Recently, as demand for Electric Car has been increasing, it has been a main factor that maximizing performance and ensuring the stability of the Electric Car battery to increase the reliability of Electric Car. Above all the study on thermal control in a big influence on the performance and battery life is growing in parallel. This study has compared cooling effect of an Electric Car battery between battery with Heat Sink and without Heat Sink for optimum design of Electric Car battery. Battery is simply modeled into four cells, divided into two cases of battery with Heat Sink that attached on the cell's side and without Heat Sink. And this research was conducted on forced convection. The battery which is designed by this way was numerically analyzed by CFX 14.5. Numerical results, revealed that the battery with Heat Sink was superior in terms of cooling effect. According to the numerical analysis by battery cell's temperature variations, the battery with Heat Sink turned out to be superior in cooling effect to the battery without Heat Sink.

리튬이온 이차전지는 리튬이온이 이동하면서 전기화학적 충방전사이클을 완성하는 에너지변환장치를 의미한다. 리튬이온 이차전지는 높은 에너지밀도와 낮은 자가방전률, 상대적으로 긴 수명주기 등 다양한 장점을 갖는다. 최근 전기차 수 요증가는 고용량 리튬이온 이차전지 개발을 촉진하고 있으나 음극에서의 dendrite 형성으로 인한 전기적 단락 현상과 전지 폭 발 문제와 같은 심각한 안전문제를 야기한다. 또한, 리튬이온 이차전지 구동시 상승된 온도에서 폴리올레핀계열(예 : 폴리에 틸렌과 폴리프로필렌) 격리막의 열수축 문제가 발생한다. 이와 같이 낮은 열 안정성은 리튬이온 이차전지의 성능과 수명의 감소로 이어진다. 본 연구에서는 폴리올레핀계열 함침격리막 제조를 위한 중요한 소재로서 술폰화 폴리아릴렌에테르술폰 랜 덤 공중합체를 사용하였으며, 제조된 격리막을 이용하여 dendrite 형성과 관련된 금속이온 흡착 능력과 리튬이온전도성, 열적 내구성이 평가되었다.

Lithium-ion-batteries (LIBs)는 최근 에너지저장 시스템(EESs) 분야에서 새롭게 large-scale battery를 중점으로 관심이 집중되고 있다. 이를 위해서는 battery의 수명, 에너지 밀도, 용량, 안정성, 가격 등 더 높은 기준이 요구되며, polyolefin 계 separators가 우수한 성능을 나타낸다. 본 연구에서는 다공성 분리막을 이용 하여 liquid electrolute batteries에 사용되는 separator 분리막에 친수성 고분자인 PVA, EVOH, Pluronic 등의 코팅 효과를 나타내었다. Separator는 두 종류를 사용하였으며, 각각 높은 porosity를 가진 16 H와 낮은 porosity를 가진 16 L로 구분하여 간단한 집 코팅 방법으로 코팅을 진행하였다. 특성평가로는 SEM을 통하여 물성을 평가하였고, 접촉각 및 이온 전도도를 측정하여 친수성 고분자의 친수화 효과를 알아보았다.

이차전지용 분리막은 양극과 음극의 물리적 접촉을 방지하면서 전해질 내에서 리튬이온을 자유롭게 이동할 수 있게 하는 역할을 수행한다. 분리막은 절연 체이며, 이온전도도가 높은 특성을 가지고 있어야 한다. 다양한 분리막 중에서 도 일반적으로 사용되는 것은 다공성 구조의 폴리올레핀계 분리막이다. 그 중에 서도 폴리에틸렌 분리막은 가격이 저렵하고, 절연성, 화학적 안정성, 기계적 강 도 등이 우수한 특징을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 컴파운드된 소재를 이용하여 3층 구조의 multi-layer 필름을 제조하였고 이축 연신기를 이용하여 속도와 연신비에 따라서 분리막을 제조하였다. 제조된 분리막 표면의 모폴로지를 확인 하기 위해서 FE-SEM을 이용하여 관찰하였고, porosity와 electrolyte up-take를 측정하였다. Porosity와 electrolyte up-take는 상용화된 제품인 celgard와 비교 한 결과 celgard 보다 우수한 성능을 가지는 것을 확인하였다.

