Week 1 Understanding Different Battery Chemistry
| Type of the cell | Anode material | Cathode material | Electrolyte | Separator | Chemical Reaction |
| LCO |
Graphite & Hard Carbon LiC6→(xLi+)+(xe−)+(C6) |
Lithium, Cobolt, Oxide (Li(1−x)CoO2)+(xLi+)+ (xe−) → LiCoO2 Layered oxide: LixCoO2 |
LiPF6 liquid, gel or dry polymer |
polyolefin |
Redox, C6+LiCoO2⟷LixC6+(Li1−)xCoO2 |
| LMO | Graphite & Hard Carbon |
Lithium, Manganese, Oxide lithium-manganese spinel (Li+Mn3+Mn4+O4). |
liquid, gel or dry polymer |
polyolefin |
2LiMO2,(s) + 8HCl(l) ⇌ 2LiCl(l) + 2MCl2,(l) + 4H2O(l) + Cl2,(g) |
| NCA | Graphite & Hard Carbon | Nickel, Cobolt, Aluminium | liquid, gel or dry polymer | polyolefin | |
| NMC | Graphite & Hard Carbon | Nickel, Manganese, Cobolt | liquid, gel or dry polymer | polyolefin | |
| LFP |
Graphite & Hard Carbon LiC6→Li++e−+C6 |
Lithium, Iron, Phosphate FePO4+Li++e−→LiFePO4
|
liquid, gel or dry polymer |
polyolefin |
LiFePO4+6C→LiC6+FePO4 |
| LTO | Graphite & Hard Carbon | Lithium, Titanium, Oxide | liquid, gel or dry polymer |
polyolefin |
The polyethylene or polypropylene (PE/PP) based separator used at temperatures above 135–165 ◦C.