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Analytical Methods for Investigation of Lithium-Ion Battery Ageing

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Automotive Battery Technology

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One of the major issues battery research must address is the lifetime of a cell. This can be reduced by physical and chemical ageing processes that occur inside the cell and are influenced by both the operating strategy and the surrounding conditions (e.g. temperature). To understand battery ageing, it is necessary to analyze the materials used in a cell at the microscopic level and correlate the results with electrical measurement data. This chapter describes a strategy for performing an ageing experiment by using a combination of analytical methods.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Industry (MWEIHM) of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research (MIWF) of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Sascha Weber furthermore acknowledges the financial support of the “COMET K2 - Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies Program” of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (BMWFJ), the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the Province of Styria, and the Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG).

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    Sascha Weber, Sascha Nowak & Falko Schappacher

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Weber, S., Nowak, S., Schappacher, F. (2014). Analytical Methods for Investigation of Lithium-Ion Battery Ageing. In: Thaler, A., Watzenig, D. (eds) Automotive Battery Technology. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02523-0_5

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