PP KIT | Innovation News Network Science, Research & Innovation News Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:51:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Deep insights into sodium-ion batteries using calorimetric methods /insights-into-sodium-ion-batteries-using-calorimetric-methods/25710/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insights-into-sodium-ion-batteries-using-calorimetric-methods /insights-into-sodium-ion-batteries-using-calorimetric-methods/25710/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:33:42 +0000 /?p=25710 The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) outlines how, through cutting-edge calorimetric methods, they enhance the safety of post-lithium and sodium-ion batteries. In the framework of the highly competitive Excellence Strategy competition of the federation and the federal states of Germany, the POLiS (Post Lithium Storage) Cluster of Excellence was started at KIT and Ulm University […]

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]]> /insights-into-sodium-ion-batteries-using-calorimetric-methods/25710/feed/ 0 Modelling battery gassing: Measuring the effects on cell ageing and safety /modelling-battery-gassing-measuring-effects-cell-ageing-safety/21080/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=modelling-battery-gassing-measuring-effects-cell-ageing-safety /modelling-battery-gassing-measuring-effects-cell-ageing-safety/21080/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 12:41:26 +0000 /?p=21080 Dr Carlos Ziebert, leader of the group Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety, KIT, details the Modelling of Battery Gassing project, examining how calorimetry and thermodynamic modelling help to improve our understanding of battery gassing and the effects on cell ageing and safety. To guarantee a permanently high performance of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) in long-term operation, the […]

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]]> /modelling-battery-gassing-measuring-effects-cell-ageing-safety/21080/feed/ 0 Battery calorimeters and gas chromatography for gas analysis of lithium-ion batteries /battery-calorimeters-gas-chromatography-gas-analysis-libs/18381/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battery-calorimeters-gas-chromatography-gas-analysis-libs /battery-calorimeters-gas-chromatography-gas-analysis-libs/18381/#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:36:39 +0000 /?p=18381 Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how battery calorimeters and gas chromatography can be used for collecting and analysing venting gases of batteries. There is an ongoing challenge between increasing the energy density of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and maintaining their safety level because increased energy density goes hand in hand with […]

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]]> /battery-calorimeters-gas-chromatography-gas-analysis-libs/18381/feed/ 0 Examining lithium-ion battery safety and how it can be enhanced /examining-lithium-ion-battery-safety-and-how-it-can-be-enhanced/15811/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=examining-lithium-ion-battery-safety-and-how-it-can-be-enhanced /examining-lithium-ion-battery-safety-and-how-it-can-be-enhanced/15811/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:07:30 +0000 /?p=15811 Dr Carlos Ziebert, Head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, answers frequently asked questions regarding battery safety and explains how it can be improved by battery calorimetry. Everyone is familiar with the pictures of burning mobile phones, notebooks or even electric vehicles, such as e-bikes, electric cars and buses (as well as house fires) from the […]

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]]> /examining-lithium-ion-battery-safety-and-how-it-can-be-enhanced/15811/feed/ 0 New facility for battery venting analysis at KIT /new-facility-for-battery-venting-analysis-at-kit/14890/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-facility-for-battery-venting-analysis-at-kit /new-facility-for-battery-venting-analysis-at-kit/14890/#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:19:37 +0000 /?p=14890 Dr Carlos Ziebert, leader of the group Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety and head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, describes benefits of its new facility for battery venting analysis. Recently a new accelerating rate calorimeter (ARC), the EV+ from Thermal Hazard Technology has been installed in the Battery Calorimeter Laboratory of the group Batteries – […]

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]]> /new-facility-for-battery-venting-analysis-at-kit/14890/feed/ 0 Using calorimeters to develop more efficient battery packs /using-calorimeters-develop-efficient-battery-packs/13688/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-calorimeters-develop-efficient-battery-packs /using-calorimeters-develop-efficient-battery-packs/13688/#respond Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:34:14 +0000 /?p=13688 Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how calorimeters can help to develop safer, more efficient battery packs in the Horizon 2020 project HELIOS.

