Lithium polymer battery

Lithium polymer battery(also called polymer lithium ion battery,or lipo battery,li-po lymer, PLB), is a lithium ion battery that uses solid electrolyte while another one is using liquid electrolyte, whose name is Liquified lithium ion battery(Li ion,LIB). they have same anode and catho de materials, the anode material can be LiCoO2,LiMn2O4,NiCoMn, the cathode can be graphite. they als o have same work way, the difference is just the electrolyte.

Lithium polymer battery(lipo battery) features:

1-High energy density

2-Safe and stable

3-Flexible shapes

4-High voltage

5-Low self discharge

6-No memory effect

Advantages

1-High cell voltage, 3.7V is much higher than NiMn and Ni-Cd battery 1.2V.
2-Higher energy density, twice of Ni-Mh and Ni-Cd.
3-Low self discharge rate,about 1%.
4- Long cycle life, 500 times.
5- No memory effects, easy to use.
6-Great safety performance. With soft aluminum foil package instead of metal one, even in case of sa fety problem, lithium polymer battery can only swell instead of explode or fire.
7-Thin and thinner. it can be made to be ultra thin, so it can be embedded into credit cards, and ot her thin devices.
8-Light weight. With aluminum foil shell, it can have at least 25% less weight than same capacity li quid electrolyte lithium ion battery in aluminum case.
9-Higher capacity. Its has 5%~15% more capacity than aluminum lithium ion battery, more and more mob ile phones are using lithium polymer battery.
10-Low interior impedance, lithium polymer battery cell has smaller impedance than liquid battery ce ll, now Padre polymer battery cell can have less than 35mΩ, it prolonged mobile phone work time by g reatly reducing self discharge power, high rate type lithium polymer battery can support big current , it makes it best power solution for RC models, Padre high rate polymer battery now can reach 50C c ontinuous discharge rate, and max 70C peak rate.
11-Customized shape. Padre can customize the battery with flexible thickness, length, width and shap e according to various equipment particular requirements.
12-Good discharge performance. Lithium polymer battery uses solid electrolyte, this makes it have mo re stable discharge and higher platform than liquid lithium ion battery.

Applications

-Radio controlled equipment and Airsoft

-Personal electronics: tablet computers, very thin laptop computers, portable media players, etc.

-Electric vehicles