Blogs About Lithium Batteries

What Is the Charging Method of Lithium Battery?

What Is the Charging Method of Lithium Battery? Constant current and constant voltage charging: The battery is first charged with constant current (CC). When the battery voltage rises to a certain value, the voltage remains unchanged (CV), and the current in the circuit drops to a small amount, eventually tending to zero.

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What Are the Battery Safety Test Items?

What Are the Battery Safety Test Items? 01) Short circuit test 02) Overcharge and overdischarge test 03) Withstand voltage test 04) Impact test 05) Vibration test 06) Heating test 07) Fire test 08) Variable temperature cycle test 09) Trickle charge test 10) Free drop test 11) Low air pressure test 12) Forced discharge test 13)

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What Is the Marking Method for Rechargeable Batteries Specified by IEC?

What Is the Marking Method for Rechargeable Batteries Specified by IEC? According to the IEC61960 standard, the identification of the secondary lithium battery is as follows: 01) The identification composition of battery: 3 letters, followed by 5 numbers (cylindrical) or 6 (square) numbers. 02) The first letter: indicates the negative electrode material of the battery. I—represents lithium

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What Are the Reliability Test Items for Battery?

What Are the Reliability Test Items for Battery? 01) Cycle life 02) Discharge characteristics of different rate 03) Discharge characteristics at different temperatures 04) Charging characteristics 05) Self-discharge characteristics 06) Storage characteristics 07) Over-discharge characteristics 08) Internal resistance characteristics at different temperatures 09) Temperature cycle test 10) Drop test 11) Vibration test 12) Capacity test 13)

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What Is the Purpose of Battery Packaging, Assembly and Design?

What Is the Purpose of Battery Packaging, Assembly and Design? 01) Beautiful and branded. 02) Limited battery voltage. To obtain a higher voltage, just connect multiple batteries in series. 03) Protect the battery, prevent short circuit and prolong battery life. 04) Size limitation. 05) Easy to transport. 06) Design of special functions, such as waterproof, special appearance design, etc.

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What Are the Packaging Materials of Battery?

What Are the Packaging Materials of Battery? 01) Non-dry meson (paper) like fiber paper, double-sided tape 02) PVC film, trademark tube 03) Connecting sheet: stainless steel sheet, pure nickel sheet, nickel-plated steel sheet 04) Lead-out piece: stainless steel piece (easy to solder) Pure nickel sheet (spot welded firmly) 05) Plugs 06) Protection components such as temperature control

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What Is A Discharge Platform?

What Is A Discharge Platform? The discharge platform of Ni-MH rechargeable batteries usually refers to the voltage range of the relatively stable working voltage when the battery is discharged under a certain discharge system. Its value is related to the discharge current. The larger the current, the lower the value. The discharge platform of lithium-ion batteries is

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What Is the Discharge Residual Capacity of the Battery?

What Is the Discharge Residual Capacity of the Battery? When discharging a rechargeable battery at a high current (e.g., 1C or above), the battery reaches the terminal voltage before its capacity is fully discharged. It’s due to the “bottleneck effect” that exists in the internal diffusion rate caused by the overcurrent. And it can still continue to

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What Is the Capacity of the Battery?

What Is the Capacity of the Battery? The battery capacity is divided into rated capacity and actual capacity. The rated capacity of the battery refers to the minimum amount of power that should be released under certain discharge conditions stipulated or guaranteed during the design and manufacture of the battery. The IEC standard stipulates that

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What Is Open Circuit Voltage?

What Is Open Circuit Voltage? Open circuit voltage refers to the potential difference between the positive and negative electrodes of the battery when the battery is in a non-working state. That is, when there is no current flowing through the circuit. Working voltage, also known as terminal voltage, refers to the potential difference between the

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What Is the Nominal Voltage?

What Is the Nominal Voltage? The nominal voltage of the battery refers to the voltage exhibited during normal operation. The nominal voltage of secondary nickel-cadmium nickel-hydrogen batteries is 1.2V. While the nominal voltage of secondary lithium batteries is 3.6V.

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What Is the Internal Resistance of Battery?

What Is the Internal Resistance of Battery? It refers to the resistance experienced by the current flowing through the battery when the battery is working. It is composed of ohmic internal resistance and polarization internal resistance. The large internal resistance of the battery will reduce the battery discharge working voltage and shorten the discharge time.

