of the same quality is "new half year, old half year, maintenance and maintenance for half a year", at most 1~1.5 years, and lithium iron phosphate battery is used under the same conditions, the theoretical life will reach 7~8 years. Comprehensive consideration, the performance-price ratio is theoretically more than 4 times that of lead-acid batteries. High-current discharge can quickly charge and discharge high-current 2C. Under the special charger, the battery can be fully charged within 40 minutes of 1.5C charging, and the starting current can reach 2C, while lead-acid batteries have no such performance.
Good high temperature performance
The electric heating peak of lithium iron phosphate can reach 350℃-500℃, while lithium manganate and lithium cobaltate are only around 200℃. Wide operating temperature range (-20C--+75C), with high temperature resistance, the electric heating peak of lithium iron phosphate can reach 350℃-500℃, while lithium manganate and lithium cobaltate are only around 200℃.
High capacity
Has a larger capacity than ordinary batteries (lead-acid, etc.). 5AH-1000AH (single)
no memory effect
Rechargeable batteries often work under the condition of being fully charged, and the capacity will quickly drop below the rated capacity. This phenomenon is called the memory effect. Like nickel-metal hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries, there is memory, but lithium iron phosphate batteries do not have this phenomenon. No matter what state the battery is in, it can be used at any time without having to discharge it before charging.
light weight
The volume of the lithium iron phosphate battery with the same specification and capacity is 2/3 of the volume of the lead-acid battery, and the weight is 1/3 of the lead-acid battery.
Environmental friendly
The battery is generally considered to be free of any heavy metals and rare metals (nickel-metal hydride batteries require rare metals), non-toxic (SGS certification passed), non-polluting, in line with European RoHS regulations, and is the only green battery certificate. Therefore, the reason why the lithium battery is favored by the industry is mainly due to environmental protection considerations. Therefore, the battery has been included in the "863" national high-tech development plan during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, and has become a key project supported and encouraged by the state. With China's entry into the WTO, the export volume of China's electric bicycles will increase rapidly, and electric bicycles entering Europe and the United States have been required to be equipped with non-polluting batteries.
However, some experts said that the environmental pollution caused by lead-acid batteries mainly occurs in the non-standard production process and recycling process of enterprises. In the same way, lithium batteries belong to the new energy industry, but it cannot avoid the problem of heavy metal pollution. Lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, chromium, etc. in the processing of metal materials may be released into dust and water. The battery itself is a chemical substance, so it may cause two kinds of pollution: one is the process waste pollution in the production project; the other is the battery pollution after scrapping.
Lithium iron phosphate batteries also have their shortcomings: for example, low temperature performance is poor, the tap density of positive electrode materials is low, and the volume of lithium iron phosphate batteries of equal capacity is larger than that of lithium ion batteries such as lithium cobalt oxide, so it has no advantages in micro batteries. When used in power batteries, lithium iron phosphate batteries, like other batteries, need to face the problem of battery consistency.
Comparison of power batteries
At present, the most promising cathode materials for power lithium-ion batteries are mainly modified lithium manganate (LiMn2O4), lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) and nickel cobalt lithium manganate (Li(Ni,Co,Mn)O2) ternary Material. Nickel-cobalt lithium manganate ternary material is generally considered to be difficult to become the mainstream of power lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles due to the lack of cobalt resources, high nickel and cobalt formation and large price fluctuations, but it can be combined with spinel manganic acid. Lithium is used in combination within a certain range.
Industry application
Carbon-coated aluminum foil brings technological innovation and industrial improvement to the lithium battery industry
Improve the performance of lithium battery products and improve the discharge rate [1]
With the increasing requirements of domestic battery manufacturers for battery performance, new energy battery materials are generally recognized in China: conductive materials & conductive coated aluminum foil/copper foil.
Its advantages are: when dealing with battery materials, it often has good high-rate charge-discharge performance and large specific capacity, but has poor cycle stability and serious attenuation, and has to make a choice.
Product application, in the golf cart battery pack
Product application, in the golf cart battery pack
This is a magical coating that improves the performance of the battery and brings it into a new era.
The conductive coating is composed of dispersed nano-conductive graphite-coated particles, etc. It provides excellent static conductivity and is a protective energy absorbing layer. It also provides good coverage protection. Coatings are water- and solvent-based and can be applied to aluminum, copper, stainless steel, aluminum and titanium bipolar plates.
Carbon coating brings the following improvements to the performance of lithium batteries
1. Reduce the internal resistance of the battery and suppress the increase of the dynamic internal resistance during the charging and discharging cycle;
2. Significantly improve the consistency of the battery pack and reduce the cost of the battery pack;
3. Improve the adhesion between the active material and the current collector, and reduce the manufacturing cost of the pole piece;
4. Reduce polarization, improve rate performance, and reduce thermal effect;
5. Prevent the corrosion of the current collector by the electrolyte;
6. Comprehensive factors to extend battery life.
7. Coating thickness: conventional single-sided thickness of 1 ~ 3μm.
In recent years, Japan and South Korea have mainly developed power lithium-ion batteries with modified lithium manganate and nickel-cobalt lithium manganate ternary materials as cathode materials, such as Panasonic EV Energy, a joint venture established by Toyota and Panasonic, Hitachi, Sony, New Kobe Electric, NEC, Sanyo Electric, Samsung and LG, etc. The United States mainly develops power-type lithium-ion batteries with lithium iron phosphate as the positive electrode material, such as A123 Systems Company and Valence Company, but major American auto manufacturers choose manganese-based positive electrode material system power-type lithium-ion batteries in their PHEVs and EVs. And it is said that the American A123 company is considering entering the field of lithium manganate materials, while Germany and other European countries mainly adopt the way of cooperation with other countries' battery companies to develop electric vehicles, such as Daimler Benz and the French Saft Alliance, Germany Volkswagen and Japan's Sanyo Agreement cooperation Wait. At present, Germany's Volkswagen and France's Renault are also developing and producing power lithium-ion batteries with the support of their governments.
2022 07/07