Improving Performance and Quality of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Multifaceted Solutions for Improving Performance and Quality of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Companies and universities around the world are making all-out efforts in research and development to improve the performance of batteries, reduce costs, and ensure safety. Meeting these challenges will require an array of analytical and testing instrumentation for analyzing everything from raw materials to individual components of each battery, such as the positive and negative electrodes, separator, electrolyte, and cells/modules.

Shimadzu provides a comprehensive portfolio of analytical and measuring equipment for research and development to material property evaluation, product quality control, and degradation analysis. These technologies will allow researchers and manufacturers around the world to address issues related to lithium-ion batteries and improve performance and quality.

  • Chromatography Solutions for Improving Performance and Quality of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Chromatography

    Shimadzu HPLC, Ion Chromatography, and GC/GC-MS platforms can be utilized for various component analyses, including:

     
    • • Component analysis of electrolytes and solvents
    • • Evaluation of electrolyte stability
    • • Measurement of decomposition products and evolved gasses
    • • Identification of unknown substances

     

    HPLC IC GC GC/MS

     

  • Spectroscopy Solutions for analyzing Quality of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Spectroscopy and Elemental Analysis

    FTIR, Raman Microscopy, XRF, XPS and ICP are essential techniques for compositional analysis of raw materials and to study changes caused by battery cycling.

    • • Screening raw materials for purity and contaminants that affect battery performance
    • • Identification of molecules and functional groups
    • • Visualizing compositional changes with chemical mapping
    • • Surface and interfacial characterizations of chemical species

     

    Spectroscopy XRF/ICP XPS
  • non-destructive inspection Solutions for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Non-Destructive Inspection

    X-Ray Computed Tomography is a powerful tool for inspecting the internal structure of battery cells. Applications include:

    • • Identifying defects or changes in structure due to cycling
    • • Inspecting internal components and electrical connections
    • • Measurement of layer thickness

     

    Non-Destructive Testing
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    Materials Testing

    Shimadzu’s extensive range of mechanical testing instruments, including universal test machines, micro compression testers, and particle size analyzers can be used for a multitude of applications:

    • • Compression strength of electrode active materials and solid electrolytes
    • • Tensile testing and puncture testing of separators and metal foils
    • • Weld strength testing of terminals and housings
    • • Adhesion strength of binders and coatings
    • • Particle size and shape measurement

     

    Materials Testing

 

In addition to the instruments and analyses listed here, Shimadzu offers thermal analyzers, an electron probe microanalyzer, and scanning probe microscope for evaluating decomposition characteristics, thermal stability, precise surface chemical composition, and surface shape observations. Shimadzu's subsidiary Kratos Analytical offers advanced XPS instrumentation to evaluate surface chemistry

Altogether, this comprehensive suite of instrumentation, combined with easy-to-use software, allows researchers to advance the development, quality control, and production of lithium-ion batteries for a more sustainable society.

 

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