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Temperature mitigation effect of phase change material on overcharging lithium-ion batteries: an experimental study

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Overcharge is a common case of battery thermal abuse, which can accelerate the aging of battery and cause the attenuation of battery capacity. In extreme conditions, overcharge can generate a large amount of heat, leading to battery failure and thermal runaway. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to improve the safety during the overcharge process. In this paper, phase change materials (PCMs) are used to mitigate the temperature of overcharged lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which proves that PCMs can effectively reduce the battery surface temperature as well as the probability of thermal runaway. In order to identify the appropriate PCM on the thermal management of overcharged LIBs, PCMs with phase change temperatures (PCTs) of 37°C, 43°C, 58°C are used in the tests. The results show that the PCM-37 exhibits the best performance. In addition, different degrees of overcharge also bring different effects to the battery, while the applications of PCMs can well mitigate the sharp increase in temperature. The findings demonstrate the feasibility of PCMs on improving the thermal safety of overcharging LIBs and further provide guidance on the development of more efficient battery thermal management systems (BTMSs) where the overcharge usually occurs.

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This research was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51909152) and the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Fire Science (No. HZ2021-KF07).

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Liu, J., Fan, Y. & Xie, Q. Temperature mitigation effect of phase change material on overcharging lithium-ion batteries: an experimental study. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 5153–5163 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10875-3

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