Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2023, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1): 263-277.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2022.0428

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Nondestructive lithium plating online detection for lithium-ion batteries: A review

Linwang DENG1(), Tianyu FENG1(), Shiwei SHU1, Bin GUO1, Zifeng ZHANG2   

  1. 1.Shenzhen BYD Lithium Battery Co. , Ltd. Kengzi Branch
    2.FinDreams Powertrain Co. , Ltd. , Shenzhen 518122, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2022-07-29 Revised:2022-09-30 Online:2023-01-05 Published:2023-02-08
  • Contact: Tianyu FENG E-mail:deng.linwang@fdbatt.com;feng.tianyu@fdbatt.com

Abstract:

The contradiction between people's demand for fast charging of new energy vehicles and the charging efficiency of existing pure electric vehicles will become more and more prominent. At the standard charging rate of a lithium-ion battery, lithium ions are embedded in the negative graphite electrode. When the charging rate is gradually increased, metal lithium will be deposited on the surface of graphite particles when it is too late to be embedded in the layered graphite structure, resulting in the phenomenon of "lithium plating." The battery capacity gradually decreases due to the lithium plating phenomena; in extreme circumstances, thermal runaway events can also occur. In the early development stage of lithium batteries, the detection of lithium precipitation was very challenging, and it was mainly based on morphology detection after dismantling the battery. This detection method causes irreversible damage to the battery cells, both in later research and practical applications. It is a very unfriendly way. Researchers have recently proposed many nondestructive (that is, nondismantling) detection methods for lithium precipitation. This study summarizes the nondestructive detection methods of lithium precipitation, which are divided into four categories: ①a detection method based on lithium-induced cell aging methods; ②a detection method based on lithium-induced impedance changes; ③a detection method based on lithium-induced electrochemical reactions; ④a detection method based on lithium-induced changes in physical and chemical properties of cells. We provide a systematic assessment of the principles, advantages, and disadvantages of existing nondestruction lithium detection methods and summarize and prospect the current nondestruction lithium detection methods to emphasize the technological status and present state of the art in this growing research field.

Key words: lithium plating detection, nondestructive detection, online detection, lithium-ion battery, battery safety

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