Lithium ion battery was first used by the electronics company in as early as 1990. Along with the core battery components, positive and negative electrodes and an electrolyte, Li-ion battery also uses a power management components which regulates the power and current discharge, which helps to avoid overheating of batteries and reducing the battery life.
Lithium Ion vs Lithium Phosphate Batteries - Who wins?
Lithium-ion or lithium-polymer? In the ever improving electronics industry, focused has now changed from the traditional lead acid vs Li-Ion battery to the Li-Ion vs Li-Polymer batteries. In this article, we will explain you the major differences between these battery types. Hope the article helps you decide the best option for your products. To know more about the difference between, read our comparison: Lead acid vs Li-Ion battery.
Li-Ion vs LiFePO4 : Difference?
The major difference between a lithium-ion and a lithium-polymer batteries is the type of chemical electrolyte that is used to fill in the space between their positive and negative electrodes. LiFePO4 (also denoted Li-Po) in fact does not use a liquid chemical. Instead it uses either: a dry solid (now obsolete); a porous chemical compound or a gel-like electrolyte. Our of the three medium, gel-electrolyte is the most popular and is the one which you see in the latest car batteries or in fact even laptop batteries.
Which is better?
Both lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries have their pros and cons.
The below charts compares and explains the pro-cons sufficiently but the most important distinction between the two type of batteries lies in the event if the liquid (electrolyte) between the electrodes fails or leaks out. If the barriers between the positive and negative electrodes in Li-Ion battery is every breached, it can lead to fire due to inherent chemical reaction.
On the other hand, in chances of the electrolyte leaking in a Li-Po is very sleek and hence the battery is much more safer than its counter part.
As seen in the above chart, if you are looking for a sleek battery, Li-phosphate is more suitable but on the other hand Li-Ion battery is comparatively cost effective. Hope the above helps to assist you decide the battery that is the right choice for you.
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