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]]> /using-calorimeters-develop-efficient-battery-packs/13688/feed/ 0 Calorimetry for the development of an improved sodium-ion battery /calorimetry-for-the-development-of-an-improved-sodium-ion-battery/12320/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calorimetry-for-the-development-of-an-improved-sodium-ion-battery /calorimetry-for-the-development-of-an-improved-sodium-ion-battery/12320/#respond Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:29:10 +0000 /?p=12320 Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how battery calorimeters allow thermal characterisation and safety testing for an improved sodium-ion battery. In late 2018, the POLiS (Post Lithium Storage) Cluster of Excellence was acquired jointly by KIT and Ulm University within the highly competitive Excellence Strategy competition of the federation and the […]

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]]> /calorimetry-for-the-development-of-an-improved-sodium-ion-battery/12320/feed/ 0 KIT helps to develop more efficient modular battery packs with the HELIOS project /kit-helps-to-develop-more-efficient-modular-battery-packs-with-the-helios-project/10438/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kit-helps-to-develop-more-efficient-modular-battery-packs-with-the-helios-project /kit-helps-to-develop-more-efficient-modular-battery-packs-with-the-helios-project/10438/#respond Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:26:42 +0000 /?p=10438 The Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety group at KIT helps to develop safer, more efficient battery packs in the Horizon 2020 project HELIOS. The Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety group from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is participating in the HELIOS (High-pErformance modular battery packs for sustalnable urban electrOmobility Services) project to develop safer, more efficient […]

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]]> /kit-helps-to-develop-more-efficient-modular-battery-packs-with-the-helios-project/10438/feed/ 0 Improving battery safety through calorimetric studies /improving-battery-safety-through-calorimetric-studies/10291/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=improving-battery-safety-through-calorimetric-studies /improving-battery-safety-through-calorimetric-studies/10291/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2021 07:09:17 +0000 /?p=10291 Dr. Carlos Ziebert, Leader of The Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Institute of Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics, outlines how the group’s involvement in national competence clusters, is helping to create safe and sustainable batteries for the future. Improving battery safety is the focus of The Batteries […]

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]]> /improving-battery-safety-through-calorimetric-studies/10291/feed/ 0 Innovative calorimetric methods are improving the safety of electric vehicle batteries /safety-of-electric-vehicle-batteries/9349/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=safety-of-electric-vehicle-batteries /safety-of-electric-vehicle-batteries/9349/#respond Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:20:41 +0000 /?p=9349 Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how calorimetric methods can be applied to improve the safety of electric vehicle batteries. Transport represents over a quarter of total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, making it a key environmental issue, and the European Commission aims to reduce emissions by 90% by 2050. […]

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]]> /safety-of-electric-vehicle-batteries/9349/feed/ 0 A successful first year for the Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety group at the KIT /a-first-year-for-the-batteries-calorimetry-and-safety-group/8486/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-first-year-for-the-batteries-calorimetry-and-safety-group /a-first-year-for-the-batteries-calorimetry-and-safety-group/8486/#respond Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:05:48 +0000 /?p=8486 Dr Carlos Ziebert, leader of the group Batteries – Calorimetry and Safety, discusses the group’s calorimetric studies and safety tests on lithium-ion cells and post-lithium cells. In February 2020, a new group was founded at the Institute of Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Led by Dr Carlos […]

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]]> /a-first-year-for-the-batteries-calorimetry-and-safety-group/8486/feed/ 0 Innovative calorimetric methods for safer batteries in the renewable energy sector /innovative-calorimetric-methods-for-safer-batteries-in-the-renewable-energy-sector/8307/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=innovative-calorimetric-methods-for-safer-batteries-in-the-renewable-energy-sector /innovative-calorimetric-methods-for-safer-batteries-in-the-renewable-energy-sector/8307/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:19:02 +0000 /?p=8307 Dr Carlos Ziebert, Head of the Calorimeter Center at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, discusses the centre’s innovative calorimetric methods to increase the safety of batteries in the renewable energy sector. The market for lithium ion-batteries (LIB), for the utility-scale energy storage (UES, see Fig. 1) and for small-scale stationary energy storage, is increasing rapidly. UES […]

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]]> /innovative-calorimetric-methods-for-safer-batteries-in-the-renewable-energy-sector/8307/feed/ 0 An innovative approach for enhancing the lifetime and safety of batteries /an-innovative-approach-for-enhancing-the-lifetime-and-safety-of-batteries/5679/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-innovative-approach-for-enhancing-the-lifetime-and-safety-of-batteries /an-innovative-approach-for-enhancing-the-lifetime-and-safety-of-batteries/5679/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:13:11 +0000 /?p=5679 Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of IAM-AWP’s Calorimeter Center, KIT, explains how battery calorimeters can help researchers enhance the lifetime and safety of batteries. Established in 2011, the IAM-AWP Calorimeter Center currently operates Europe’s largest Battery Calorimeter Laboratory. It provides six Accelerating Rate Calorimeters (ARCs) of different sizes – from coin to large pouch or prismatic […]

