Cost and energy demand of producing nickel manganese cobalt cathode material for lithium ion batteries
Abstract
The price of the cathode active materials in lithium ion batteries is a key cost driver and thus significantly impacts consumer adoption of devices that utilize large energy storage contents (e.g. electric vehicles). A process model has been developed and used to study the production process of a common lithium-ion cathode material, lithiated nickel manganese cobalt oxide, using the co-precipitation method. The process was simulated for a plant producing 6500 kg day–1. The results indicate that the process will consume approximately 4 kWh kgNMC–1 of energy, 15 L kgNMC–1 of process water, and cost $23 to produce a kg of Li-NMC333. The calculations were extended to compare the production cost using two co-precipitation reactions (with Na2CO3 and NaOH), and similar cathode active materials such as lithium manganese oxide and lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide. Finally, a combination of cost saving opportunities show the possibility to reduce the cost of the cathode material by 19%.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1368567
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1397399
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Power Sources
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 342; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; BatPaC; NMC333; cathode material; production; lithium-ion battery; nickel manganese cobalt oxide
Citation Formats
Ahmed, Shabbir, Nelson, Paul A., Gallagher, Kevin G., Susarla, Naresh, and Dees, Dennis W. Cost and energy demand of producing nickel manganese cobalt cathode material for lithium ion batteries. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.12.069.
Ahmed, Shabbir, Nelson, Paul A., Gallagher, Kevin G., Susarla, Naresh, & Dees, Dennis W. Cost and energy demand of producing nickel manganese cobalt cathode material for lithium ion batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.12.069
Ahmed, Shabbir, Nelson, Paul A., Gallagher, Kevin G., Susarla, Naresh, and Dees, Dennis W. Thu .
"Cost and energy demand of producing nickel manganese cobalt cathode material for lithium ion batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.12.069. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1368567.
@article{osti_1368567,
title = {Cost and energy demand of producing nickel manganese cobalt cathode material for lithium ion batteries},
author = {Ahmed, Shabbir and Nelson, Paul A. and Gallagher, Kevin G. and Susarla, Naresh and Dees, Dennis W.},
abstractNote = {The price of the cathode active materials in lithium ion batteries is a key cost driver and thus significantly impacts consumer adoption of devices that utilize large energy storage contents (e.g. electric vehicles). A process model has been developed and used to study the production process of a common lithium-ion cathode material, lithiated nickel manganese cobalt oxide, using the co-precipitation method. The process was simulated for a plant producing 6500 kg day–1. The results indicate that the process will consume approximately 4 kWh kgNMC–1 of energy, 15 L kgNMC–1 of process water, and cost $23 to produce a kg of Li-NMC333. The calculations were extended to compare the production cost using two co-precipitation reactions (with Na2CO3 and NaOH), and similar cathode active materials such as lithium manganese oxide and lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide. Finally, a combination of cost saving opportunities show the possibility to reduce the cost of the cathode material by 19%.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.12.069},
journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
number = C,
volume = 342,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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