文摘
In order to resolve the safety problem arising from the thermal effect impact for lithium ion cell, different cathode materials of lithium ion cell were studied by using electrochemical-calorimetric technique. The electrochemical and thermodynamic information of lithium ion cells during charge-discharge process was obtained, and a series of thermodynamic parameters of lithium ion cells, such as enthalpy changes, entropy changes, and Gibbs free energy change, were calculated. The results showed that charge-discharge rate was one of the important indicators for the performance of lithium ion cell. Under the given temperature (313.15?K), as the charge-discharge rate increased, the electrode potential of different cathode materials for lithium ion cell experienced a negative shift, the discharge specific capacity decreased, and the cycling efficiency decreased as well. The smaller the rate, the lower the total heat produced and the smaller the enthalpy change would be. Therefore, the safety performance of the cell was higher. Under a low discharge rate (0.1, 0.2?C), the entropy change of LiFePO4 was larger than that of LiMn2O4, and a higher entropy change indicated higher chaos and lower reversibility. As a result, LiFePO4 had a poor cycling performance, which corresponded with the results of electrochemical performance analysis. The test results of electrochemistry and thermo-electrochemistry were combined to establish an assessment method on different cathode materials of lithium ion cell. These results provided the theoretical and technical support for the optimization of cell structure and thermal management system.