Theoretical Considerations for Improving the Pulse Power of a Battery through the Addition of a Second Electrochemically Active Material

Knehr, K. W.; West, Alan C.

doi:10.1149/2.0621608jes

Title: Theoretical Considerations for Improving the Pulse Power of a Battery through the Addition of a Second Electrochemically Active Material

Journal Article · 26 May 2016 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0621608jes · OSTI ID:1436685

Knehr, K. W. ^[1]; West, Alan C. ^[1]

Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)

Here, porous electrode theory is used to conduct case studies for when the addition of a second electrochemically active material can improve the pulse-power performance of an electrode. Case studies are conducted for the positive electrode of a sodium metal-halide battery and the graphite negative electrode of a lithium “rocking chair” battery. The replacement of a fraction of the nickel chloride capacity with iron chloride in a sodium metal-halide electrode and the replacement of a fraction of the graphite capacity with carbon black in a lithium-ion negative electrode were both predicted to increase the maximum pulse power by up to 40%. In general, whether or not a second electrochemically active material increases the pulse power depends on the relative importance of ohmic-to-charge transfer resistances within the porous structure, the capacity fraction of the second electrochemically active material, and the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of the two active materials.

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Research Organization:: Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012673

OSTI ID:: 1436685

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 163, Issue 8; ISSN 0013-4651

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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