Thermal Runaway Measurement and Evaluation for Lithium-Ion Batteries (used)

Dear colleague,

The rapid and uncontrolled temperature increase in the lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is defined as thermal runaway that can eventually lead to the battery exploding or burning. It occurs when the heat generated within the battery is greater than the amount of heat that can be dissipated to the surrounding environment and is majorly triggered by mechanical, thermal, or electrical abuse of LIBs. The measurement and evaluation of LIBs’ thermal runaway initiated the first step to further understanding the chemical and physical interactions within the battery through the thermal runaway procedure. Moreover, the monitoring of the battery during various battery thermal runaway tests through different types of sensors to determine the significant events may help identify the initiation of thermal runaway, which is expected to provide solutions to prevent LIB thermal runaway from its initial state in daily usage, improving the reliability and durability of LIBs in promising industries such as electrical vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems (ESSs).

In this Special Issue, we are looking for contributions to the following:

• Measure and evaluate the thermal runaway severity in a consistent grading system;
• Understand the chemical and physical mechanisms of LIBs thermal runaway through abuse tests;
• Monitor and identify the critical signals/events in LIBs thermal runaway;
• Develop solutions to prevent thermal runaway of LIBs from beginning.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• LIBs abuse tests leading to thermal runaway;
• Chemical and physical mechanisms of thermal runaway;
• Evaluation and grading system of LIBs thermal runaway;
• Modeling and simulation of LIBs thermal runaway;
• Sensors and monitoring technology development in thermal runaway;
• Solutions to prevent LIBs thermal runaway in experimental environment or real applications;
• Development of novel materials and technologies to prohibit thermal runaway in EVs and ESS.

Dr. Lianshan Lin
Guest Editor

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• LIBs
• thermal runaway
• monitoring
• measurement
• evaluation
• grading system
• modeling and simulation
• thermal runaway prohibition