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Research progress of the electrochemical impedance technique applied to the high-capacity lithium-ion battery

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The world’s energy system is changing dramatically. Li-ion battery, as a powerful and highly effective energy storage technique, is crucial to the new energy revolution for its continuously expanding application in electric vehicles and grids. Over the entire lifetime of these power batteries, it is essential to monitor their state of health not only for the predicted mileage and safety management of the running electric vehicles, but also for an “end-of-life” evaluation for their repurpose. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) has been widely used to diagnose the health state of batteries quickly and nondestructively. In this review, we have outlined the working principles of several electrochemical impedance techniques and further evaluated their application prospects to achieve the goal of nondestructive testing of battery health. EIS can scientifically and reasonably perform real-time monitoring and evaluation of electric vehicle power batteries in the future and play an important role in vehicle safety and battery gradient utilization.

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This work was financially supported by the State Grid Corporation Science and Technology Project of China (No. 520940180017).

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  1. Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Li-fan Wang, Xia-nan Ding, Yong Zheng, Chun Zhan & Xin-dong Wang

  2. China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing, 100192, China

    Meng-meng Geng & Kai Yang

  3. Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company, Shanghai, 200437, China

    Chen Fang, Yu Zhang & Shan-shan Shi

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Wang, Lf., Geng, Mm., Ding, Xn. et al. Research progress of the electrochemical impedance technique applied to the high-capacity lithium-ion battery. Int J Miner Metall Mater 28, 538–552 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2218-6

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