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    "label": "Compression pad",
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      "name": "Compression pad",
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        "foam pad",
        "swelling pad"
      ],
      "section": "topic-pack",
      "definition": "A foam sheet between pouch or prismatic cells that keeps a defined pressure on them as they breathe on charge and swell with age. It also provides some thermal separation between neighbours.",
      "related": [
        "swelling",
        "stack-pressure",
        "thermal-barrier",
        "pouch-cell"
      ],
      "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/compression-pad/",
      "mentions": []
    }
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      "type": "Topic",
      "label": "Modules, packs and battery management",
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        "lede": "From a single cell to a working battery system, and the electronics that keep it safe.",
        "context": "Make series/parallel architecture explicit.",
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      "label": "Swelling",
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        "name": "Swelling",
        "section": "topic-aging",
        "definition": "Growth in a cell’s thickness, reversibly as the electrodes expand on charge and irreversibly as gas and SEI accumulate. Packs allow for it with compression pads, and a sudden swell in service is a warning sign.",
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        "name": "Stack pressure",
        "section": "topic-manufacturing",
        "definition": "Pressure applied to a cell stack, in production or in use, to keep its layers in contact. Solid-state cells depend on it, because ions can only cross where two solids touch.",
        "unit": "MPa",
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          "swelling"
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        "mentions": [
          "cell-stack"
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      "label": "Thermal barrier",
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        "name": "Thermal barrier",
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          "fire-resistant pad",
          "mica sheet"
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        "section": "topic-safety",
        "definition": "An insulating sheet — aerogel, mica, ceramic fibre or intumescent material — placed between cells or modules to slow heat transfer during a thermal event and buy time for occupants to leave.",
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      "id": "term:pouch-cell",
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      "label": "Pouch cell",
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        "id": "pouch-cell",
        "name": "Pouch cell",
        "aka": [
          "lithium polymer cell",
          "LiPo"
        ],
        "section": "topic-chemistries",
        "definition": "A cell sealed in a flexible bag of aluminium laminated with plastic, holding stacked electrode sheets in larger cells or a flattened wound roll in many small ones. It is light and easy to cool, but needs outside support and can visibly swell if gas forms inside.",
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        "example": {
          "title": "Include mechanical support",
          "text": "A pouch encloses layered electrodes. Support provided by the module is part of the complete design, separate from the active layers."
        },
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/pouch-cell/",
        "mentions": [
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