The Road to the TOP Secondary Batteries(양장본 HardCover)
Secondary Batteries

AUTHOR : Jun SONU
ISBN : 9788952118462
PUBLISHER : SNUPRESS
PUBLICATION DATE : November 30 ,2016,
SPINE SIZE : 0.10 inches
PAGES : 248
SIZE : 6.4 * 9.1 inches
WEIGHT : 1.3 pounds
CATON QTY : 20
PRICE : $51.45
Field incidents of Galaxy Note 7 in August, 2016 flabbergasted the battery industry because the equilibrium between the battery performance and safety has been maintained for the past ten years in the battery industry. The last field incident took place in Sony's batteries in 2006.
Unlike other batteries, the lithium ion battery explodes not only in the abused condition but also in the normal operating condition if energy density is higher than the upper limit. Because of this intrinsic characteristics related to the safety of lithium ion batteries, battery development activities have been focused on the accurate control of safety with improvement of energy capacity. This book deals with how the battery industry has expanded its marketing horizon from portable electronics to power tools to electric vehicles with improvement of the safety features.
Seven Japanese battery makers including Sony, Sanyo and Panasonic had dominated the world battery market in 1990s. It was LG Chemical and Samsung SDI that put an end to the dominance of Japanese battery makers. Korean battery makers also played an important role in spreading the battery technology to the world. This book is concerned with how Korean battery makers made an incredible progress in a short period of time.
The battery competition has been limited to Japan, Korea and China, but as the major market is changed from portable electronics to electric vehicles, chances are competition will be diversified by the participation of automotive parts companies and companies like Apple and Google. In actuality, the involvement of companies like Tesla Motors and BYD in the electric vehicle business played a pivotal role in galvanizing the electric vehicle industry. This book will give you a good idea on the intriguing future competition dynamics associated with electric vehicles.


Jun SONU

Jun SONU
President of TOP21, Battery consultant

• Academic background
B.S. in Seoul National University, Seoul in Korea
- Metallurgical Engineering (1980)
M.S. in Wayne State University, Detroit in Michigan, USA
- Metallurgical Engineering (1984)
Ph.D. in University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati in Ohio, USA
- Metallurgical Engineering (1988)

• Work experience
2016-: Battery consultant, TOP21
2010-2013: Vice President in Hanwha Chemical
- Development of xEV batteries
2002-2006: Vice President in Samsung SDI
- Development of xEV batteries with Ford Motors
1996-2001: Senior Manager in LG Chemical
- ‌Business planning and development management of lithium ion batteries
1989-1995: Manager in LG Metals
- ‌Development of lithium polymer batteries with AEA of the UK

Preface … 5

PART 1 SECONDARY BATTERIES

1. Introduction … 13

2. Fundamentals of batteries … 15
1) Battery components … 15
2) Battery characteristics … 16
3) Primary batteries … 21
4) Secondary batteries … 28

3. Lithium secondary batteries … 37
1) Moli Energy’s lithium batteries … 37
2) Problems and remedies … 39
3) Lithium polymer batteries … 40
4) Lithium ion batteries … 46

PART 2 LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

4. Development of lithium ion batteries … 51
1) Sony’s commercialization … 51
2) Characteristics of lithium ion batteries … 59

5. Performance improvements … 67
1) Increase in energy capacity … 67
2) Price competitiveness … 73
3) The battery types … 77
4) High power batteries … 89

6. Battery manufacturing process … 97
1) The plant structure … 97
2) Electrode manufacturing process … 99
3) Battery assembly process … 105
4) Formation and aging process … 107
7. Management of batteries … 111
1) Degradation mechanism … 111
2) Field incidents … 113
3) Field incidents of Galaxy Note 7 … 119

8. Lithium ion battery makers … 125
1) Japanese companies … 125
2) Other countries … 135
3) The road to success … 141
4) Technology flow … 147

PART 3 KOREAN BATTERY INDUSTRY

9. Battery makers … 157
1) The major companies … 157
2) Late starters … 167

10. Battery development … 171
1) LG’s development activities … 172
2) Samsung’s development activities … 180

11. Lithium ion battery business … 183
1) Beginning of the battery business … 183
2) xEV batteries … 188
3) xEV battery market … 198

12. Battery materials … 205
1) Electrode materials … 207
2) Assembly materials … 214

13. Future battery business … 223
1) Trend of xEV batteries … 223
2) Cost target of xEV batteries … 229
3) A new method … 233

Closing remarks … 239
Index … 242