The alternative advanced lead-acid battery is one of the promising ultrabattery. The lead-carbon battery is also reusable battery consisted of positive electrodes, negative electrode and Electrolyte. Currently, numerous research efforts are performing on activated carbon used as the novel cathode materials. In this study, we have used graphite sheet coated P60 carbon as a cathode material. Graphite electrode is different form used in the normal lead-carbon batteries. It will be expected to increase the conductivity and weigh light. Through charge-discharge experiment and EIS, battery performance analysis were compared with grid form negative electrode. After that, SEM, RAMAN and XRD analyses were studied.

A novel cation exchange membrane consisting of polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) was prepared for the application of vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). PVDF used as supporter has considerably high mechanical strength and an intrinsic hydrophobicity. For the successful preparation of the membrane, PVDF powders were modified by potassium hydroxide, which increased the hydrophilicity of PVDF powders. Modified PVDF were grafted with styrene sulfonic acid (SSA) using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as initiative. The cross-sectional morphology and structure of PVDF/SSA was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and FT-IR. The membrane was characterized by water uptake, dimensional change, ion conductivity and ion exchange capacity (IEC) and cell performance of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) with Nafion 212.

Composite membranes are prepared by sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (sPEEK) / poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVdF) / urethane acrylate non-ionomer (UAN) for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). To make sPEEK and PVdF compatible each other, amphiphilic polymer, UAN, is introduced into the composite membrane. By increasing the content of UAN, proton conductivity increases, while permeability decreases, therefore, the selectivity increases. This is attributed to improved compatibility in the composite membrane, which is confirmed by analyzing morphology on its cross-section. The performance of these VRFBs is better than that of VRFB including Nafion 212 due to high selectivity. Based on these results, it is revealed that composite membrane is useful for enhancement in VRFB performance.

In this study, several kinds of active carbons with high specific surface area and micro pore structure were prepared from the coconut shell charcoal using chemical activation method. The physical property of prepared active carbon was investigated by experimental variables such as activating chemical agents to char coal ratio, flow rate of inert gas and temperature. It was shown that chemical activation with KOH and NaOH was successfully able to make active carbons with high surface area of 1900~2500 m2/g and mean pore size of 1.85~2.32 nm. The coin cell using water-based binder in the electrolyte of LiPF6 dissolved in mixed organic solvents (EC:DMC:EMC=1:1:1 vol%) showed better capacity than that of oil-based binder. Also, it was found that the coin cell of water-based binder shows an improved cycling performance and coulombic efficiency.

납축전지 활물질 제작 공정 중 숙성공정에서 온도 제어를 통해 활물질 결정 크기를 제어할 수 있고, 생성된 활물질에 따라 초기 성능 향상, 내구성능 향상 효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 숙성반응 후 생성된 활물 중 3BS는 초기성능에는 유리 하였고, 4BS의 경우 초기 성능은 불리하였으나 내구 성능이 3BS활물질에 비해 48% 향상 되었다. 자동차용 납축전지를 ISG시스템이 적용된 자동차에 사용하기 위해 평가하는 DOD17.5% 수명시험 평가 결과, 일반 자동차 시동용으로 널리 사용하고 있는 Flooded 납축전는 적합하지 않은 것으로 확인 되었고, AGM 납축전지가 적합한 것으로 확인되었다. 그리고 3BS 활물질을 적용한 AGM 납축전지에 비해 4BS 활물질을 적용한 AGM 납축전지가 내구력이 우수하여 ISG 시스템에 적용된 자동차에 적합한 것으로 확인 되었다.

두 종류의 막(다공성 막, 양이온교환막)을 사용하여 아연-브롬 레독스-흐름 전지(ZBRFB, Zn-Br redox-flow battery)의 성능을 평가하였다. ZBRFB의 성능평가는 20mA/cm2의 전류밀도에서 진행하였다. 다공성 막인 SF-600을 사용한 ZBRFB의 기전력(SOC 100%에서의 OVC)은 1.87 V, 양이온교환막인 Nafion117 막을 사용한 ZBRFB의 기전력은 1.93 V를 나타냈다. 각 막을 사용한 ZBRFB의 성능은 7회 충 방전 실험을 진행하여 평가하였다. SF600 막을 사용한 ZBRFB의 평균 전류효율은 89.76%, 평균 전압효율은 83.46%, 평균 에너지효율은 74.88%를 나타냈으며, Nafion117 막을 사용한 ZBRFB의 평균 전류효율은 97.7%, 평균 전압효율은 76.33%, 평균 에너지효율은 74.56%를 나타냈다.

