Feasibility Study for Sustainable Use of Lithium-Ion Batteries Considering Different Positive Electrode Active Materials under Various Driving Cycles by Using Cell to Electric Vehicle (EV) Simulation

Heewon Choi, Nam-gyu Lim, Seong Jun Lee and Jungsoo Park
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Heewon Choi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Korea
Nam-gyu Lim: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Korea
Seong Jun Lee: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Korea
Jungsoo Park: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-29

Abstract: Electric vehicles have been issued to achieve sustainable mobility. Main factors to sustainable electric vehicle (EV) are that lithium-ion battery (LIB) has to maintain lower cost, lighter weight, SOC (state of charge), thermal stability, and driving ranges. In this study, nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM), lithium iron phosphate (LFP), and lithium manganese oxide (LMO), which are used as representative positive electrode materials, were applied to battery cells. Then, the battery characteristics at the system level, according to the application of different positive electrode materials, were compared and analyzed. To this end, each of the 18650 cylindrical battery cells was modeled by applying different positive electrode active materials. The battery modeling was based on a database provided by GT(Gamma Technologies)-AutoLion. To analyze the thermal stability and capacity loss according to the temperature of the battery cell by applying different C-rate discharge and temperature conditions for each positive electrode active material, an electrochemical-based zero-dimensional (0D) analysis was performed. A test was also performed to determine the model feasibility by using a MACCOR 4300 battery charger/discharger. Moreover, a lumped battery pack modeling was performed to extend the modeled battery cell to an EV battery pack. By combining the pack and one-dimensional (1D) EV models, various driving cycles were described to investigate the battery performance at the vehicle level. It was found that the 0D electrochemistry-coupled 1D vehicle model could well predict the feasible tendencies considering various positive electrode materials of the LIB battery cell.

Keywords: lithium-ion battery; AutoLion; positive electrode material; electric vehicle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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