The negative electrode material is the main body of lithium ion battery to store lithium, so that lithium ions are inserted and extracted during the charging and discharging process.
Although these processes are reversed during cell charge in secondary batteries, the positive electrode in these systems is still commonly, if somewhat inaccurately, referred to as the cathode, and the negative as the anode. Cathode active material in Lithium Ion battery are most likely metal oxides. Some of the common CAM are given below
During normal use of a rechargeable battery, the potential of the positive electrode, in both discharge and recharge, remains greater than the potential of the negative electrode. On the other hand, the role of each electrode is switched during the discharge/charge cycle. During discharge the positive is a cathode, the negative is an anode.
The positive electrode has a higher potential than the negative electrode. So, when the battery discharges, the cathode acts as a positive, and the anode is negative. Is the cathode negative or positive? Similarly, during the charging of the battery, the anode is considered a positive electrode.
It should be noted that the potential applicability of this anode material in commercial lithium-ion batteries requires a careful selection of the cathode material with sufficiently high voltage, e.g. by using 5 V cathodes LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 as positive electrode.
Since lithium is more weakly bonded in the negative than in the positive electrode, lithium ions flow from the negative to the positive electrode, via the electrolyte (most commonly LiPF6 in an organic, carbonate-based solvent20).