A method of screening a battery for failure mechanisms is provided. The method may include activating an electrochemical cell. Within 5 minutes to two hours of activating the cell, the open circuit voltage of the cell is measured over a period of time to determine a voltage versus time function. The cell is then screened for the presence of a failure mechanism by checking the voltage versus time function for a failure criteria.

Disclosed herein are batteries, battery packs, systems, and methods for calculating and/or determining, and then compensating for, the voltage loss due to interconnect resistance (IR) between cells of a battery pack. A program may calculate and/or determine the cell IR between each of the cells in a battery pack, which is referred to herein as the “calibration value,” and may be determined during the initial battery pack design phase. A program may then multiply the cell IR or “calibration value” by the measured pack current to compensate for the measured cell voltage. The cell IR or “calibration value” may be used during manufacture of the battery pack to compensate for the interconnect resistance (IR) between cells. This compensation for voltage loss due to IR between cells will increase accuracy of the BMS and improve overall battery pack performance, without increasing material costs or size of the battery pack.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for predicting the behavior of a secondary battery on the basis of a parameter measurement, and a secondary battery behavior prediction system of the present invention comprises: a parameter tester, which is connected to a secondary battery cell to be tested so as to control the operation of the secondary battery cell, and thus calculates one or more pieces of parameter information associated with the performance, heating and deterioration of the secondary battery cell from the measured data; and a data processing device for predicting behavior information about the performance, heating and deterioration of the secondary battery cell through behavior analysis based on the one or more pieces of parameter information received from the parameter tester.

A battery defect screening device including a battery fixer for fixing a battery, a discharger, a charger, a voltmeter for measuring an initial voltage value, a first voltage value, and a second voltage value, and a defect screener for determining the battery to be normal when a first voltage change value, which is obtained by subtracting the first voltage value from the initial voltage value, is less than a first reference value, to have a hard short due to the foreign material when the first voltage change value is greater than the first reference value, to be normal when a second voltage change value, which is obtained by subtracting the second voltage value from the initial voltage value, is less than a second reference value, and to have a soft short due to the foreign material when the second voltage change value is greater than the second reference value.

An insulation resistance inspection system for a battery module cell pouch for inspecting an insulation resistance state of a cell pouch in the battery module configured by assembling a plurality of battery cells includes: an inspection unit bringing each of a plurality of probe modules into contact with an end surface of the cell pouch to measure an insulation resistance of the cell pouch; an interface unit connected to the inspection unit to receive a signal for the measured insulation resistance of the cell pouch; and a control unit receiving the signal for the insulation resistance of the cell pouch through the interface unit to determine whether the cell pouch is in good condition or in poor condition depending on whether the signal for the insulation resistance of the cell pouch is within a normal range that is a reference of good quality.

A self-discharge inspection method for a power storage device having a property that while the power storage device is pressed under a first load and charged with a first device voltage, in which a device voltage decreases when a load is reduced from the first load, includes detecting the first device voltage of the power storage device pressed under the first load and charged, continuously applying a power-supply voltage equal to the first device voltage from an external power supply, detecting a power-supply current flowing to the power storage device, determining a self-discharge state of the power storage device based on the detected power-supply current, and reducing the load applied to the power storage device from the first load by a load reduction amount before the power-supply current stabilizes after start of the voltage continuously applying.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrochemical cell wherein the cell undergoes degradation that results in loss of active material and cation inventory during charging phase(s) of cell cycles. The method comprises: selecting at least one cell component from electrolytes, cathode active materials, and anode active materials; sequentially calculating a cell capacity at an end of each of a plurality of cell cycles based on total cyclable cations, accessible storage sites in each electrode, and the cell component(s) using a degradation model based on porous-electrode theory and having degradation pathway(s), wherein the cell cycles are initialized based on a rate of degradation over previous cycles and wherein a time at which to simulate the next cycle is chosen based on the rate of degradation over the previous cycles; and predicting end of life of the cell based on one of the calculated cell capacities being less than a percentage of nominal capacity.

A formation apparatus for performing a charging and discharging test of a cylindrical secondary battery is disclosed. The cylindrical secondary battery includes a cylindrical body, and a positive electrode plate disposed on a top face of the body and a negative electrode plate disposed on the top face of the body. The formation apparatus includes a battery array tray on which a plurality of cylindrical secondary batteries are seated on and are arranged in a matrix form, a secondary battery contact device disposed above the battery array tray, wherein the secondary battery contact device includes a plurality of charging and discharging channels, a power supply disposed above the secondary battery contact device to supply power for the charging and discharging test to each of the plurality of charging and discharging channels, and a heat-dissipating fan facing toward the power supply to prevent overheating of the power supply.

A testing device and method may be implemented for improved detection of leaks in batteries used in portable electronic devices. The leak testing device may include a chamber configured to hold a device under test. The chamber may include a conductive foam, a conductive liquid, or any suitable conductive material. The chamber may be configured to hold the device under test in a substantially airtight environment and prevent or reduce air ionization under high voltage. The device under test may be a battery that has a conductive outer layer.

A method for testing at least one energy micro-storage device includes an anode made of metallic lithium formed by electrodeposition of ions on a metal inert to lithium ions, the method comprising a succession of steps during the manufacture of said anode: a step of measuring the initial voltage OCV of the energy micro-storage device; a first charging step, comprising applying a current, measuring the voltage and the internal resistance of the device in order to verify the compliance of the measurements on a very low lithium layer thickness formed at the anode; a second charging stabilization step, comprising applying a current and measuring the voltage of the device in order to verify the compliance of the measurements on a low lithium layer thickness formed at the anode; a retention step with a zero current applied and measuring the voltage in order to confirm the compliance of the energy micro-storage device. A system for implementing the method is also provided.