The effects of particle size of Li-Si alloy and LiCl-KCl addition as a binder phase for raw material of anode were investigated on the formability of the thermal battery anode. The formability was evaluated with respect to filling density, tap density, compaction density, spring-back and compressive strength. With increasing particle size of Li-Si alloy powder, densities increased while spring-back and compressive strength decreased. Since the small spring-back is beneficial to avoiding breakage of pressed compacts, larger particles might be more suitable for anode forming. The increasing amount of LiCl-KCl binder phase contributed to reducing spring-back, improving the formability of anode powder too. The control of particle size also seems to be helpful to get double pressed pellets, which consisted of two layer of anode and electrolyte.

The electrochemical properties of cells assembled with the LiNiO2 (LNO) recycled from cathode materialsof waste lithium secondary batteries (Li[Ni,Co,Mn]O2), were evaluated in this study. The leaching, neutralization andsolvent extraction process were applied to produce high-purity NiSO4 solution from waste lithium secondary batteries.High-purity NiO powder was then fabricated by the heat-treatment and mixing of the NiSO4 solution and H2C2O4.Finally, LiNiO2 as a cathode material for lithium ion secondary batteries was synthesized by heat treatment and mixingof the NiO and Li2CO3 powders. We assembled the cells using the LiNiO2 powders and evaluated the electrochemicalproperties. Subsequently, we evaluated the recycling possibility of the cathode materials for waste lithium secondary bat-tery using the processes applied in this work.

Positive plate was composed of lead hydroxide via reaction between lead oxide and H2O and lead sulfate was formed of the reaction of lead hydroxide with sulfuric acid. And its density is 3.8 g/cm3, 4.0 g/cm3, 4.2 g/cm3 and 4.4 g/cm3 by controlling volume of refined water. Curing of positive plate is done for low (45℃, 40hr, over 95% of relative humidity) & high (80℃, 40hr, over 95% of relative humidity) temperature, which created 3BS & 4BS active materials. Experimental result of DOD with 100% life cycle test shows that it was not related to the density of active materials but to the low & high temperature aging of active materials. The test makes us to understand that the crystallization which is made by curing of active materials is a more of a main factor than density of active materials under the deep cycle using circumstances. The active materials which were from the high temperature curing are better for deep cycle performance.

FeS2 has been widely used for cathode materials in thermal battery because of its high stability and currentcapability at high operation temperature. Salts such as a LiCl-KCl were added as a binder for improving electrical per-formance and formability of FeS2 cathode powder. In this study, the effects of the addition of Li2O in LiCl-KCl binderon the formability of FeS2 powder compact were investigated. With the increasing amount of Li2O addition to LiCl-KClbinder salts, the strength of the pressed compacts increased considerably when the powder mixture were pre-heat-treatedabove 350oC. The heat-treatment resulted in promoting the coating coverage of FeS2 particles by the salts as Li2O wasadded. The observed coating as Li2O addition might be attributed to the enhanced wettability of the salt rather than itsreduced melting temperature. The high strength of compacts by the Li2O addition and pre-heat-treatment could improvethe formability of FeS2 raw materials.

In industrial situation, electronic and electro-mechanical systems have been using different type of batteries in rapidly increasing numbers. These systems commonly require high reliability for long periods of time. Wider application of battery for low-power design as a prime power source requires us knowledge of failure mechanism and reliability of batteries in terms of load condition, environment condition and other explanatory variables. Battery life is an important factor that affects the reliability of such systems. There is need for us to understand the mechanism leading to the failure state of battery with performance characteristic and develop a method to predict the life of such battery. The purpose of this paper is to develope the methodology of monitoring the health of battery and determining the condition or fate of such systems through the performance reliability to predict the remaining useful life of primary battery with load condition, operating condition, environment change in light of battery life variation. In order to evaluate on-going performance of systems and subsystems adopting primary batteries as energy source, The primitive prototype for performance reliability analysis device was developed and related framework explained.

