Survey of Commercial Small Lithium Polymer Batteries

Abstract

The power and energy of small 1 to 5 g lithium polymer batteries is improving significantly, with a push from the toy and hobby markets. This report characterizes the power and energy of several small batteries from Atomic Workshop, Full River, Kokam, and TOBN, presenting discharge curves as a function of C-rates. The 130 mAh Atomic Workshop batteries are rated to a specific power of nearly 2400 W/kg, and energies on the order of 140 to 160 Wh/kg. The Full River lithium polymer batteries also have high power and energy. The battery chemistry is the standard lithium cobalt oxide vs. carbon, so the high power is attributed to improvements in manufacturing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 19, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472272

Entities

People

  • Arnold M. Stux
  • Karen E Swider-Lyons

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Cobalt Oxides
  • Electrochemical Cells
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage
  • Electrodes
  • Electrolytes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Lithium Ion Batteries
  • Materials
  • Oxides
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Standards
  • Storage Batteries

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Economics
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • 5G