Prospects For Use of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Transport Systems

Abstract

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology further enabled the information revolution by powering smartphones and tablets, allowing an unprecedented performance of these devices against reasonable cost. Currently, this battery technology is on the verge of carrying the revolution in road transport and energy storage of renewable energy. However, to fully succeed in the latter, a number of hurdles still need to be considered. Battery performance and lifetime constitute a bottleneck for electric vehicles as well as stationary electric energy storage systems to penetrate the market. Electrochemical battery models are one of the engineering tools which could be used to enhance their performance. These models can help to optimize the cell design and the battery management system. In this study, the authors evaluate the ability of the Porous Electrode Theory (PET) to predict the effect of changing positive electrode density in the overall performance of Li-ion battery cells. It can be concluded that Porous Electrode Theory (PET) is capable of predicting the difference in cell performance due to a changing positive electrode density. Keywords-battery manufacturing, Li-ion, battery model. I. 441