Study Performance of LiFePO4/Graphite Cylindrical Pouch Cell

Abstract

Cylindrical cell Lithium ion battery with a pouch casing has been made at the Integrated Battery Laboratory, BATAN. LiFePO4 double sided coated aluminum foil with a thickness of 180 µm is used as a cathode sheet. The anode sheet is made from two-sided artificial graphite coated on copper foil with a thickness of 197 µm. The composition, crystal structure, of the coated LiFePO4 was measured by XRD. Battery cells are built by rolling thin layers of cathode, separator, and anode material into cylindrical shape using a rolling machine. The cylindrical cell is inserted into an aluminum bag and then sealed at 175°C. Cylindrical cell-bag inserted into the Glove Box then filled with ~ 2.5 ml of LiPF6 electrolyte liquid. A vacuum sealing machine is used to seal the remainder of the bag set at 175 oC. The performance of lithium ion batteries is characterized by using a battery analyzer. LiFePO4 shows a release capacity of 250.00 mAh, with a specific capacity of 124.10 mAh/g in the 1st cycle and 100.20 mAh/g after 100th cycle, at a rate of 0.3C. The cell shows good performance after 100 cycles with 80.74% retention.