You are talking about two very different things here.
Lithium ion batteries (i.e. lithium-cobalt, lithium-manganese) power laptops, phones and cars. Their energy density is very high; their power density, not so much. They are typically limited to .5 to 1C charge rates and 1-2C discharge rates. They have issues with thermal runaway, dendrite formation and overcharge. We have a LOT of experience with them and know that a 500 cycle life is about what we can expect, depending on state of charge during storage, temperature, charge rate etc.
Lithium iron phosphate batteries power things like power tools and electric bikes - things that don't need the energy density but need to deliver lots of power quickly. We have less experience with them. They are lower in energy density but have a much longer life (a few thousand cycles in most cases.) These are the most likely candidates for home-scale BESS (despite Tesla's early forays into this area.)
It would be a mistake to conflate them and think that experience with one translates into assurances that the other will function to a given level, IMO.
Lithium ion batteries (i.e. lithium-cobalt, lithium-manganese) power laptops, phones and cars. Their energy density is very high; their power density, not so much. They are typically limited to .5 to 1C charge rates and 1-2C discharge rates. They have issues with thermal runaway, dendrite formation and overcharge. We have a LOT of experience with them and know that a 500 cycle life is about what we can expect, depending on state of charge during storage, temperature, charge rate etc.
Lithium iron phosphate batteries power things like power tools and electric bikes - things that don't need the energy density but need to deliver lots of power quickly. We have less experience with them. They are lower in energy density but have a much longer life (a few thousand cycles in most cases.) These are the most likely candidates for home-scale BESS (despite Tesla's early forays into this area.)
It would be a mistake to conflate them and think that experience with one translates into assurances that the other will function to a given level, IMO.
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