Abstract
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are now used in electric vehicles (EVs), and the electrolyte is one of the major components governing the performance of LIBs. The patent count-based method or patent indicator was used to understand the development status of the specific technology field. However, these approaches cannot provide a complete picture to realize the technology development. Therefore, the goal of this work is to develop a holistic approach to identify technological development trends. The top six patent assignees are first selected by an issued patent counts analysis, including Ube, Mitsubishi Chem., Panasonic, Sony, LG Chem., and Samsung SDI. The “modified” Ernst indicators are applied to reflect different innovation strategies among these patent assignees. The forward-citation analysis and technology-function matrix show that using mixed lithium salts and organic solvents with novel additives compounds are the developing trends to improve the performance of LIBs. The multi-dimensional scaling shows technological similarities among these six companies. The developed approaches can be used to obtain a better overview for electrolyte technology and be also applicable to other technological fields.
Highlights
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely used in electronic devices due to the high power capacity, high energy density, long cycle life, etc., and they are being used in electric vehicles (EVs)
An electrolyte solution is composed of at least three essential constituents: lithium salt, additives, and a solvent or a mixture of solvents. These three parts interact with each other electrochemically and solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film formed during the initial charging and discharging cycles [1,2,3,4]
Our findings demonstrated that all patent assignees developed the electrolytic solution using
Summary
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely used in electronic devices due to the high power capacity, high energy density, long cycle life, etc., and they are being used in electric vehicles (EVs). Among the most important parts of batteries, the electrolyte is one of the main factors to affect the safety, cost, and capacity of LIBs. An electrolyte solution is composed of at least three essential constituents: lithium salt, additives, and a solvent or a mixture of solvents. An electrolyte solution is composed of at least three essential constituents: lithium salt, additives, and a solvent or a mixture of solvents These three parts interact with each other electrochemically and solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film formed during the initial charging and discharging cycles [1,2,3,4]. The stable interfacial chemistry between the electrode and electrolyte is generally believed to be tightly associated with the performance of the electrochemical devices
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