A Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal Failure Model for Predicting the Thermal Runaway Behavior of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Abstract
Thermal runaway is always a troublesome problem that hinders the safe application of high energy lithium-ion batteries. There is an urgent need to interpret the voltage and temperature changes and their underlying mechanisms during thermal runaway, in order to guide the safe design of a battery system. This paper is dedicated to building a coupled electrochemical-thermal model that can well predict the voltage drop and temperature increase during thermal runaway. The model can capture the underlying mechanism of 1) the capacity degradation under high temperature; 2) the internal short circuit caused by the thermal failure of the separator; and 3) the chemical reactions of the cell components that release heat under extreme temperature. The model is validated using by experimental data, therefore the modeling analysis has high fidelity. We employ the model to analyze 1) the capacity degradation under extreme temperature; 2) the influence of the SEI decomposition and regeneration on the thermal runaway behavior; 3) the heat generation by internal short circuit in the thermal runaway process. In conclusion, the discussions presented here help extend the usage of lithium-ion batteries at extreme high temperature (>80 degrees C), and guide the safe design of lithium-ion batteries with less hazard levelmore »
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- Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (People's Republic of China)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
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- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1492506
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5400-73179
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 165; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; batteries; energy storage; battery safety; lithium-ion batteries; thermal runaway
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Feng, Xuning, He, Xiangming, Ouyang, Minggao, Wang, Li, Lu, Languang, Ren, Dongsheng, and Santhanagopalan, Shriram. A Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal Failure Model for Predicting the Thermal Runaway Behavior of Lithium-Ion Batteries. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.0311816jes.
Feng, Xuning, He, Xiangming, Ouyang, Minggao, Wang, Li, Lu, Languang, Ren, Dongsheng, & Santhanagopalan, Shriram. A Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal Failure Model for Predicting the Thermal Runaway Behavior of Lithium-Ion Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0311816jes
Feng, Xuning, He, Xiangming, Ouyang, Minggao, Wang, Li, Lu, Languang, Ren, Dongsheng, and Santhanagopalan, Shriram. Thu .
"A Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal Failure Model for Predicting the Thermal Runaway Behavior of Lithium-Ion Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0311816jes. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1492506.
@article{osti_1492506,
title = {A Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal Failure Model for Predicting the Thermal Runaway Behavior of Lithium-Ion Batteries},
author = {Feng, Xuning and He, Xiangming and Ouyang, Minggao and Wang, Li and Lu, Languang and Ren, Dongsheng and Santhanagopalan, Shriram},
abstractNote = {Thermal runaway is always a troublesome problem that hinders the safe application of high energy lithium-ion batteries. There is an urgent need to interpret the voltage and temperature changes and their underlying mechanisms during thermal runaway, in order to guide the safe design of a battery system. This paper is dedicated to building a coupled electrochemical-thermal model that can well predict the voltage drop and temperature increase during thermal runaway. The model can capture the underlying mechanism of 1) the capacity degradation under high temperature; 2) the internal short circuit caused by the thermal failure of the separator; and 3) the chemical reactions of the cell components that release heat under extreme temperature. The model is validated using by experimental data, therefore the modeling analysis has high fidelity. We employ the model to analyze 1) the capacity degradation under extreme temperature; 2) the influence of the SEI decomposition and regeneration on the thermal runaway behavior; 3) the heat generation by internal short circuit in the thermal runaway process. In conclusion, the discussions presented here help extend the usage of lithium-ion batteries at extreme high temperature (>80 degrees C), and guide the safe design of lithium-ion batteries with less hazard level during thermal runaway.},
doi = {10.1149/2.0311816jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 16,
volume = 165,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Dec 06 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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