Multi-directional synergistic effects of air-cooling and liquid-cooling on the thermal runaway propagation of lithium-ion batteries

Lele Li; Peizhao Lyu; Xianjie Han; Menghan Li; Zhonghao Rao

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.128629

journal article Dec 01, 2025

Multi-directional synergistic effects of air-cooling and liquid-cooling on the thermal runaway propagation of lithium-ion batteries

Lele Li

Peizhao Lyu

Xianjie Han Menghan Li

Zhonghao Rao

Applied Thermal Engineering Vol. 281 pp. 128629 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Dec 01, 2025
Vol/Issue: 281
Pages: 128629
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Authors

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Lele Li

Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Fuzhou 350018 ,; College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University , Fuzhou 350002 ,; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops; Key Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding of Hybrid Rice for South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Affairs ,; Incubator of National Key Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding between Fujian and Ministry of Sciences and Technology; Fuzhou Branch, National Rice Improvement Center of China; Fujian Engineering Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding; Fujian Key Laboratory of Rice Molecular Breeding , Fuzhou 350003 ,

Qingdao Agricultural University

M

Menghan Li

College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Z

Zhonghao Rao

Funding

Hebei Provincial Department of Science and Technology Award: E2024202293

Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province Award: E2024202056

Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin Municipality Award: 23JCZDJC00490

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Lele Li, Peizhao Lyu, Xianjie Han, et al. (2025). Multi-directional synergistic effects of air-cooling and liquid-cooling on the thermal runaway propagation of lithium-ion batteries. Applied Thermal Engineering, 281, 128629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.128629

Multi-directional synergistic effects of air-cooling and liquid-cooling on the thermal runaway propagation of lithium-ion batteries

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