Battery Management in Electric Vehicles: Current Status and Future Trends: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Li-ion batteries (LiBs) are an essential component of zero-carbon energy transition around the world and for reaching the COP26’s goal of securing global net-zero emissions by the middle of the century. However, their rapid growth is accompanied by significant drawbacks. It is expected that their continual demand for use in electric vehicles (EVs) will lead to global environmental and supply chain concerns, as the critical materials used in LiBs (e.g., cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite, manganese) are finite and mined in only a few regions around the world. This means we will eventually have to deal with significant battery waste. However, with appropriate and improved battery management in EVs, we can enhance the performance of these batteries, prolong their life in Evs, enable their use in secondary applications, and promote the recycling and re-use of EV batteries to mitigate global environmental and supply chain concerns. This Special Issue of Batteries aims to explore recent advances and future trends in battery management in Evs that will enable us to reach global net-zero emissions by the middle of the century.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Innovative battery management system (BMS);
• Artificial intelligence in battery management;
• Enhanced algorithms for battery control and monitoring of the state of charge (SOC), state of health (SOH), state of power (SOP), etc;
• Battery diagnostic and prognostic functions;
• Thermal management for batteries;
• Novel sensing methods to enhance battery safety and BMS’s operation;
• Battery aging in EVs and its impact on secondary applications;
• Non-destructive testing and diagnostics for thermal runaway and battery management;
• New materials, advanced manufacturing methods, and novel cell and pack design for promoting the recycling and re-use of batteries;
• Digital twins of batteries for performance optimization;
• Multi-objective optimization strategies for batteries.

Dr. Prodip K. Das
Guest Editor

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