Project Info

Safer batteries through in-situ optical sensing

Jason Porter | jporter@mines.edu

The demands on battery performance continue to grow, like faster charging, lower cost, higher power, and lower weight. These demands will all make battery safety a bigger issue in the future. This project seeks to understand the fundamental mechanisms of electrolyte decomposition that often lead to catastrophic battery failure, fire, or explosions..

More Information

Here is a paper on the optical approach: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775317310546
Here is a paper on battery safety:
Roth, E. Peter, and Christopher J. Orendorff. 2012. “How Electrolytes Influence Battery Safety.” The Electrochemical Society Interface 21 (2): 45–49. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.F04122if

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