characteristics | Pb-Acid | Li-ion | Ni-Cd | Ni-Mh | Nsa | VRFB |
Specific energy [Wh/Kg] | 25 - 50 | 80 - 250 | 30 - 80 | 40 - 110 | 150 - 240 | 10 - 130 |
Specific Power [W/Kg] | 150 - 400 | 200 - 2000 | 80 - 300 | 200 - 300 | 90 - 230 | 50 - 150 |
Energy Density [KWh/m3] | 25 - 90 | 95 - 500 | 15 - 150 | 40 - 300 | 150 - 350 | 10 - 33 |
Power Density [KW/m3] | 10 - 400 | 50 - 800 | 40 - 140 | 10 - 600 | 1.2 - 50 | 2.5 - 33 |
Energy cost [?kWh] | 40 - 170 | 500 - 2100 | 680 - 1300 | 170 - 640 | 250 - 420 | 130 - 850 |
Power cost [?kW] | 250 - 500 | 1000 - 3400 | 420 - 1300 | 200 - 470 | 850 - 2500 | 500 - 1300 |
Lifetime [years] | 2 - 15 | 5 - 15 | 10 - 20 | 2 - 15 | 10 - 15 | 5 - 15 |
Lifetime cycles [cycles] | 250 - 2000 | 100 - 10000 | 1000 - 5000 | 300 - 1800 | 2500 - 40,000 | 10,000 - 16,000 |
Cell voltage[V] | 2.21 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.35 | 2.71 | 1.4 |
Efficiency [%] | 63 - 90 | 75 - 97 | 60 - 90 | 50 - 80 | 75 - 90 | 75 - 90 |