Understanding the importance of low conductivity
Capacity alone is of limited use if the pack cannot deliver the stored energy effectively; a battery also needs low internal resistance. Measured in milliohms (mΩ), resistance is the gatekeeper…
Become familiar with battery fade and how the ready light can deceive the user.
Folks have been using rechargeable batteries for over 100 years but this marvelous power source is still poorly understood. The battery is a silent worker that…
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Discover what a battery needs to get going and maintain a long life.
In many ways, a battery behaves like a human being. It senses the kindness given and delivers on the care given. It is as if the battery has feelings and returns on the…
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Know how to maintain a battery fleet and eliminate the risk of unexpected downtime.
A battery performs well when new but the capacity soon begins to fade with use and time. To assure reliable service during the life span of the battery, design…
Explore the limitations when operating a battery at adverse temperatures and learn how to minimize the effects.
Like humans, batteries function best at room temperature. Warming a dying battery in a mobile phone or flashlight in our jeans…
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Learn about the difference of energy and power requirements in a battery.
The early Li-ion battery was considered fragile and unsuitable for high loads. This has changed, and today lithium-based systems stand shoulder to shoulder with the…
Learn how certain discharge loads will shorten battery life.
The purpose of a battery is to store energy and release it at a desired time. This section examines discharging under different C-rates and evaluates the depth of discharge to…
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Learn how to extend battery life by moderating ambient temperatures.
Batteries operate over a wide temperature range, but this does not give permission to also charge them at these conditions. The charging process is more delicate than discharging…
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Connect charging behavior to fundamentals in Battery Health
Battery users often ask: “Why does an old Li-ion lake so long to charge?” Indeed, when Li-ion gets older, the battery takes its time to charge even if there is little to fill.…
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Discover familiar battery formats, some of which going back to the late 1800s.
Early batteries of the 1700s and 1800s developed in Europe were mostly encased in glass jars. As batteries grew in size, jars shifted to sealed wooden containers…
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Most future batteries function wonderfully in a theoretical world, but many fail to meet the eight basic requirement of the so-called Octagon Battery. Short cycle life and limited load currents often prevent commercialization of the breakthroughs.…
Learn how to extend battery life by moderating ambient temperatures.
Batteries operate over a wide temperature range, but this does not give permission to also charge them at these conditions. The charging process is more delicate than discharging…
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