Silicon-carbon composite was prepared by the magnesiothermic reduction of mesoporous silica and subsequent impregnation with a carbon precursor. This was applied for use as an anode material for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Well-ordered mesoporous silica(SBA-15) was employed as a starting material for the mesoporous silicon, and sucrose was used as a carbon source. It was found that complete removal of by-products (Mg2Si and Mg2SiO4) formed by side reactions of silica and magnesium during the magnesiothermic reduction, was a crucial factor for successful formation of mesoporous silicon. Successful formation of the silicon-carbon composite was well confirmed by appropriate characterization tools (e.g., N2 adsorption-desorption, small-angle X-ray scattering, X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analyses). A lithium-ion battery was fabricated using the prepared silicon-carbon composite as the anode, and lithium foil as the counter-electrode. Electrochemical analysis revealed that the silicon-carbon composite showed better cycling stability than graphite, when used as the anode in the lithium-ion battery. This improvement could be due to the fact that carbon efficiently suppressed the change in volume of the silicon material caused by the charge-discharge cycle. This indicates that silicon-carbon composite, prepared via the magnesiothermic reduction and impregnation methods, could be an efficient anode material for lithium ion batteries.

Cathode materials and their precursors are prepared with transition metal solutions recycled from the thewaste lithium-ion batteries containing NCM (nickel-cobalt-manganese) cathodes by a H2 and C-reduction process. Therecycled transition metal sulfate solutions are used in a co-precipitation process in a CSTR reactor to obtain the tran-sition metal hydroxide. The NCM cathode materials (Ni:Mn:Co=5:3:2) are prepared from the transition metal hydroxideby calcining with lithium carbonate. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy analyses show that the cathodematerial has a layered structure and particle size of about 10 µm. The cathode materials also exhibited a capacity ofabout 160 mAh/g with a retention rate of 93~96% after 100 cycles.

Tungsten oxide films were prepared by an electrochemical deposition method for use as the anode in rechargeable lithium batteries. Continuous potentiostatic deposition of the film led to numerous cracks of the deposits while pulsed deposition significantly suppressed crack generation and film delamination. In particular, a crack-free dense tungsten oxide film with a thickness of ca. 210 nm was successfully created by pulsed deposition. The thickness of tungsten oxide was linearly proportional to deposition time. Compositional and structural analyses revealed that the as-prepared deposit was amorphous tungsten oxide and the heat treatment transformed it into crystalline triclinic tungsten oxide. Both the as-prepared and heat-treated samples reacted reversibly with lithium as the anode for rechargeable lithium batteries. Typical peaks for the conversion processes of tungsten oxides were observed in cyclic voltammograms, and the reversibility of the heat-treated sample exceeded that of the as-prepared one. Consistently, the cycling stability of the heat-treated sample proved to be much better than that of the as-prepared one in a galvanostatic charge/discharge experiment. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using electrolytic tungsten oxide films as the anode in rechargeable lithium batteries. However, further works are still needed to make a dense film with higher thickness and improved cycling stability for its practical use.

본 논문에서는 배터리 전극 해석을 위한 응력-확산 완전 연계 멀티스케일 해석기법을 고안하였다. 제안된 방법에서는 먼저 리튬농도에 따른 확산계수 및 기계적 물성을 계산하였다. 이를 고려하여 확산에 의한 응력뿐만 아니라 응력에 의한 확산거동 변화까지 모두 고려한 응력-확산 완전연계 연속체 모델을 유한요소 기반으로 구성하였다. 이를 통해 실리콘 나노와이어 음극의 충/방전 전산 모사를 수행하였다. 이러한 해석결과를 통하여 기존의 확산에 의한 응력 연속체 모델보다 더 실제와 가까운 해석결과를 제안된 방법이 보여줌을 확인할 수 있었다.

A three dimensional numerical analysis was performed to study the cooling performance of xEV battery module depending on cooling fluid inlet position. Depending on the inlet position from the top, case 1 (top inlet), case 2 (middle inlet), and case 3 (bottom inlet) are selected. For the case 1, the temperature of the battery near inlet was higher than that of the battery near outlet. For the case 2 and 3 the temperature of the battery near inlet was lower than that of the battery near outlet. From the analysis result, the cooling performance is higher in the order of case 2, case 3, and case 1.