Provided is a storage for used battery units capable of economically storing a plurality of used battery units of various manufacturers while suppressing the deterioration of the used battery units during storage. The storage for used battery units includes: a selection unit that selects a discharge target battery unit and a charge target battery unit from among the plurality of used battery units on the basis of the current values and the voltage values of the plurality of used battery units in storage and the predetermined SOC range of each of the plurality of used battery units; and a charge/discharge control unit which causes a discharge target battery unit to be discharged and charges the discharged power into a charge target battery unit such that the SOCs of the discharge target battery unit and the charge target battery unit reach a predetermined SOC range.

A battery management system comprising a positive electrode material exhibiting a phase transition behavior in a predetermined capacity range and a negative electrode material having plateau characteristics over the predetermined capacity range. The battery management system includes a sensing unit to output sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery, and a control unit. The control unit determines a voltage curve indicating a correspondence relationship between a capacity of the battery and the voltage of the battery based on the sensing information collected during constant current charging or constant current discharging of the battery. The control unit determines a differential voltage curve based on the voltage curve. The control unit detects a peak of interest in a predetermined capacity range appearing in the differential voltage curve. The control unit determines a first capacity loss ratio of the battery based on a differential voltage of the peak of interest.

A battery management system comprising a positive electrode material exhibiting a phase transition behavior in a predetermined capacity range and a negative electrode material having plateau characteristics over the predetermined capacity range. The battery management system includes a sensing unit to output sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery, and a control unit. The control unit determines a voltage curve indicating a correspondence relationship between a capacity of the battery and the voltage of the battery based on the sensing information collected during constant current charging or constant current discharging of the battery. The control unit determines a differential voltage curve based on the voltage curve. The control unit detects a peak of interest in a predetermined capacity range appearing in the differential voltage curve. The control unit determines a first capacity loss ratio of the battery based on a differential voltage of the peak of interest.

The present disclosure relates to a method for optimizing the formation protocol of a battery. The method can include the steps of: (a) providing a battery cell structure comprising an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode including cations that move from the cathode to the anode during charging; (b) performing a first charge of the battery cell structure using a predetermined formation protocol to create a formed battery cell; and (c) determining a cell internal resistance of the formed battery cell. Therefore, one can compare the cell internal resistances of two battery cells formed by using identical battery cell structures and different formation protocols, and select a formation protocol if the first cell internal resistance of a first formed battery is greater than or less than the second cell internal resistance of a second formed battery.

The present disclosure relates to a method for optimizing the formation protocol of a battery. The method can include the steps of: (a) providing a battery cell structure comprising an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode including cations that move from the cathode to the anode during charging; (b) performing a first charge of the battery cell structure using a predetermined formation protocol to create a formed battery cell; and (c) determining a cell internal resistance of the formed battery cell. Therefore, one can compare the cell internal resistances of two battery cells formed by using identical battery cell structures and different formation protocols, and select a formation protocol if the first cell internal resistance of a first formed battery is greater than or less than the second cell internal resistance of a second formed battery.

One or more systems, devices, and/or system-implemented methods are provided that can facilitate provision of varying AC output voltage or DC output voltage, including selectively separately providing a positive voltage output, a negative voltage output and no voltage output. A device can comprise a battery cell, and a controller connected to the battery cell and that varies output from the battery cell, wherein the controller is configured to cause the battery cell to selectively separately provide negative output voltage, positive output voltage and no output voltage. A method can comprise varying output polarity from a multi-cell battery cluster and selectively providing one or both of alternating current (AC) voltage output or direct current (DC) voltage output from the multi-cell battery cluster due to the varying of the output polarity.

One or more systems, devices, and/or system-implemented methods are provided that can facilitate provision of varying AC output voltage or DC output voltage, including selectively separately providing a positive voltage output, a negative voltage output and no voltage output. A device can comprise a battery cell, and a controller connected to the battery cell and that varies output from the battery cell, wherein the controller is configured to cause the battery cell to selectively separately provide negative output voltage, positive output voltage and no output voltage. A method can comprise varying output polarity from a multi-cell battery cluster and selectively providing one or both of alternating current (AC) voltage output or direct current (DC) voltage output from the multi-cell battery cluster due to the varying of the output polarity.

An apparatus and a method for processing battery cell voltage data, which calculate a moving average by assigning a weight to one or more voltage data acquired from the battery cell and reflect the acquired voltage data to the calculated moving average and use the voltage data to rapidly follow a sudden change of the voltage data applied from the battery cell.

A signal transmission device and a battery monitoring device are provided. The signal transmission device is connected to an operation device including an operation circuit for performing an operation based on a first voltage, a measurement circuit for obtaining measurement data based on the first voltage, and a process control circuit for operating based on a lower voltage and control an operation of the operation circuit based on the measurement data, and transmits and receives signals between the process control circuit and the measurement circuit. The signal transmission device includes a power reception circuit for supplying power from the power transmission circuit to the measurement circuit to acquire measurement data, and a power transmission circuit for transmitting the power from a process control circuit to the power reception circuit to receive the measurement data from the power reception circuit and supply the same to the process control circuit.

A signal transmission device and a battery monitoring device are provided. The signal transmission device is connected to an operation device including an operation circuit for performing an operation based on a first voltage, a measurement circuit for obtaining measurement data based on the first voltage, and a process control circuit for operating based on a lower voltage and control an operation of the operation circuit based on the measurement data, and transmits and receives signals between the process control circuit and the measurement circuit. The signal transmission device includes a power reception circuit for supplying power from the power transmission circuit to the measurement circuit to acquire measurement data, and a power transmission circuit for transmitting the power from a process control circuit to the power reception circuit to receive the measurement data from the power reception circuit and supply the same to the process control circuit.