Characterization and Optimization of Lithium Iron Battery for Current EV Battery Technologies

Abstract

The current battery technologies present across the globe has the lithium ion as the major material used to manufacture and maintain the batteries, this led to huge demand and the shortage of the lithium for the future. Lithium-Ion batteries have less maintenance, high energy density, and low self-discharge which makes the manufacturers and users get more inclined to it. Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries do tend to have all the advantages with the lithium ion, and some of the class leading features too. It can be an alternative to the lithium ion, and has the good potential to be as a replacement to it too. Lithium iron batteries are high in energy density i.e., the storage of the charge in the battery is not compact, thus the chemicals which are used in the lithium iron phosphate are also explosion resistant Which tends to create free-ness in the battery. It also has high Vander walls radius. It contributes to the better cooling. So, this battery can be a predominant replacement to the existing lithium-ion batteries. This paper mainly focuses on the introduction of various battery technologies, various testing measures such as Discharge rate, battery consumption, Thermal properties, and Charging test done on the lithium ion and lithium iron phosphate batteries, and comparing them.