Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2022, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (12): 3950-3956.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2022.0541

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Investigating the rate discharge performance of square ternary lithium batteries at a wide temperature range

Yujie ZHANG1(), Xingxing WANG1,2(), Yu ZHU1, Hongjun NI1, Yelin DENG2()   

  1. 1.School of Mechanical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, Jiangsu, China
    2.School of Rail Transportation, Soochow University, Suzhou 215131, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2022-09-22 Revised:2022-10-11 Online:2022-12-05 Published:2022-12-29
  • Contact: Xingxing WANG, Yelin DENG E-mail:2009310020@stmail.ntu.edu.cn;wangxx@ntu.edu.cn;yelin.deng@suda.edu.cn

Abstract:

Lithium-ion power batteries are crucial for the development of electric vehicles and they have widespread application in different scenarios. To study the variation laws of the voltage, temperature, and capacity, the charging and discharging cycle experiments are used considering the availability and safety of the square ternary lithium battery in a wide temperature range. According to the concavity and convexity of the voltage curve, the piecewise fitting analysis is performed to explore the voltage plateau characteristics of lithium batteries at different working conditions. The results revealed that, the voltage drops from 3.8 V to 3.1 V at ambient temperatures of 10 ℃, 25 ℃, 40 ℃, and 55 ℃ and current rate of 1 C. Moreover, at the ambient temperature of -20 ℃ and -5 ℃, the voltage drops from 3.39 V to 3.05 V and 3.68 V to 3.07 V, respectively. Furthermore, the battery terminal voltage changes gradually during the voltage plateau period, surface temperature rise does not reach a peak, discharge capacity accounts for approximately 90%, and the battery has excellent operating performance. However, when the ambient temperature drops to -35 ℃, the discharge capacity in the voltage plateau period accounts for 66.08% of the total discharge capacity; moreover, the impact of low temperature on energy loss is substantial. The research results provide a reference for the modeling and control strategy design of lithium-ion power batteries battery in electric vehicle of an energy storage system.

Key words: electric vehicle, ternary lithium battery, discharge characteristic, piecewise fit, voltage plateau period

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