Constant current charging is when the charger supplies a set amount of current to the battery, regardless of the voltage. This stage is used to overcome any internal resistance in the battery so that it can be charged as quickly as possible. After the initial constant current stage, the charger then switches to a constant voltage mode.
By Irena Zhuravchak and Volodymyr Ilchuk | Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Charging a battery using the constant-current/constant-voltage (CC/CV) method involves using the constant current in the initial state of charging and then switching to constant voltage in the later stages of charging, when the battery reaches the set charge level.
Pre-charging is when the battery is initially plugged in and is drawing a very small amount of current in order to get the chemical reaction started within the battery. Constant current charging is when the majority of the charge is applied to the battery.
There is clearly some current flowing into the battery while in the constant voltage (CV) charging stage, meaning electrons must be flowing. Wouldn't that mean the amount of free electrons trapped in the graphite layer would increase and thus the voltage would (slightly) have to increase?
So as charging continues at a constant voltage, the charging current decreases due to the decreasing potential difference between the charger-output voltage and the battery terminal voltage as the battery charges. Expressed differently, the charging current is highest at the beginning of the charge cycle and lowest at the end of the charge cycle.
Importantly, the DC power source ensures that it does not exceed the maximum battery voltage limit during this adjustment. The relationship between the charging voltage and the battery charging current limit can be expressed by the formula: Charging voltage = OCV + (R I x Battery charging current limit) Here, R I is considered as 0.2 Ohm.
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