Fabrication of Multimeasurand Sensor for Monitoring of a Li-Ion Battery

Abstract

This paper details the fabrication and testing of a combined temperature and expansion sensor to improve state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) estimation for Li-ion batteries. These sensors enable the characterization of periodic stress and strain changes in the electrode materials of Lithium-ion batteries during the charge and discharge process. These ultrathin sensors are built on a polyimide substrate which can enable direct integration between cells without compromising safety or cell cooling design. Leveraging the sensor design and fabrication process used to create inductive coil eddy current (EC) sensors for crack detection, these sensors were characterized on three Panasonic 5 A-h cells showing the capability to measure expansion of Li-ion batteries. By sensing the intercalation effects, which cause cell expansion, improvements in estimation of SOH and SOC can be enabled through the use of physics-based battery models, which combine the thermal, mechanical, and electrochemical aspects of its operation.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 11, 2018
Source ID
10.1115/1.4039861

Entities

People

  • Aaron Knobloch
  • Anna G. Stefanopoulou
  • Chris Kapusta
  • Jason B. Siegel
  • Jason Karp
  • Yuri Plotnikov

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • General Electric
  • University of Michigan

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development