scholarly journals Influence of Low-Temperature Charge on the Mechanical Integrity Behavior of 18650 Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Subject to Lateral Compression

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenhai Gao ◽  
Xiaoting Zhang ◽  
Yang Xiao ◽  
Hao Gao ◽  
Huiyuan Wang ◽  
...  

The study on the damage tolerance and failure mechanism of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) subject to mechanical attack has attracted considerable attention. The electrochemical performance and thermal behavior of LIB were significantly affected by operation temperature and charging rate, but the dependence of these two factors on mechanical response remains unclear. Hence, we investigated how the environmental temperatures and rates in charging process affected the mechanical response characteristics of 18650 LIB cells. The onset of the short circuit in the cells which charged at temperatures above −25 °C occurred around their modulus peak under compression. At −25 °C, there was a strong possibility that a premature short circuit occurred locally in the cells during charging, thus they might show complex and variable mechanical response under compression. The failure moduli and crushing stresses of cells subject to compression tended to decrease as their ambient charging temperatures went down. Besides, 0.5 C-charged cells exhibited higher failure moduli and crushing stresses than the 1 C-charged cells above −20 °C. Morphology analyses of the cell electrode surfaces revealed that mossy lithium deposits became evident at temperatures below −10 °C. Furthermore, their distribution was uniform. Mechanical results also indicated that the short-term cycling at −20 °C and 0.5 C would soften the cell.

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 7844
Author(s):  
Genwei Wang ◽  
Shu Zhang ◽  
Meng Li ◽  
Juanjuan Wu ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
...  

To explore the failure modes of high-Ni batteries under different axial loads, quasi-static compression and dynamic impact tests were carried out. The characteristics of voltage, load, and temperature of a battery cell with different states of charge (SOCs) were investigated in quasi-static tests. The mechanical response and safety performance of lithium-ion batteries subjected to axial shock wave impact load were also investigated by using a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system. Different failure modes of the battery were identified. Under quasi-static axial compression, the intensity of thermal runaway becomes more severe with the increase in SOC and loading speed, and the time for lithium-ion batteries to reach complete failure decreases with the increase in SOC. In comparison, under dynamic SHPB experiments, an internal short circuit occurred after impact, but no violent thermal runaway was observed.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1971
Author(s):  
Lihua Ye ◽  
Muhammad Muzamal Ashfaq ◽  
Aiping Shi ◽  
Syyed Adnan Raheel Shah ◽  
Yefan Shi

In this research, the aim relates to the material characterization of high-energy lithium-ion pouch cells. The development of appropriate model cell behavior is intended to simulate two scenarios: the first is mechanical deformation during a crash and the second is an internal short circuit in lithium-ion cells during the actual effect scenarios. The punch test has been used as a benchmark to analyze the effects of different state of charge conditions on high-energy lithium-ion battery cells. This article explores the impact of three separate factors on the outcomes of mechanical punch indentation experiments. The first parameter analyzed was the degree of prediction brought about by experiments on high-energy cells with two different states of charge (greater and lesser), with four different sizes of indentation punch, from the cell’s reaction during the indentation effects on electrolyte. Second, the results of the loading position, middle versus side, are measured at quasi-static speeds. The third parameter was the effect on an electrolyte with a different state of charge. The repeatability of the experiments on punch loading was the last test function analyzed. The test results of a greater than 10% state of charge and less than 10% state of charge were compared to further refine and validate this modeling method. The different loading scenarios analyzed in this study also showed great predictability in the load-displacement reaction and the onset short circuit. A theoretical model of the cell was modified for use in comprehensive mechanical deformation. The overall conclusion found that the loading initiating the cell’s electrical short circuit is not instantaneously instigated and it is subsequently used to process the development of a precise and practical computational model that will reduce the chances of the internal short course during the crash.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Feng Zhu ◽  
Runzhou Zhou ◽  
David J. Sypeck

In this work, a computational study was carried out to simulate crushing tests on lithium-ion vehicle battery modules. The tests were performed on commercial battery modules subject to wedge cutting at low speeds. Based on loading and boundary conditions in the tests, finite element (FE) models were developed using explicit FEA code LS-DYNA. The model predictions demonstrated a good agreement in terms of structural failure modes and force–displacement responses at both cell and module levels. The model was extended to study additional loading conditions such as indentation by a cylinder and a rectangular block. The effect of other module components such as the cover and cooling plates was analyzed, and the results have the potential for improving battery module safety design. Based on the detailed FE model, to reduce its computational cost, a simplified model was developed by representing the battery module with a homogeneous material law. Then, all three scenarios were simulated, and the results show that this simplified model can reasonably predict the short circuit initiation of the battery module.


2021 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 102737
Author(s):  
Malcolm P. Macdonald ◽  
Sriram Chandrasekaran ◽  
Srinivas Garimella ◽  
Thomas F. Fuller

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