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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (11): 2068-2075.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.11.013

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Design and Validation of a Carbon-Nanotube Film Heating Panel for LiFePO4 Battery

Chao Tang,Zhixiong Cen,Zhenghan Yin,Hairui Wang,Peiyu Yuan,Zonghong Xie()   

  1. School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University,Shenzhen 518107
  • Received:2024-03-29 Revised:2024-05-11 Online:2024-11-25 Published:2024-11-22
  • Contact: Zonghong Xie E-mail:xiezongh@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract:

For the problem of performance degradation in LiFePO4 batteries under low-temperature conditions, a lightweight, high-strength, low-voltage, safe, and energy-efficient Fiber Carbon-nanotube film Laminated heating structure for LiFePO4 battery is designed and developed, and experimental validation is conducted. The thermocompression technology is used to achieve the integrated molding of the Carbon-nanotube film and composite laminated structure. The experiment verifies the uniformity, stability and thermal fatigue resistance of a FCL (Fiber Carbon-nanotube film Laminated composite) heater. Furthermore, heating experiments on LiFePO4 batteries in low-temperature environments are carried out, which is compared with the traditional Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) heater. The results show that compared to the traditional PTC heater, the FCL heater exhibits a 59% reduction in weight, a 3.5% decrease in energy consumption, a 26% improvement in temperature rise efficiency, and a 195% increase in power-to-weight ratio.

Key words: LiFePO4 battery, fiber carbon-nanotube film laminated composite, low temperature resistance, functional structure