The utility model discloses a negative pressure cup structure of a lithium battery, which comprises a cup cover, a cup body, a connecting component, a supporting component and a coating.
How does compressive pressure affect battery life?
An optimum compressive pressure exists that extend the battery life. Cyclable lithium loss is reduced at the optimum pressure. Pressure-induced current distribution does not explain ageing in parallel connection. High compressive pressure impedes the electrochemical kinetics and mass transport.
Does external pressure affect the life of lithium ion batteries?
Previous studies have shown that external pressure can affect the cycle life of lithium-ion batteries and cause non-uniform ageing when it is unevenly distributed . It has been reported that prismatic cells age faster than cylindrical cells made from identical electrodes .
How does external pressure affect battery performance?
For example, it has been suggested that the external pressure improves the battery performance by avoiding possible delamination between layers, maintaining the conductive network, limiting particle and solid electrolyte interface (SEI) cracking, pushing out the generated gasses, etc.
Does stack pressure affect the lifetime of a lithium ion batterer?
On the contrary, the work by Arnold et al. on commercial pouch cells shows that high stack pressure causes higher capacity fade, and that a small stack pressure (∼0.1MPa) is beneficial to extend the lifetime. Furthermore, inhomogeneous stack pressure has been discussed in relation to non-uniform ageing in lithium-ion batterers [14, 16, 17].
What is the optimal external pressure for a battery?
As discussed in section 3.2.1, an optimal external pressure of 1.32 MPa improves battery cycle life while higher and lower pressure than the optimum leads to accelerated ageing. This effect might be due to the presence of different factors dominating at different ranges of applied pressure.
The existence of an optimum pressure that extends the battery life is an indication of a strong coupling between electrochemistry and mechanics [25, 26]. It is shown in section 3.2.1 that the dominant ageing mechanism, which is dependent on the level of stack pressure, is the loss of cyclable lithium.