Semi-Solid State Battery Degradation Mechanisms Explained
I have spent the last four years pulling semi-solid cells apart after they failed. Not the dramatic failures
thermal runaway, venting, fire but the quiet o…
Sodium-Ion Battery Reliability for Backup Power (3)
Over the last six years I have signed off commissioning records for more than 400 sodium-ion battery cabinets installed as backup power in telecom shelters…
Lithium Battery Reliability for Solar Kits: Moisture
I have spent nine years designing and troubleshooting lithium battery packs for off-grid solar kits, and if you asked me to rank the failure modes I have s…
Sodium-Ion Battery Reliability for Backup Power: Standby
Every backup power project I have scoped in the last two years eventually arrives at the same uncomfortable question from the client: “If this cabinet jus…
Home Energy Storage Reliability for Cabins: Off-Grid Uptime
After eleven winters of specifying battery systems for remote properties — from one-room hunting shelters in the Rockies to two-bedroom off-grid cabins in…
Semi-Solid State Battery Reliability for Aerospace (3)
In fifteen years of designing lithium batteries for demanding platforms, I have learned that nothing exposes a cell chemistry faster than space. A ground…
Battery Solution Reliability for Sensors: Remote Node
I have spent more than a decade specifying and validating rechargeable power systems for remote monitoring hardware, and if there is one lesson the field…
Sodium-Ion Battery Reliability for Backup Power (2)
Over the past eleven years I have specified, tested, and commissioned backup power systems on three continents, and the failure reports I keep on my shelf…
Home Energy Storage Reliability for Cabins: Cold-Climate
I have spent the better part of twelve years specifying cells for products that live indoors, and the last six of those years watching what happens when th…
Lithium Battery Reliability for Solar Kits: Field Failure
I am Karl Huang, Senior Lithium Battery Engineer at Horizon Power. In the last nine years I have signed off roughly 320 lithium battery packs that ended up…