A cooperative behavior of Zn(2+) and Li(+) to conduct charges in a Zn-LiFePO4 battery is disclosed. When Li(+) dissolves into the electrolyte, Zn(2+) would deposit, and vice versa. In light of this cooperative behavior, the battery can be viewed as a super hybrid system, which combines the strong points of Zn-air battery, lithium-ion battery and redox-flow cell.

The magnesium-metal battery, which consists of a cathode, a Mg-metal anode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, is a safer and less expensive alternative to the popular Li-ion battery. However, the performance of Mg batteries is greatly limited by the low electrochemical oxidative stability of nonaqueous electrolytes, the slow Mg diffusion into the cathode, and the irreversibility of Mg striping and ...

Introduction With the goal of promoting energy conservation and exploring forms of energy alternative to petrified sources, as well as of reducing environmental burden, much effort has been spent on developing new breeds of vehicles. These include Hybrid vehicles (HV) that run on a combined system of a fossil fuel engine and an electric motor, Plug-in HVs (PHVs) that allow recharging of the in-...

Lithium-ion secondary batteries are commonly used in electric vehicles, smart phones, personal digital assistants (PDA), notebooks and electric cars. These lithium-ion secondary batteries must charge and discharge rapidly, causing the interior temperature to rise quickly, raising a safety issue. Over-charging results in an unstable voltage and current, causing potential safety problems, such as...

Fossil fuels are our major source of energy, but they are depleting quickly. They also create major environmental issues such as climate change by causing the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. As a result, clean and renewable sources of energy such as solar, nuclear and wind are being considered as alternatives to fossil fuels. Some renewable energy sources are intermittent...

With the massive application of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in portable devices and electric vehicles, supplying active materials with high performances then recycling their waste are two core issues for development LIBs. Herein, a novel strategy is proposed to recycle spent LIB (SLIB) graphite reform it as valuable anode material SLIB has been carbon-coated using glucose (OSG@C). We systemati...

In this paper, a model based condition monitoring technique is developed for lithium-ion battery condition monitoring. Here a number of lithium-ion batteries are cycled using two separate over discharge test regimes and the resulting shift in battery parameters is recorded. The battery models are constructed using the equivalent circuit methodology. The condition monitoring setup consists of a ...

The reliability of battery fault diagnosis depends on an accurate estimation of the state of charge and battery characterizing parameters. This paper presents a fault diagnosis method based on an adaptive unscented Kalman filter to diagnose the parameter bias faults for a Li-ion battery in real time. The first-order equivalent circuit model and relationship between the open circuit voltage and ...