Lithium Batteries- Different Types Of Batteries Available

By Staff Reporter - 16 Oct '20 20:35PM
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Lithium Batteries are the best electricity storage devices this world has ever seen. They are the best batteries due to their less dense nature. Due to this nature, the ion transfer is smooth and fast in the electrolyte they dip in. they are formed of 4 components, i.e., a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, and the separator.

The anode of lithium batteries is the part that allows the current to flow to an external circuit. It is the point from where the battery loses the charge it haves. The cathode in the circuit determines the voltage and battery capacity as it loses the lithium ions. The electrolyte Is the salted substance that conducts the lithium ions between the anode and the cathode. If the electrolyte is absent, then the circuit will be incomplete. Now we need a physical barrier to keep the positive and negative poles of the battery apart. This is where the separator comes into the role.

Now let us discuss a different kind of lithium batteries available in the market.

Lithium cobalt oxide

Lithium cobalt batteries offer you high specific energy and are made up of cobalt and lithium carbonate. They are commonly used in cellphones and cameras because of their smaller size and less battery life than other batteries.

Many research pieces prove that these lithium batteries are safe for electronic devices and don't emit any harmful radiations, which makes them suitable for mobiles.

Lithium manganese oxide

Lithium manganese oxide is referred to as li-manganese batteries, which were discovered back in the 1980s. They are famous for high-temperature stability, which makes them a safer option among lithium batteries. It is the reason behind their usage in medical devices and equipment. There is another field that uses these lithium batteries is the electronics field. You will find them in your laptops generally.

Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide

These lithium batteries acronym is the NMC batteries in the market. These batteries are the most similar to the lithium-ion batteries in the material used in its build. These lithium batteries have a high specific energy density or power capacity due to which they are most commonly used in the power tools and trains of the vehicle.

The cost of these batteries' raw material is the least, which makes them the most cost-efficient batteries. If the raw material price decreases further, then the developers are trying to shift to make these batteries with a higher nickel amount.

Lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide

They are also known as the NCA batteries, which have gained popularity in the power stations and grid storage system. They are not commonly used for personal works because they are heavy duty and costly, which increases its industrial usage. If used in the automobile sector, proper safety measures are taken along with the implantation of that battery for better performance of the car battery.

There are higher possibilities of using these lithium batteries in electric cars produced shortly.

Lithium Titanate

With the lithium titanate batteries help, the application of lithium batteries is increasing at a speed no one has ever expected. It is the modern-day battery which is developed with the use of nanotechnology.

They are currently used to manufacture cars and bikes and run the electric vehicles also due to less charging time. Some airspace stations and military camps are again using these lithium batteries to store solar and wind energy.

Conclusion

These all are the various types of lithium batteries that are available in the market. They cover almost all the aspects of the batteries demanded in the industry from a battery, which is why they are considered the new-age batteries that have changed the world.

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