Potentiostat

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Battery cycler

The instrument that charges and discharges cells to a programmed schedule while logging voltage, current and temperature, with one independent channel per cell. Laboratory cyclers resolve microvolts; production formation cyclers handle thousands of cells at once.

Cyclic voltammetry

Sweeping an electrode’s potential up and down at a fixed rate and recording the current, so each reaction shows as a peak at its potential. It is a materials-screening tool; in battery work the abbreviation CV more often means constant voltage.

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

Measuring a cell’s impedance across a range of frequencies, from kilohertz to millihertz, with a small alternating signal. The spectrum separates ohmic, interface and diffusion processes by their time scale and is read on a Nyquist plot.

Reference electrode

An electrode of stable, known potential against which another is measured. In lithium-ion work it is a piece of lithium metal, which defines the Li/Li⁺ scale; outside it the standard hydrogen electrode is the primary reference.

Three-electrode cell

A full cell with an added reference electrode, so the potential of each working electrode can be tracked separately during cycling. It reveals, for instance, when the graphite potential drops below 0 V and plating begins.

References & further reading

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1. Battery Test Manual For Electric Vehicles, Revision 3

   Jon P. Christopherson · Idaho National Laboratory · 2015

   Topic background · Performance characterization, pulse resistance/power, life testing and reference performance tests; historical 2015 edition.