Differential voltage analysis

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Distinguish internal states from noisy measurement estimates.

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Incremental capacity analysis

The inverse of differential voltage analysis: the derivative of charge with respect to voltage, plotted against voltage. Plateaus in the voltage curve become peaks whose height and position track aging, and it can be run on data a BMS already records.

Loss of active material

The degradation mode in which electrode material becomes unable to store lithium: particles crack and lose electronic contact, structures collapse, or transition metals dissolve. It is tracked separately for each electrode.

Loss of lithium inventory

The degradation mode in which cyclable lithium is consumed by side reactions — SEI growth, plating, electrolyte decomposition — and can no longer shuttle between the electrodes. It is the dominant cause of capacity fade in most lithium-ion cells.

Phase transition

A change of crystal structure as lithium content varies, which fixes the potential while two phases coexist. Graphite fills in stages, LFP switches between two phases across almost its whole range, and these transitions make the peaks that aging diagnostics read.

References & further reading

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1. Extended Kalman filtering for battery management systems of LiPB-based HEV battery packs: Part 3. State and parameter estimation

   Gregory L. Plett · Journal of Power Sources · 2004

   Topic background · Model-based battery state-of-charge and parameter estimation with extended Kalman filtering, including uncertainty and model dependence.

2. Extended Kalman filtering for battery management systems of LiPB-based HEV battery packs: Part 2. Modeling and identification

   Gregory L. Plett · Journal of Power Sources · 2004

   Topic background · Battery charge balance, open-circuit voltage, ohmic loss, polarization dynamics and model identification; parameters require cell-specific data.