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Which is better, lithium batteries or lead-acid batteries?

Mar 02, 2022 Leave a message

    Lithium batteries and lead-acid batteries have their own advantages and disadvantages, we can not say which is good, the key is to see the user's needs and uses, you may make your choice after reading this page of brief summary, relatively speaking, the use of lead-acid batteries are more mature technology, the price is also cheaper, especially the higher safety, while the technology of lithium batteries is still developing and improving.


Firstly, let's compare on their advantages and disadvantages:

1, Advantages of lead-acid batteries: lower price, safer to use. Disadvantages: heavy weight and large size, short service life.

2, Advantages of lithium battery: lighter weight and smaller size, longer service life, easy to remove or carry. Disadvantages: the price is more expensive, relatively less security.


Now, let's talk about their difference in details:

1.Battery prices: Lithium batteries are more expensive than lead-acid batteries. And the lithium iron phosphate batteries more expensive, so the price, lithium batteries are generally twice or more than lead-acid batteries.

2.Battery capacity: Lithium batteries of the same size have more capacity. Because the average voltage of lithium batteries is higher than that of lead-acid batteries, that is, high energy density, so that the same volume of batteries, lithium batteries have more capacity. And the same lithium battery, ternary lithium battery capacity than lithium iron phosphate capacity, and lithium iron phosphate battery capacity than lithium manganese acid battery.

3.Battery weight: The same volume of lithium batteries are lighter than lead-acid batteries. This means that the energy density of lithium batteries is greater, let's say that the energy of one pound of lithium batteries is equivalent to the energy of three to five kilograms of lead-acid batteries, so that the same energy, lead-acid batteries are heavier.

4.Battery safety: Lead-acid batteries are a bit safer. The main component of lead-acid batteries is water, there is no organic electrolyte, there is rarely an explosion or fire event. However, lithium batteries contain organic matter due to a certain sealed space, and if used in an improper way, there is a possibility of explosion and fire phenomenon.

5.Battery life: Lithium batteries are about three times more than lead-acid batteries. The criterion for this judgment is that, under the same quality, the number of cycles of lithium batteries about 1000 times, lead-acid batteries about 300 times, let's say that if you are using a lead-acid battery, after charging 300 times, the battery is basically towards the aging period, so the service life of lithium batteries is longer.


The above is the brief summary of battery. Hope that could help, thanks for reading. BIGLUX wish you a great day!

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