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Aging Mechanisms and Evolution Patterns of Commercial LiFePO4 Lithium-Ion Batteries

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It is crucial to fully understand the degradation law of commercial LiFePO4 lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in terms of their health and safety status under different operating conditions, as well as the degradation mechanism and influencing factors. This work investigates the evolution patterns of cycling performance in commercial LiFePO4 batteries under different operating conditions, including temperature, electrolyte, charge/discharge rate, and depth of cycling. Structure characterization tests on electrode materials before and after long-term cycles have been carried out to elucidate the failure/degradation mechanisms during battery operation. It has been found that it is a comprehensive effect from different operation conditions that results in performance degradation. Fe element shuttling and Li deposition may cause internal decay of LiFePO4 LIBs. Additionally, working temperatures and the rate and depth of discharge (DOD) should be strictly controlled to achieve high energy retention and long life. This study proposes a perspective that explores the impact of internal and external factors on the degradation of the safety performance in LiFePO4 LIBs, with the aim of improving the safe and stable operation of large-scale LiFePO4 LIB energy storage systems, as it is favorable to unravel their complex multi-dimensional evolution mechanism and coupling effects throughout their life cycle.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by Science and Technology Project of the State Grid Corporation of China (Evolution mechanism of performance degradation and status sensing methods for lithium-ion battery energy storage system based on advanced acoustic sensing technology, Grant No. 520627230016), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52372235, 52073252, 22379020, 52002052), Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. 2023C01231), Key Research and Development Project of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (Grant No. 2022YFSY0004), Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX0487).

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  1. Information and Telecommunications Company, State Grid Shandong Electric Power Company, Jinan, 250013, People’s Republic of China

    Qiusheng Yu, Liang Ma, Shenyang Xiao, Chao Sun & Lijun Wang

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

    Xueqi Du, Lanmei Yang, Shuai Ruan, Xinping He, Yang Xia, Xinhui Xia & Wenkui Zhang

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    Xiaoping Yu, Yuanyuan Jiang, Fangfang Tu & Jiayuan Xiang

  5. Zhejiang Academy of Science and Technology for Inspection and Quarantine, Hangzhou, 311215, People’s Republic of China

    Wangjun Wan & Chen Wang

  6. Chongqing Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Chongqing, 401151, People’s Republic of China

    Yongqi Zhang

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Yu, Q., Ma, L., Xiao, S. et al. Aging Mechanisms and Evolution Patterns of Commercial LiFePO4 Lithium-Ion Batteries. J. Electron. Mater. 53, 2842–2851 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11087-9

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