In 1970, Exxon's M.S. Whittingham made the first lithium battery using titanium sulfide as cathode material and lithium metal as cathode material. The cathode material of lithium battery is manganese dioxide or thiony l chloride, and the cathode is lithium. When the battery is assembled, the battery will have voltage and need not be charged. Lithium-ion batteries (Li-ion Batteries) are the development of lithium batteries. For example, button batteries used in previous cameras were lithium batteries. This kind of battery can also be charged, but its cycle performance is not good. It is easy to form lithium crystals during charging and discharging cycle, resulting in short circuit inside the battery, so this kind of battery is generally prohibited from charging.

In 1982, university of Illinois institute of technology (the Illinois Institute of Technology) R.R.A garwal and J.R.S elman found embedded lithium ion has the properties of the graphite, the process is quick, and reversible. At the same time, made of metallic lithium batteries, much attention has been paid to its safety problems, so people try to take advantage of the characteristics of lithium ion embedded graphite production of rechargeable batteries. The first available lithium-ion graphite electrode successfully trial-produced by bell LABS.

1983 m. hackeray, J.G galaxite  oodenough and others found to be excellent cathode material, with a low price, stable and good conductive lithium, guide performance. Its decomposition temperature is high, and oxidation is far lower than the cobalt acid lithium, even if a short circuit, over charge, also can avoid the risk of combustion and explosion.

In 1989, arjun anthiram and J.G oodenough anionic polymerization is found that the positive will generate higher voltage.

SONY of Japan in 1992 invented the carbon materials as anode, with lithium compounds as the anode of lithium battery, in the process of charging and discharging, no metal lithium exists, only lithium ion, that is the lithium ion battery. Subsequently, lithium ion batteries have revolutionized the face of consumer electronics products. Such as cobalt acid lithium as the anode material of battery, is still the main power supply of portable electronic devices.

Padhi and Good enough found 1996 has olivine structure of phosphate, such as lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), more security than traditional anode materials, especially high temperature resistance, resistance to overcharge performance than traditional lithium-ion battery materials. Therefore has become the current mainstream of large current discharge Power lithium battery The anode material.

Throughout the history of the development of battery, we can see that the three characteristics on the development of battery industry in the world, and one is the rapid development of green environmental protection battery, including lithium ion batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, etc.; Two is a battery to battery, it conforms to the sustainable development strategy;3 it is battery further development in the direction of small, light and thin. In the commercialization of rechargeable batteries, lithium ion battery has the highest specific energy, especially Polymer lithium ion batteries, you can thin type of rechargeable battery. Because of the volume of lithium ion battery is high specific energy and mass, rechargeable and pollution-free, possess three characteristics of current battery industry development, so have faster growth in the developed countries. Telecom, the development of information market, especially the use of mobile phones and laptops, brought market opportunity to lithium ion batteries. And the polymer lithium ion battery in the lithium ion battery with its unique advantages in security, will gradually replace liquid electrolyte of lithium ion battery, and become the mainstream of the lithium ion battery. Polymer lithium ion battery has been hailed as a "battery" in the 21st century, will set up a new era of battery, the development prospect is very optimistic.

In March 2015, Japan's sharp and Kyoto university professor Tian Zhonggong together successfully developed the service life of up to 70 years of lithium ion batteries. The manufacture of lithium ion battery longevity, the volume of 8 cubic centimeter, cycle count up to 25000 times. And sharp says the longevity of lithium ion battery charge and discharge after 10000 times actually, its performance is still stable.

Lithium is in 1817 by the Swedish chemist, student in the Betsy al fett, when he found that in uz named Betsy lithium. Bunsen and march to 1855 years, with the method of electrolysis of molten lithium chloride was elemental, metallic lithium and the industrialization of lithium was presented in 1893 by the root of insect. Still using electrolytic Li Cl preparing lithium, this method consumes huge amounts of electricity, every tons of refined lithium electricity as much as six or seventy thousand degrees.

