Extending battery life: a low-cost practical diagnostic technique for lithium-ion batteries
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Modern applications of lithium-ion batteries such as smartphones, hybrid & electric vehicles and grid scale electricity storage demand long lifetime and high performance which typically makes them the limiting factor in a system. Understanding the state-of-health during operation is important in order to optimise for long term durability and performance. However, this requires accurate in-operando diagnostic techniques that are cost effective and practical. We present a novel diagnosis method based upon differential thermal voltammetry demonstrated on a battery pack made from commercial lithium-ion cells where one cell was deliberately aged prior to experiment. The cells were in parallel whilst being thermally managed with forced air convection. We show for the first time, a diagnosis method capable of quantitatively determining the state-of-health of four cells simultaneously by only using temperature and voltage readings for both charge and discharge. Measurements are achieved using low-cost thermocouples and a single voltage measurement at a frequency of 1 Hz, demonstrating the feasibility of implementing this approach on real world battery management systems. The technique could be particularly useful under charge when constant current or constant power is common, this therefore should be of significant interest to all lithium-ion battery users.
Date Issued
2016-11-01
Date Acceptance
2016-09-03
Citation
Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 331 (1), pp.224-231
ISSN
0378-7753
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
224
End Page
231
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Power Sources
Volume
331
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Innovate UK
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775316311715
Grant Number
EP/K002252/1
EP/I00422X/1
132224
EP/I00422X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Physical
Electrochemistry
Energy & Fuels
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Materials Science
Lithium-ion battery
Battery pack
Degradation
State-of-health
Differential thermal voltammetry
Differential heat flux voltammetry
DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL VOLTAMMETRY
HIGH-POWER
CELLS
IMPEDANCE
DEGRADATION
TOMOGRAPHY
DISCHARGE
CAPACITY
CATHODE
STATE
Energy
03 Chemical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-09-16