Introduction
There are many ways to make a Li-ion power bank. We will here use 3.7v Li-ion rechargeable battery and few other modules. You can purchase the battery from ebay or Aliexpress or extract from your old laptop battery. This power bank can be used for charging smartphones.
What all you need ?
Following are the components/module required to make your own Li-ion power bank. In the below project I have used only one battery of capacity 2600 mAH. You can add more battery in parallel to increase the capacity of your Li-ion power bank.
- Li-ion 3.7 volt battery of type 18650 and 2600mAh
- 5V Mini MICRO USB 1A TP4056 Lithium Battery Charging Charger Module
- DC-DC Boost Converter Step Up Module 1-5V to 5V
- A case of your choice
- USB connectors
Assembly
- Connect Li-ion battery positive and negative to charger module B+ and B- respectively. The charging module has mini usb connector which can be used as input 5 v charging voltage. You can also connect In+ and In- to Solar panel (optional)
- Connect DC-DC boost converter to Battery via a switch. IN+ and IN- of boost converter should be connected to battery.
- Connect Ground and 5v to USB connector as output.
The battery charger module, is designed around a dedicated lithium-ion battery charger TP4056 chip. The onboard charge controller chip handles BATT.1 charging operation by processing the 5V DC input supply received through the USB socket (or through IN+ and IN- terminals). Output terminals (BAT+ and BAT-) can be directly connected to BATT.1. Two onboard SMD LEDs located on top of the circuit board provide charging-status indications.
BATT is used as the power reservoir. Since only 3.7V DC supply is available from BATT, DC-DC boost converter is used to cater to the stable 5V DC supply at output. If input voltage of 0.9V to 5V DC is available, this converter gives stable 5V DC output through its USB socket. When the battery is fully charged, a blue-coloured LED will turn on. You may remove the charger connected at USB-IN.
