Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Effects of Diffusive Charge Transfer and Salt Concentration Gradient in Electrolyte on Li-ion Battery Energy and Power Densities

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 4-10-2014

Abstract

The simulation of lithium-ion batteries based on a fundamental multi-physicochemical model requires extensive computational resources and remains sluggish for real-time or battery pack analysis applications. In these applications, simplification of the model is required to reduce computational costs while maintaining the model accuracy in estimation of one or more performance parameters. In this study, the effects of neglecting the lithium-ion diffusive charge transfer and the salt concentration gradient in electrolyte on the model accuracy are investigated. The results indicate the feasibility of simplifying the model for a range of cell designs and discharge rates without sacrificing the preciseness of the cell energy and power density predictions.

Publication Title

Electrochimica Acta

Volume

125

Issue

1

First Page

117

Last Page

123

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