Amabhethri e-Lithium-i-ion awuhlobo lwebhethri elisebenzisa insimbi ye-lithium noma i-lithium alloy njengento ephozithivu/negative electrode kanye{1}}nesixazululo esingesona i-aqueous electrolyte. Ibhethri lensimbi lokuqala le-lithium lahlongozwa futhi lacwaningwa ngu-Gilbert N. Lewis ngo-1912. Ngeminyaka yo-1970, u-MS Whittingham wenza isiphakamiso futhi waqala ukucwaninga amabhethri e-lithium{8}}i-ion. Ngenxa yezakhiwo zamakhemikhali ezisebenza kakhulu ze-lithium metal, ukucubungula, ukugcinwa, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwayo kudinga izilawuli eziqinile zemvelo. Ngokuthuthuka kwesayensi nobuchwepheshe, amabhethri e-lithium abe yinsakavukela.
Amabhethri e-lithium-i-ion angahlukaniswa ngobubanzi abe yizigaba ezimbili: amabhethri ensimbi ye-lithium kanye namabhethri e-lithium{1}}e-ion. Amabhethri e-Lithium-ion awaqukethe i-lithium yensimbi futhi ayashajwa. Isizukulwane sesihlanu samabhethri aphinde ashajwe, ibhethri yensimbi ye-lithium, yathuthukiswa ngo-1996, futhi ukuphepha kwayo, umthamo othize,{6}}izinga lokuzikhipha, kanye{7}}nezinga lokusebenza{7}}lamanani aphezulu kunamabhethri e-lithium{8}}e-ion. Ngenxa yezidingo zayo eziphakeme zobuchwepheshe, izinkampani kuphela emazweni ambalwa ezikhiqiza lolu hlobo lwebhethri yensimbi ye-lithium.
