Mabatire a lithiamu nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito lithiamu kapena mankhwala ake ngati ma elekitirodi a mkuntho. Pankhani ya ma electrolyte, mabatire a lithiamu nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito ma electrolyte opanda madzi, ndiye kuti, ma electrolyte olimba. Pakadali pano, ma electrolyte a batri a lithiamu pamsika amakhala makamaka ma graphite.
Poyerekeza ndi mabatire a lead-acid, mabatire a lithiamu amawonetsa kupambana kwakukulu pakuchita. Choyamba, kuchuluka kwa mphamvu zamabatire a lithiamu ndikokwera kwambiri. Mabatire a lithiamu apamwamba kwambiri amatha kufika nthawi 6-7 kuchuluka kwa mphamvu zamabatire a lead-acid, zomwe zimapangitsa mabatire a lithiamu kukhala osunthika komanso olimba kuposa mabatire a lead-acid.
Kachiwiri, chifukwa cha kukhazikika kwa mapangidwe a batri ya lithiamu, sichitha kuwonongeka kwa ziwalo ndi zigawo zake, ndipo kugwiritsira ntchito ion mkati mwa batri kumakhala pang'onopang'ono, zomwe zimapangitsa moyo wautumiki wa batri ya lithiamu kukhala wautali kuposa batire la lead-acid. Chochititsa chidwi, moyo wamakono wa mabatire a lithiamu pamsika ukhoza kufika zaka 5-6.
Kuphatikiza apo, mabatire a lithiamu amakhala ndi zofunikira zochepa pa malo omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito. Chifukwa chokhazikika, mabatire a lithiamu amatha kukhala ndi magwiridwe antchito pang'ono m'malo otentha komanso otsika. Kuchita kwawo sikumangokhala ndi kusintha pang'ono kwa kutentha monga mabatire a asidi a lead.
Pomaliza, mabatire a lithiamu ndi okonda zachilengedwe kuposa mabatire ena ndipo sakhala ndi zinthu zovulaza monga lead, nickel, ndi cadmium. Kusintha kwa mabatire ena kumathandizira kuteteza chilengedwe.
