1. Electrochemical Characterization of Li-ion Batteries for Hybrid Application
Ageing Study
Abdilbari Shifa Mussa, Rakel Wreland Lindström, Mårten Behm, Göran Lindbergh

2. + Lithiated metal oxides
Li-ion Battery
Works by shuttling lithium ions between the two electrodes
Lithiated metal oxides:
LCO, LFP, LMO, NMC etc...
Shuttling doesn’t continue indefinitely without loosing performance -
Graphite
+ Lithiated metal oxides
Electrolyte
Lithium ion battery during charging operation
Adapted from

3. Ageing
Capacity and power fade with time and use. Temperature, C-rate, DOD, SOC are the main factors of ageing Life time is a challenge for batteries in vehicles!!
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Cycle
Constant Current Cycle c)
( Klett et. al, Journal of power sources 257 (2014) )

4. How the battery age?
Jens Groot, Main ageing mechanisms in Li-ion battery, 2012
Complex set of ageing mechanisms due to multiple interactions
Complementary charcterization techniques and models needed

5. Electrochemical Characterization
Using electrochemical techniques to observe changes in parametres affecting the performance with ageing
Charge/Discharge cycling
- Discharge capacity vs cycle number
- Coulombic efficiency (CE)
- Differential voltage (dV/dQ vs Q
plot)
etc...
Potentiostatic test

6. Charge/Discharge Cycling
Coulombic effciency CE= 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 For precise measurement of CE: the voltage limits, the current, time and temperature should be precise Cost of instrumentation and time are in perspective High precision battery cyclers custom set up in our lab
High precission battery cycler experimental set up

7. Charge/Discharge Cycling
dV/dQ vs Q State analysis Quantitative determination of active electrode mass and lithium loss
𝒅𝑽𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍 (𝑸𝒄+ 𝜹𝒄) 𝒅𝑸𝒄 = 𝟏 𝒎𝒂 𝒅𝑽𝒄(𝑸𝒄/𝒎𝒄) 𝒅𝒒𝒄 − 𝟏 𝒎𝒂 𝒅𝑽𝒂 ((𝑸𝒄−𝑺)/𝒎𝒂) 𝒅𝒒𝒂
Vcell Cell voltage
Vc Cathode half cell voltage
Va Anode half cell voltage
Qc Cathode half cell capacity
Qa Anode half cell capacity
𝜹𝒄 Cathode Slippage
𝜹a Anode Slippage
S= 𝜹a - 𝜹c
ma anode active mass (cell)
mc cathode active mass (cell)
K.Honkura, ECS Transactions, 13 (19) (2008)

8. Potentiostatic test
How side reaction rate depends on state of charge (SOC)?
The cathodic current is an indication of a continuous reduction at the graphite probably due to SEI layer development.
Generally, lower state of charge gives lower side reaction rate.
The growth of SEI deviates from a parabolic rate law for higher % SOC.

9. Summary and Future works
Ageing of lithium ion battery is a challenge being very complex.
Need for complementary models and characterization techniques to determine aging rates and mechanisms.
Future additional works:
Physics based models for performance prediction and ageing.
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (Model and Experiment).

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