Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer Layer

Safety issues with lithium-ion batteries prevent their widespread use in critical areas of technology. Various types of protective systems have been proposed to prevent thermal runaway and subsequent battery combustion. Among them, thermoresistive systems, representing polymer composites that sharpl...

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Main Authors: Evgenii V. Beletskii, Elena V. Alekseeva, Dmitrii V. Anishchenko, Oleg V. Levin
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Batteries
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/10/171
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author Evgenii V. Beletskii
Elena V. Alekseeva
Dmitrii V. Anishchenko
Oleg V. Levin
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Elena V. Alekseeva
Dmitrii V. Anishchenko
Oleg V. Levin
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description Safety issues with lithium-ion batteries prevent their widespread use in critical areas of technology. Various types of protective systems have been proposed to prevent thermal runaway and subsequent battery combustion. Among them, thermoresistive systems, representing polymer composites that sharply increase their resistance when the temperature rises, have been actively investigated. However, they are triggered only when the heating of the battery has already occurred, i.e., the system undergoes irreversible changes. This paper describes a new type of protective polymer layer based on the intrinsically conducting polymer poly[Ni(CH<sub>3</sub>OSalen)]. The response mechanism of this layer is based on an increase in resistance both when heated and when the cell voltage exceeds the permissible range. This makes it possible to stop undesirable processes at an earlier stage. The properties of the polymer itself and of the lithium-ion batteries modified by the protective layer have been studied. It is shown that the introduction of the polymer protective layer into the battery design leads to a rapid increase of the internal resistance at short circuit, which reduces the discharge current and sharply reduces the heat release. The effectiveness of the protection is confirmed by analysis of the battery components before the short circuit and after it.
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spelling doaj.art-20a4be3a620f430fa31c5a1a426ca7ae2023-11-23T22:55:17ZengMDPI AGBatteries2313-01052022-10-0181017110.3390/batteries8100171Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer LayerEvgenii V. Beletskii0Elena V. Alekseeva1Dmitrii V. Anishchenko2Oleg V. Levin3Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb.7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, RussiaInstitute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb.7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, RussiaInstitute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb.7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, RussiaInstitute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Emb.7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, RussiaSafety issues with lithium-ion batteries prevent their widespread use in critical areas of technology. Various types of protective systems have been proposed to prevent thermal runaway and subsequent battery combustion. Among them, thermoresistive systems, representing polymer composites that sharply increase their resistance when the temperature rises, have been actively investigated. However, they are triggered only when the heating of the battery has already occurred, i.e., the system undergoes irreversible changes. This paper describes a new type of protective polymer layer based on the intrinsically conducting polymer poly[Ni(CH<sub>3</sub>OSalen)]. The response mechanism of this layer is based on an increase in resistance both when heated and when the cell voltage exceeds the permissible range. This makes it possible to stop undesirable processes at an earlier stage. The properties of the polymer itself and of the lithium-ion batteries modified by the protective layer have been studied. It is shown that the introduction of the polymer protective layer into the battery design leads to a rapid increase of the internal resistance at short circuit, which reduces the discharge current and sharply reduces the heat release. The effectiveness of the protection is confirmed by analysis of the battery components before the short circuit and after it.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/10/171Li-ion batteriessafetythermal runawayshort-circuit protectionconductive polymerssalen complexes
spellingShingle Evgenii V. Beletskii
Elena V. Alekseeva
Dmitrii V. Anishchenko
Oleg V. Levin
Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer Layer
Batteries
Li-ion batteries
safety
thermal runaway
short-circuit protection
conductive polymers
salen complexes
title Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer Layer
title_full Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer Layer
title_fullStr Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer Layer
title_full_unstemmed Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer Layer
title_short Li-Ion Battery Short-Circuit Protection by Voltage-Driven Switchable Resistance Polymer Layer
title_sort li ion battery short circuit protection by voltage driven switchable resistance polymer layer
topic Li-ion batteries
safety
thermal runaway
short-circuit protection
conductive polymers
salen complexes
url https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/10/171
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