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and power output
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Analyze Your Way to a Better Battery
Explore new poster notes to help determine if there is a correlation between capacity loss and specific compounds or class of compounds by identifying aged electrolyte degradation products using IC and IC-HRAM MS/MS.
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American Laboratory featured article: Ion-Exchange Selectivity and HRAMS Elucidate Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation Pathways
Review the details of a study that identifies various classes of non-targeted and unknown anionic degradation products obtained from surface deposits of lithium ion batteries using ion chromatography (IC) and IC coupled with high resolution accurate mass spectrometry (HRAMS).
Characterization of Battery Materials: Test cases for the energy storage of tomorrow
Learn about the basics of characterizing battery materials and the special equipment required to run these tests, including the basics of testing battery materials and exemplary case studies.
Lithium-Ion Battery Failure Analysis
Understanding battery failures requires analysis of the three main battery components (cathode, anode and electrolyte), individually and how they interact together as a system.
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Trace Degradation Analysis of Lithium-Ion Battery Components
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are key components for portable electronics, medical devices, industrial equipment and automobiles. They are light weight, provide high energy density and recharge without memory effects. The first step in understanding fundamental processes and degradation mechanism in LIBs is understanding how they operate.
Analysis of Phosphate and Manganese Degradation Products in Aged Lithium-Ion Batteries by IC and HRMS
Learn how the identification of non-targeted and unknown anionic electrolyte degradation products by IC and IC-HRAM MS can provide insight into mechanistic pathways that can lead to improved battery safety and performance.
From Surface to Cell: Understanding the Lithium-ion Battery
Learn how the lithium-ion battery is defined; the major research pieces in question; influential battery components; and about lithium-ion battery problems.
Speciation Analysis of Manganese Dissolution Product in Li-ion Batteries
Learn about the analysis of cycled anode material and the separation of different degradation products, including the identification of manganese dissolution products deposited on the anode surface of an aged manganese-based lithium-ion battery.
Manufacturing and Processing Resource Library
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