Effects of undercharge and internal loss on the rate dependence of battery charge storage efficiency

► We model the energy–power relationship for battery charging. ► Energy is limited at high powers by internal resistance loss and voltage limits. ► Voltage limits in Li-ion batteries strongly dominate energy–power relationship. Battery charge efficiency across a range of input powers is an important...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of power sources 2012-07, Vol.210, p.286-291
Hauptverfasser: Krieger, Elena M., Arnold, Craig B.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:► We model the energy–power relationship for battery charging. ► Energy is limited at high powers by internal resistance loss and voltage limits. ► Voltage limits in Li-ion batteries strongly dominate energy–power relationship. Battery charge efficiency across a range of input powers is an important performance parameter in variable charging systems. Here we use equivalent circuit theory to model the inherent trade-off between battery charging power and energy stored and compare our model to the existing Ragone model for discharge power and energy. An additional parameter is included to account for undercharge and underdischarge of the battery due to premature arrival at the battery's voltage limits. At a given power, energy efficiency is predicted to be higher for charging than discharging when only accounting for energy dissipated by internal resistance. We experimentally determine charge and discharge energy–power curves for lithium-ion batteries and find they exhibit a reduction in energy stored or withdrawn as power increases. We isolate the effects of undercharge and underdischarge from energy lost to internal resistance, and find the former outweighs the latter effect. Furthermore, the shallow shape of the voltage curve near the charge voltage cutoff results in a more limited range of charging powers than discharging powers. The model is expected to help inform operational parameters for battery charging for variable power sources.
ISSN:0378-7753
1873-2755
DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.03.029