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| Title: | Performance testing of Yardney MCMB-LiNiCoAlO2 Lithium-ion cells possessing electrolytes with improved safety characteristics |
| Authors: | Smart, Marshall C.
Whitcanack, Larry D.
Krause, Frederick C.
Hwang, Constanza
Bugga, Ratnakumar V.
Santee, Stuart
Puglia, Frank J.
Gitzendanner, Rob |
| Keywords: | Li-ion batteries
Li-ion electrolytes
Wide operating temperature range electrolytes.
Lithium-ion cells |
| Issue Date: | 11-Jun-2012 |
| Publisher: | Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012. |
| Citation: | Power Sources Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, June 14, 2012 |
| Abstract: | Many future NASA missions aimed at exploring the Moon and Mars require high specific energy rechargeable batteries that possess enhanced safety characteristics. There is also a strong desire to develop Li-ion batteries with improved safety characteristics for terrestrial applications, most notably for HEV and PHEV automotive applications. In previous work focused upon evaluating various potential flame retardant additives1, triphenyl phosphate (TPP)2 was observed to have the most desirable attributes, including good life characteristics and resilience to high voltage operation. We have employed a number of approaches in the design of promising TPP-based electrolytes with improved safety, including: (a) varying the flame retardant additive (FRA) content (from 5 to 15%), (b) the use of fluorinated co-solvents, (c) the use of additives to improve compatibility, and (c) the use of ester co-solvents to decrease the viscosity and increase the conductivity. In recent work, we have demonstrated a number of these electrolyte formulations to be compatible with a number of chemistries, including: MCMB carbon-LiNi0.8Co0.2O2, graphite-LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2, Li-Li(Li0.17Ni 0.25 Mn 0.58 )O2, Li-LiNiCoMnO2 and graphite- LiNiCoMnO2.3,4 In the current study, we have demonstrated the performance of a number of TPP-containing electrolytes in 7 Ah prototype MCMB-LiNiCoO2 cells. We will describe the results of a number of performance tests, including: a) 100% DOD cycle life testing at various temperatures, b) discharge rate characterization as a function of temperature, c) charge rate characterization as a function of temperature, and d) impedance as a function of temperature. In addition to displaying good life characteristics, being comparable to baseline chemistries, a number of cells were observed to provide good performance over a wide temperature range. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2014/42790 |
| Appears in Collections: | JPL TRS 1992+
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