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]]> /an-innovative-approach-for-enhancing-the-lifetime-and-safety-of-batteries/5679/feed/ 0 Battery calorimetry: an innovative approach for ageing studies /battery-calorimetry-an-innovative-approach-for-ageing-studies/5201/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battery-calorimetry-an-innovative-approach-for-ageing-studies /battery-calorimetry-an-innovative-approach-for-ageing-studies/5201/#respond Wed, 20 May 2020 07:56:26 +0000 /?p=5201 The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology discuss their method of promoting battery safety, which holds the potential to revolutionise the transport industry. Battery calorimeters are essential to ensuring the safety of batteries. By monitoring the thermal runaway, technicians can prevent ignition or even explosion of the cell which can release toxic gases. In the last nine […]

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]]> /battery-calorimetry-an-innovative-approach-for-ageing-studies/5201/feed/ 0 The significance of calorimetry in battery safety /the-significance-of-calorimetry-in-battery-safety/4936/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-significance-of-calorimetry-in-battery-safety /the-significance-of-calorimetry-in-battery-safety/4936/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:48:50 +0000 /?p=4936 Battery calorimetry could be an essential step in the electrification of global transport industries, by ensuring the safety of lithium-ion batteries. Calorimetry is the process of measuring heat data during chemical reactions. Battery calorimetry allows researchers to collect quantitative data on the thermal behaviour of batteries, potentially ensuring battery safety. Risks of overheating in lithium-ion […]

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]]> /the-significance-of-calorimetry-in-battery-safety/4936/feed/ 0 How calorimetry can help in battery research /how-calorimetry-can-help-in-battery-research/4521/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-calorimetry-can-help-in-battery-research /how-calorimetry-can-help-in-battery-research/4521/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:39:31 +0000 /?p=4521 Innovative calorimetric methods can improve the thermal management and safety of lithium and post-lithium batteries. The European Commission has recently announced their approval of €3.2bn public support by seven Member States for a pan-European research and innovation project in all segments of the battery value chain. The project supports the development of highly innovative and […]

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]]> /how-calorimetry-can-help-in-battery-research/4521/feed/ 0 Innovation to mitigate battery thermal propagation /innovation-mitigate-battery-thermal-propagation/2998/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=innovation-mitigate-battery-thermal-propagation /innovation-mitigate-battery-thermal-propagation/2998/#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:47:26 +0000 /?p=2998 Find out about the global technical regulation on electric vehicle safety being developed that includes provision for thermal propagation.

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]]> /innovation-mitigate-battery-thermal-propagation/2998/feed/ 0 Heat flux sensors to advance thermal management of lithium-ion cells /heat-flux-sensors/719/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heat-flux-sensors /heat-flux-sensors/719/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:00:00 +0000 /heat-flux-sensors/719/ Dr. Carlos Ziebert, head of the Calorimeter Center at the Institute of Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics, outlines how heat flux sensors can help in advancing thermal management of cells. Established in 2011, the Calorimeter Center at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT) Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics now operates Europe’s […]

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]]> /heat-flux-sensors/719/feed/ 0 Why calorimeters are essential to improve battery safety /calorimeters-battery-safety/948/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=calorimeters-battery-safety /calorimeters-battery-safety/948/#respond Mon, 27 May 2019 23:00:00 +0000 /calorimeters-battery-safety/948/ Safety testing in battery calorimeters paves the way for improved understanding and prevention of thermal runaway. Established in 2011, the Calorimeter Center at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT) Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics, now operates Europe’s largest battery calorimeter laboratory. It provides six Accelerating Rate Calorimeters (ARCs) of different sizes – […]

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]]> /calorimeters-battery-safety/948/feed/ 0 Battery calorimetry for increased safety /battery-calorimetry-increased-safety/522/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battery-calorimetry-increased-safety /battery-calorimetry-increased-safety/522/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 /battery-calorimetry-increased-safety/522/ Dr Carlos Ziebert, head of the Calorimeter Centre at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Institute of Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics, outlines how research and testing in battery calorimetry is crucial to safety development. Established in 2011, the Calorimeter Centre at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT) Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics […]

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