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Main Structural Components of Lithium-ion Batteries

What Are the Main Structural Components of Lithium-ion Batteries?

What Are the Main Structural Components of Lithium-ion Batteries? The main components of lithium-ion batteries are: Upper and lower battery covers Positive electrode sheet (active material is lithium cobalt oxide Separator (a special composite membrane) Negative electrode (active material is carbon) Organic electrolyte Battery case (divided into two kinds of steel shell and aluminum shell),

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What Is the Main Structure of Ni-MH battery?

What Is the Main Structure of Ni-MH battery? The main components of nickel-metal hydride batteries are: positive electrode sheet (nickel oxide), negative electrode sheet (hydrogen storage alloy), electrolyte (mainly KOH), diaphragm paper, sealing ring, positive electrode cap, battery case, etc.

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What Are the Commonly Used Standards for Batteries?

What Are the Commonly Used Standards for Batteries? Commonly used IEC standards for batteries: The standard for nickel-metal hydride batteries is IEC61951-2: 2003 The standards for lithium batteries are GB/T10077_1998, YD/T998_1999, and GB/T18287_2000. IEC, the International Electrical Commission, is a worldwide standardization organization composed of electrical committees of various countries. Its purpose is to promote

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What Is the Electrochemical Principle of Lithium Ion Batteries?

What Is the Electrochemical Principle of Lithium Ion Batteries? The main component of the positive electrode of the lithium ion battery is LiCoO2, and the negative electrode is mainly C. When charging:  Positive electrode reaction: LiCoO2 → Li1-xCoO2 + xLi+ + xe- Negative reaction: C + xLi+ + xe- → CLix Total battery reaction: LiCoO2

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What Is the Electrochemical Principle of Ni-MH Battery?

What Is the Electrochemical Principle of Ni-MH Battery? Ni-MH batteries use Ni oxide as the positive electrode, hydrogen storage metal as the negative electrode, and lye (mainly KOH) as the electrolyte. When the nickel-hydrogen battery is charged: Positive electrode reaction: Ni(OH)2 + OH- → NiOOH + H2O–e- Negative reaction: M+H2O +e-→ MH+ OH- When the

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The Differences Between Primary Batteries and Secondary Batteries

What Are the Differences Between Primary Batteries and Secondary Batteries? The main difference is that the active material is different. The active material of the secondary battery is reversible, while the active material of the primary battery is not. The self-discharge of the primary battery is much smaller than that of the secondary battery. But

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What Is A Battery?

What Is A Battery? Battery is device for energy conversion and storage, which converts chemical or physical energy into electrical energy through reactions. According to the different energy conversion of battery, battery can be divided into a chemical battery and a physical battery. A chemical battery or chemical power source is a device that converts chemical energy into

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The Safety Valve for 18650 Lithium Battery

The Safety Valve for 18650 Lithium Battery What is the 18650 lithium battery safety valve? The function of the 18650 safety valve When the pressure inside the lithium battery reaches a set value, then the valve is lifted up and the circuit is disconnected to avoid danger. It is somewhat similar to the principle of

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Advantages of 18650 battery

The Advantages of 18650 Lithium Battery

The Advantages of 18650 Lithium Battery 1. Higher security Compared with other types of batteries, it has a higher safety performance. It will basically not explode or burn in use and will not have toxic and side effect. Various safety performances are completed at one time, with cycles for more than 500 times. Moreover, it is very high temperature resistant. In

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Factors Affecting the Internal Resistance of Lithium Batteries

Factors Affecting the Internal Resistance of Lithium Batteries The performance of battery keep decaying over time. It is mainly manifested as capacity decay, internal resistance increase, power drop, etc. The change of battery internal resistance is affected by various usage conditions like temperature and depth of discharge. This article will discuss the factors that affect the battery internal resistance from battery structure

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Why Do Lithium Batteries Explode?

Why Do Lithium Batteries Explode? 1. Characteristics of Lithium Battery Lithium is the smallest and most active metal on the chemical periodic table. Because of its small size and high capacity density, it is widely used by consumers and engineers. However, the chemical properties are too active, which brings extremely high risks. When lithium metal is

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