Development of an Informative Lithium-Ion Battery Datasheet

Weiping Diao, Chetan Kulkarni and Michael Pecht
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Weiping Diao: Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Chetan Kulkarni: KBR. Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Michael Pecht: Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-19

Abstract: Lithium-ion battery datasheets, also known as specification sheets, are documents that battery manufacturers provide to define the battery’s function, operational limit, performance, reliability, safety, cautions, prohibitions, and warranty. Product manufacturers and customers rely on the datasheets for battery selection and battery management. However, battery datasheets often have ambiguous and, in many cases, misleading terminology and data. This paper reviews and evaluates the datasheets of 25 different lithium-ion battery types from eleven major battery manufacturers. Issues that customers may face are discussed, and recommendations for developing an informative and valuable datasheet that will help customers procure suitable batteries are presented.

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; datasheets; specifications; battery manufacturers; end-users (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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