Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (2): 626-632.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2019.0253

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Effect of pre-lithiation on storage life of lithium-ion batteries

CHENG Guangyu1(), LIU Xinwei2, GU Honghui1, GAO Lei1, WANG Ke1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Space Power Technology, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, Shanghai 200245, China
    2. Shanghai Power & Energy Storage Battery System Engineering Tech. Co. Ltd. , Shanghai 200241, China
  • Received:2019-11-06 Revised:2019-11-15 Online:2020-03-05 Published:2019-12-19

Abstract:

In an attempt to expand the storage life of Li-ion batteries, two soft pack Li-ion batteries with a nominal capacity of 2.0 A·h were prepared by a pre-lithiation process. For comparison, a control battery was prepared by the normal process. The effects of pre-lithiation on the rate performance, cycle performance, and storage life were evaluated. The pre-lithiation effectively reduced the self-discharge and enhanced the cycle capacity, but reduced the battery’s rate performance in an indirect way. Based on the design of the soft pack Li-ion battery, a 2.0 A·h 18650 type Li-ion battery was also prepared by pre-lithiation. When discharged at 10 C, the battery retained 99.8% of its capacity at 0.2 C, showing outstanding rate performance. After 8 months’ storage at 55 ℃, 86.6% of the primary capacity was retained. According to the storage-test fitting results, the storage life of the battery at 55 ℃ was more than 2.5 times that of commercial batteries. In addition, the capacity was not attenuated after 300 charge-discharge cycles, revealing excellent cycle performance.

Key words: pre-lithiation, storage life, self-discharge, soft pack, 18650 battery, lithium-ion battery

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