Cell Stack Pressure and Fixture Design for Semi-Solid Pouch Cells
Every engineer who moves from conventional liquid cells to semi-solid state pouch cells hits the same wall: the first test batch looks terrible, the secon…
Semi-Solid State Battery Post-Mortem Failure Analysis
When a semi-solid state battery comes back from the field, the most expensive mistake is calling it dead, scrapping it, and moving on. Every returned cell…
Sodium-Ion Battery Low Temperature Discharge Behavior
Every winter I get the same call from integrators in Harbin, Kazakhstan, and the Canadian prairies: their lithium iron phosphate packs lose so much usable…
Semi-Solid State Battery Cold Start Performance
I have lost count of the number of cold-chamber mornings I have spent watching a battery pack that worked perfectly at 25°C collapse into a few hundred…
Lithium Battery Testing for Power Tools: Drop and Ingress
I have run a 21700 cordless-tool pack through the same gauntlet for seven years now, and every facility I visit still finds the same surprise: the cell che…
Semi-Solid State Battery Testing for EV Packs: Formation
In my twelve years running pack validation lines, no technology has forced me to rewrite my test plans as aggressively as semi-solid-state chemistry. When…
Battery Solution Testing for Robotics: End-of-Line
Every robotics programme I have supported eventually arrives at the same uncomfortable moment: the fleet is deployed, the robots are moving, and somebody a…
Sodium-Ion Battery Testing for Microgrids: Grid-Forming
Over the last four years I have commissioned and validated more than thirty microgrid energy storage systems, and roughly half of the newer builds now use…
Semi-Solid State Battery Testing for EV Packs: Abuse and
Over the past eleven years I have signed off on battery validation programs for everything from racing drones to forklift packs, and the questions I get mo…
Battery Solution Testing for Robotics: HIL Duty-Cycle
What a “Robotics-Grade” Battery Solution Actually Has to Survive
Most cell datasheets are written for either handheld electronics or electric vehicles, so…