Lithium in more than 100 years after his birth, it is mainly as gout drug resistance in the service of the medical profession. U.S. aerospace aviation administration (NASA) first realize that lithium batteries can be used as a highly efficient battery. This is because the battery voltage is closely related and the cathode metal lively. As a very lively alkali, lithium battery can provide higher voltage. Such as lithium battery can provide 3 V voltage, and lead battery only 2.1 V, and carbon zinc battery is 1.5 V. According to the P = UI, the same electrical flow, lithium battery to higher power output.

As 3 elements, the nature of lithium by two kinds of stable isotope 6 li and 7 of li, so relative atomic mass of lithium was only 6.9.This means that in the quality at the same time, lively than other metallic lithium metal can provide more electrons. In addition, the lithium have another advantage. Lithium ion radius is small, therefore easier to than other big lithium ions in the electrolyte, the charge and discharge can realize effective, fast, positive and negative electrode of migration, so that the electrochemical reaction.

Metallic lithium although there are a lot of advantages, but many other need to overcome the difficulty of producing lithium-ion batteries. First of all, lithium is very lively alkali metal elements, and water and oxygen reaction, it can react with nitrogen and room temperature. This leads to storage, use or processing of metallic lithium is much more complicated than other metals, demand is very high to the environment. So, the lithium battery has not been applied for a long time. With the research of scientists, one after another, the technical obstacles of lithium batteries, lithium batteries are also on the stage, and then entered the practical stage of large-scale lithium-ion batteries.

In 1982, university of Illinois institute of technology (the Illinois Institute of Technology) R.R.A garwal and J.R.S elman found embedded lithium ion has the properties of the graphite, the process is quick, and reversible. At the same time, made of metallic lithium batteries, much attention has been paid to its safety problems, so people try to take advantage of the characteristics of lithium ion embedded graphite production of rechargeable batteries. The first available lithium-ion graphite electrode successfully trial-produced by bell LABS.

1983 m. hackeray, J.G galaxite good enough and others found to be excellent cathode material, with a low price, stable and good conductive lithium, guide performance. Its decomposition temperature is high, and oxidation is far lower than the cobalt acid lithium, even if a short circuit, over charge, also can avoid the risk of combustion and explosion.

In 1989, arjun anthiram and J. Good enough anionic polymerization is found that the positive will generate higher voltage.

SONY of Japan in 1992 invented the carbon materials as anode, with lithium compounds as the anode of lithium battery, in the process of charging and discharging, no metal lithium exists, only lithium ion, that is the lithium ion battery. Subsequently, lithium ion batteries have revolutionized the face of consumer electronics products. Such as cobalt acid lithium as the anode material of battery, is still the main power supply of portable electronic devices.

Padhi and Good enough found 1996 has olivine structure of phosphate, such as lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), more security than traditional anode materials, especially high temperature resistance, resistance to overcharge performance than traditional lithium-ion battery materials. Therefore has become the current mainstream of large current discharge power lithium battery cathode material.

Throughout the history of the development of battery, we can see that the three characteristics on the development of battery industry in the world, and one is the rapid development of green environmental protection battery, including lithium ion batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, etc.; Two is a battery to battery, it conforms to the sustainable development strategy;3 it is battery further development in the direction of small, light and thin. In the commercialization of rechargeable batteries, lithium ion battery has the highest specific energy, especially polymer lithium ion battery, can thin type of rechargeable battery. Because of the volume of lithium ion battery is high specific energy and mass, rechargeable and pollution-free, possess three characteristics of current battery industry development, so have faster growth in the developed countries. Telecom, the development of information market, especially the use of mobile phones and laptops, brought market opportunity to lithium ion batteries. And the polymer lithium ion battery in the lithium ion battery with its unique advantages in security, will gradually replace liquid electrolyte of lithium ion battery, and become the mainstream of the lithium ion battery. Polymer lithium ion battery has been hailed as a "battery" in the 21st century, will set up a new era of battery, the development prospect is very optimistic.

In March 2015, Japan's sharp and Kyoto university professor Tian Zhonggong together successfully developed the service life of up to 70 years of lithium ion batteries. The manufacture of lithium ion battery longevity, the volume of 8 cubic centimeter, cycle count up to 25000 times. And sharp says the longevity of lithium ion battery charge and discharge after 10000 times actually, its performance is still stable.