Battery Engineering

Battery innovation does not only take place in the cell, but that the path to technological maturity lies in the perfect interaction of all components, Our goal is optimizing battery systems along the entire value chain from the cell to the system in the business field “Battery System Technology”.

Our research and development activities cover numerous topics, such as cell formation, electrical and thermal characterization of cells and modules, electrical, thermal and ageing modelling, temperature optimization, prototype construction for battery modules and systems, rapid evaluation of used (2nd life) storage systems, fast charging methods, safety investigations, as well as the development of innovative test procedures and the necessary test environments.

With the combination of comprehensive expertise, many years of experience, innovative thinking and a high-quality laboratory environment, we can provide our customers, such as manufacturers of components, battery modules and systems, system integrators and machine and plant manufacturers, with competent support in the development of competitive products. We support at cell level from the technology selection , through the final stages of production, to the development of the finished system, its components and its integration into the application.

Fields of Work

In the research topic "Battery Engineering" we focus on the following fields of work:

Electrical and Thermal Characterization

Aging and Service Life Forecasts

Modeling and Optimization of Battery Systems and Components

Optimization of Battery Safety

Battery Management Systems and Battery State Detection

Development of Battery Systems

R&D Infrastructure

At Fraunhofer ISE, we benefit from this infrastructure for our research and development activities:

In addition to our research and development in the field of "Battery Engineering", we offer our customers test procedures for 

  • Electrical and thermal characterization of battery cells, modules and systems
  • Battery ageing
  • Determination of critical variables during thermal runaway 
  • Validation of propagation-inhibiting materials 

At Fraunhofer ISE, we have the ideal infrastructure for the test procedures with commercially available test and climatic equipment as well as test benches developed in-house, such as propagation test benches or mobile battery test benches.

 

Center for Electrical Energy Storage

Selected Research Projects

 

PIONEER

Airport Sustainability Second Life Battery Storage

 

PLöPSS

Development of passive solutions to inhibit propagation in stationary storage systems

 

SALAMANDER

Smart Sensors and Self-Healing Functionalities Embedded for Battery Longevity with Manufacturability and Economical Recyclability

 

SIMBA

Sodium-Ion and Sodium Metal Batteries for Efficient and Sustainable Next-Generation Energy Storage

Kontakt

Nina Kevlishvili

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Dr. rer. nat. Nina Kevlishvili

Electrical characterization, modelling and optimization of battery systems and components, battery safety

Fraunhofer ISE
Heidenhofstr. 2
79110 Freiburg

Phone +49 761 4588-2042

Maximilian Bruch

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Maximilian Bruch

Electrical and thermal characterization, ageing and service life prediction

Fraunhofer ISE
Heidenhofstr. 2
79110 Freiburg

Phone +49 761 4588-5682

Stephan Lux

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Stephan Lux

Condition assessment, development of battery systems, battery safety

Fraunhofer ISE
Heidenhofstr. 2
79110 Freiburg

Phone +49 761 4588-5419

Waleri Milde

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Waleri Milde

Battery management systems, status determination

Fraunhofer ISE
Heidenhofstr. 2
79110 Freiburg

Phone +49 761 4588-5924

Current Publications on the Topic "Battery Engineering":