Menale C., Constà S., D’Annibale F., Scotini A., Sglavo V., 2021, Experimental Investigation of the Overcharge Effects on Commercial Li-ion Batteries with Two Different Anode Materials, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 86, 457-462.
Lithium-ion batteries are now a widespread technology in automotive applications. Together with the life of the batteries and their performance, safety plays a fundamental role in ensuring the spread of electromobility in our society. Overcharge is one of the most severe safety problems for the large-scale application of lithium-ion batteries. In this work the results of the overcharge tests performed on Lithium Ion cells with different anode materials are presented: a comparison was made between graphite-based anode Li-ion batteries and Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO)-based anode Li-ion batteries. Experimental tests were performed with different current intensities: it was thus possible to analyze the effects of an overcharge as the current supplied varies. The graphite-based anode Li-Ion batteries are equipped with protection devices which act by blocking the passage of current in the cell and avoiding venting and/or explosion phenomena; on the other hand, LTO-based anode Li-Ion Batteries, although considered intrinsically safer batteries, experienced thermal runaway during the overcharge tests. Increasing the overcharge current, the effects of the electrical abuse are more destructive.
