THE UNLP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES FOR ELECTRIC CARS

VISINTIN A.; THOMAS J.E. ; CASTRO B. ; MILOCCO R. ; REAL S. ; SACCO J. ; GARAVENTTA G. ; TRIACA W.

Brno

Congreso; 12th Advanced Batteries, Accumulators and Fuel Cells; 2011

The great challenge of our times is to replace polluting oil energy sources with renewable and clean energies that are ready to be used, which requires addressing the need for proper storage solutions. Electric energy storage should be clean, economical, efficient, safe, have long useful life and high specific capacity (mass and volume). The lithium-ion batteries would fulfil most of these requirements. To expand the scope of application of these batteries, which are currently used in electric cars, we are working on the development of techniques for building electrodes with a good response to high discharge currents. Lithium iron phosphates with olivine structures would meet the requirement of energy drain at high current values. A summary of the current technology for lithium-ion batteries, as well as their future prospects, will be presented. Results will be discussed in the Innovation and Technology Transfer Project in Priority Areas of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) in cooperation with the laboratory of the Department of Electrotechnology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communications of the Czech Republic.