Week 1 Understanding Different Battery Chemistry
EV LIVE BATCH 2021
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| Name | Anode | cathode | anode reaction | cathode reaction | overall reaction |
| LCO | graphite | lithium cobalt oxide | LiC6 - C6 + Li + e | CoO2 + Li +e - LiCoO2 | C6 + LiCoO2 -LiC6+CoO2 |
| LMO | graphite | lithium manganese | LiC6 - C6 + Li + e | MnO2 + Li + e - LiMnO2 | C6+LiMn2O4-LiC6+Mn2O4 |
| NCA | graphite | nickel cobalt aluminum | LiC6 - C6 + Li + e | NiCoAlO2 +Li + e -LiNiCoAlO2 | C6+LiNiCoAlO2- LiC6+NiCoAlO2 |
| NMC | graphite | nickel manganese | LiC6 - C6 + Li + e | NiMnCoO2 + Li + e - LiNiMnCoO2 | C6+LIiNiMnCoO2-LiC6+NiMnCoO2 |
| LFP | graphite | lithium iron phosphate | LiC6 - C6 + Li + e | FePO4 + Li +e - LiFePO4 | C6 +LiFeO4-LiC6+LiC6+FePO4 |
| LTO | graphite | lithium titanium | Li4Ti5O12- Ti5O12 + 4Li + 4e | 4Mn2O4 + 4Li +4e - 4LiMn2O4 | 4Mn2O4+Li4Ti5O12-4LiMn2O4+Ti5O12 |
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Lithium cobalt oxide has high specific energy as compared to other batteries which make it the preferred choice for laptops and mobile phones. It also has low cost and a moderate performance.
Lithium Manganese oxide has moderate specific power, moderate specific energy and a moderate level of safety when compared to other types of lithium ion batteries. It has the added advantage of a low cost.
Lithium Nickel manganese coblat oxide has two major advantages as compared to the other batteries. The first one is its high specific energy which makes it desirabe in electric powertrains, electric vehicles, and electric bikes.
Lithium iron phosphate only has one major disadvantage when compared to other types of lithium ion batteries and that is its low specific energy. Other than that it has moderate to high ratings in all the other characteristics
Lithium Nickel cobalt aluminum oxide offers one strong advantage as compared to the five other batteries and that is high specific energy. IT is pretty moderate in the restd of the characteristics like performance, cost specific power and lifespan
Lithium Titanate offers high safety, high performance, and a high lifespan which are very important features every battery should have. Its specific energy is low compared to the five other lithium-ion batteries but it compensates for this with moderate specific power. The only major disadvantage of lithium titanate as compared to the other lithium-ion batteries is its extremely high cost.