Comparison of Cycling Performance of Lithium Ion Cell Anode Graphites

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date Published

01/2012

Authors

DOI

Abstract

Battery grade graphite products from major suppliers to the battery industry were evaluated in 2325 coin cells with lithium counter electrodes. First and ongoing cycle efficiency, total and reversible capacity, cycle life and discharge rate performance were measured to compare these anode materials. We then ranked the graphites using a formula which incorporates these performance measures to estimate the cost of the overall system, relative to the cost of a system using MCMB. This analysis indicates that replacing MCMB with CCP-G8 (Conoco Phillips) would add little to no cost, whereas each of the other graphites would lead to a more costly system. Therefore we chose CCP-G8 as the new baseline graphite for the BATT program.

Journal

Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Volume

159

Year of Publication

2012

Issue

5

ISSN

00134651

Organization