Heat transfer enhanced inorganic phase change material compositing carbon nanotubes for battery thermal management and thermal runaway propagation mitigation

作     者：Xinyi Dai Ping Ping Depeng Kong Xinzeng Gao Yue Zhang Gongquan Wang Rongqi Peng Xinyi Dai;Ping Ping;Depeng Kong;Xinzeng Gao;Yue Zhang;Gongquan Wang;Rongqi Peng

作者机构：Center for Offshore Engineering and Safety TechnologyChina University of Petroleum(East China)Qingdao 266580ShandongChina College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringChina University of Petroleum(East China)Qingdao 266580ShandongChina 

出 版 物：《Journal of Energy Chemistry》 (能源化学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第89卷第2期

页      面：226-238,I0006页

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学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 0907[农学-林学] 08[工学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(Grant No.2022YFE0207400) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U22A20168 and 52174225)。 

主　　题：Inorganic phase change material Carbon nanotube Battery thermal management Thermal runaway propagation Fire resistance Encapsulation 

摘      要：Developing technologies that can be applied simultaneously in battery thermal management(BTM)and thermal runaway(TR)mitigation is significant to improving the safety of lithium-ion battery systems.Inorganic phase change material(PCM)with nonflammability has the potential to achieve this dual function.This study proposed an encapsulated inorganic phase change material(EPCM)with a heat transfer enhancement for battery systems,where Na_(2)HPO_(4)·12H_(2)O was used as the core PCM encapsulated by silica and the additive of carbon nanotube(CNT)was applied to enhance the thermal conductivity.The microstructure and thermal properties of the EPCM/CNT were analyzed by a series of characterization tests.Two different incorporating methods of CNT were compared and the proper CNT adding amount was also studied.After preparation,the battery thermal management performance and TR propagation mitigation effects of EPCM/CNT were further investigated on the battery modules.The experimental results of thermal management tests showed that EPCM/CNT not only slowed down the temperature rising of the module but also improved the temperature uniformity during normal operation.The peak battery temperature decreased from 76℃to 61.2℃at 2 C discharge rate and the temperature difference was controlled below 3℃.Moreover,the results of TR propagation tests demonstrated that nonflammable EPCM/CNT with good heat absorption could work as a TR barrier,which exhibited effective mitigation on TR and TR propagation.The trigger time of three cells was successfully delayed by 129,474 and 551 s,respectively and the propagation intervals were greatly extended as well.