Now, most of the laptop batteries are Lithium battery, but several
years ago, most of the batteries are Ni-MH battery, why is it so, today we will
introduce the difference between Ni-MH battery and Lithium battery, tell you
why lithium battery will replace Ni-MH battery.
1. Weight
To look at the voltage of each
unit cell, Nickel-metal
hydride batteries and nickel-cadmium
batteries are 1.2V, while the lithium
battery is 3.6V, the voltage of the lithium
battery is three times than that of the other two.
And the same type of battery weight, lithium and nickel-cadmium
batteries is almost equal, but nickel metal hydride batteries weight
is heavier than that two. We can
see, each battery weight is different, but lithium 3.6V high voltage,
In the case of output the same voltage can make
each battery combination number reduce one third, and can make battery weight
and volume decrease after forming.
2. Memory effect
The nickel-metal hydride batteries and nickel-cadmium
batteries all have memory effect. Therefore, the regular discharge management is required.
This periodic discharge management belongs be
processed in a fuzzy state, and even some discharge
was under incorrect knowledge (each discharge or discharge after using a
few times due to the different companiesand are different).
This cumbersome discharge management can not be avoided when using the nickel-metal
hydride battery, but Lithium battery memory
effect is almost negligible, it is very simple during using, you
need not notice how much power the battery has left, it can be charged
directly, the charging time is natural can be shortened.
3. Self-discharge rate
Each batteries will discharge itself when you do not use it and put
it for long time, but their self-discharge rate is different, Nickel-cadmium
batteries is 15~30% per month, Ni-MH battery is 25~35% per month, lithium
batteries is 2~5% per month. Thus, the nickel-metal
hydride battery self-discharge rate is biggest, but the biggest superiority
of lithium battery is its self-discharge rate is very low compare with other
two kinds of batteries.(HP Pavilion dv4 Laptop Battery)
4. Charging method
The nickel-metal hydride batteries and lithium
batteries can not withstand overcharge, so when the Ni-MH battery’s
charging voltage reach highest, stop charging is the best charging
method, and the lithium battery use the constant current, constant voltage
charging method is best.