Lithium-Ion Batteries

世界をリードする当社の分析装置は、先進バッテリーの安全性、エネルギー・出力密度、サイクル寿命を向上させる高性能ソリューションを提供します。

マイクロメリティクスは、粒子、粉体、多孔質材料の特性評価において世界をリードする技術を提供します。

表面積

BET比表面積を含むガス吸着による表面積

多孔性

ガス吸着および水銀ポロシメトリーによる細孔径、容積および分布

密度

ガスピクノメトリーによる固体、粉体、スラリーの絶対密度測定。不規則な固体の自動包絡密度および圧縮嵩密度(T.A.P)。

パウダーフロー

粉体レオロジーと粒子間相互作用のせん断および動的測定

アクティビティ

化学吸着、温度プログラム反応、ラボスケールリアクターシステムを含む触媒活性

Li-ion Battery Components

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are an advanced battery technology which have four major components: anode, cathode, separator, and electrolyte.

At Micromeritics we have instrumentation for all stages of battery production starting from the raw material precursors to the final battery cell.

In the future the liquid electrolyte may be replaced by a solid electrolyte for improved safety and performance.

Instrumentation by component

バッテリーの各コンポーネントの計器

表面積

  • Increase capacity
  • Facilitates fast charging
  • Improve charge/discharge performance

Particle Size​

  • Maximize capacity
  • Critical for high energy density
  • Influence coulomb efficiency

密度

  • Optimize electrode packing density
  • Maximize mass/volume density
  • Minimize irreversible capacity

表面積

  • Increase capacity
  • Facilitates fast charging
  • Improve charge/discharge performance
  • Tailor binder needed for adhesion

密度

  • Optimize electrode packing density
  • Maximize mass/volume density
  • Minimize irreversible capacity

パウダーフロー

  • Control slurry agglomerates and dispersibility
  • Optimize electrode packing density
  • Improve battery efficiency
  • Longer battery life

多孔性

  • Critical to safety and reliability
  • Improve energy/power density
  • Optimize capacity
  • Longer cycle life

密度

  • Critical to safety and reliability
  • Consistent ceramic material
  • Longer battery life

Particle Size

  • Maximize capacity
  • Critical for high energy density
  • Influence coulomb efficiency

表面積

  • Increase capacity
  • Facilitates fast charging
  • Improve charge/discharge performance

Instruments for every step in
the Li-ion battery manufacturing process

Manufacturing process

Our instruments are there every step of the way from precursor consistency to the electrode slurry preparation, coating, drying, and calendaring, and final cell electrolyte filling.
Consistent precursor
particle size and purity
Electrode and separator
incoming attributes
Yield improvement in slurry
and dry processes
Monitor coating and
drying process
Confirm pore volume and
size distribution of electrodes and
separator electrolyte filling

Li-ion Battery Instrumentation

Instrumentation by Method

Micromeritics best-in-class material characterization instrumentation in our core areas of expertise.

表面積

Our extensive range of gas adsorption analyzers offer convenient solutions to realize your R&D, quality control, and manufacturing needs.

  • Pore size can be measured from 0.3nm to 300nm using a variety of different models
  • Water vapor adsorption studies allow the investigation of a material’s sensitivity towards water

Results Example

Value for Battery Industry

  • Understanding the porosity of the electrode materials is important to guarantee the right ion accessibility and charging speed.
  • BET surface area, pore volume and pore size distribution help to optimize your battery components.

密度

The AccuPyc uses Gas Pycnometry and the GeoPyc uses a unique displacement technique to determine the:

  • True, absolute, and skeletal density
  • Apparent volume and density
  • Envelope volume and density
  • Bulk volume and density

Combining data from these two techniques enables the determination of the percent porosity and total pore volume

Results Example

Data Summary

  • Average: 4.5769 g/cm3
  • Standard Deviation: 0.0014 g/cm3

Value for Battery Industry

  • High T.A.P. density of precursors is expected to obtain a high volumetric energy density.
  • The true density is a good indicator of purity and composition of the cathode which can be used to improve the overall performance of the battery.
  • Monitoring true density of the electrode material ensures stability of the slurry coating and drying process

多孔性

Mercury porosimetry is a uniquely valuable technique which delivers speed, accuracy and the comprehensive characterization of many sample properties:

  • pore size, 3nm to 500 µm
  • total pore volume
  • total pore surface area
  • percent porosity
  • sample densities (bulk and skeletal)
  • particle size

Our extensive range of gas adsorption analyzers offer convenient solutions to realize your R&D, quality control, and manufacturing needs.

  • Pore size can be measured from 0.3nm to 300nm using a variety of different models
  • Water vapor adsorption studies allow the investigation of a material’s sensitivity towards water

Results Example

Data Summary

  • Total intrusion volume: 0.813 mL/g
  • Median pore diameter: 155 nm
  • Porosity: 53.1%

Value for Battery Industry

  • Understanding the porosity of the electrode materials is important to guarantee the right ion accessibility and charging speed.
  • BET surface area, pore volume and pore size distribution help to optimize your battery components.

Particle Size

The SediGraph remains the global standard for particle size analysis by sedimentation after five decades, whether in a rugged production environment or a controlled laboratory setting.

  • Sedimentation uses well understood physical laws and easy to measure properties that do not require trial and error modeling
  • Provides complete sample mass accountability and quantifies the fine content outside the measurement range
  • Uses higher material concentration than many other techniques ensuring a representative sample

Results Example

Value for Battery Industry

  • The SediGraph is the only instrument that can precisely report weight percent of particles <0.1μm.
  • Industry leader for rough electrode and other precursor materials.
  • Optimize particle size ratio of cathode and solid electrolyte to maximize the energy density.

パウダーフロー

The FT4 provides comprehensive flow property characterization of a powder and is now established as a universal powder tester. Optimize manufacturing processes by quantifying a powder’s.

  • Resistance to flow in motion
  • Shear strength
  • Shear against the wall
  • Bulk density
  • Compressibility
  • 透過性

Results Example

Value for Battery Industry

  • Understanding a powder’s Specific Energy, an indicator of inter-particular friction and mechanical interlocking, can help reduce agglomerates in the electrode slurry.
  • Determining and optimizing Permeability, a measure of a powder’s ability to release air, can improve slurry dispersion and cavity filling in wet or dry systems.

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