Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a battery management apparatus and method using non-destructive resistance analysis for analyzing the change of resistance of a battery cell. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, even if the EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) analysis is not used, the resistance change rate of the battery cell may be calculated non-destructively using the QV curve and the Q-dV/dQ curve of the battery cell.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for diagnosing a state of a battery in various aspects based on a differential profile respectively obtained in a situation where the battery is charged and discharged. Since the state of the battery is diagnosed by considering both the first differential profile related to the charging of the battery and the second differential profile related to the discharging of the battery, there is an advantage of diagnosing the state of the battery more accurately.

Abstract: A secondary battery diagnosing technology capable of effectively diagnosing a state of a secondary battery using a charge and discharge signal of the secondary battery, including a memory unit configured to store a positive electrode reference profile and a negative electrode reference profile for charge or discharge of a reference battery, a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a target battery during a charge or discharge process, and a processor configured to generate a charge and discharge measurement profile based on the voltage, compare a simulation profile obtained from the positive electrode reference profile and the negative electrode reference profile with the generated charge and discharge measurement profile, and determine a positive electrode adjustment profile and a negative electrode adjustment profile so that an error between the simulation profile and the charge and discharge measurement profile is within a predetermined level.

Abstract: A battery diagnosing technology capable of effectively diagnosing a state of a secondary battery using a charge and discharge signal extracted from the secondary battery, including memory to store a positive electrode reference profile and a negative electrode reference profile for charge or discharge of a reference battery, a voltage sensor to measure a voltage of a target battery during a charge or discharge process, and a processor to generate a plurality of charge and discharge measurement profiles based on voltages measured at a plurality of different time points, compare each of the generated charge and discharge measurement profiles with a simulation profile obtained from the positive and negative electrode reference profiles, and determine positive and negative electrode adjustment profiles for each of the generated charge and discharge measurement profiles so that an error between each charge and discharge measurement profile and the simulation profile is within a predetermined level.

Abstract: An overvoltage characteristics evaluation apparatus for a battery includes a sensing unit to measure a current and a voltage of the battery, and a control unit to determine a measured capacity history and a measured voltage history of the battery during a discharge event executed subsequent to polarization-inducing pretreatment for the battery. The control unit determines a first measured voltage curve indicating a correlation between the measured capacity history and the measured voltage history, and a second measured voltage curve indicating a correlation between a depth of discharge history obtained by normalizing the measured capacity history to a total discharge capacity of the measured capacity history and the measured voltage history. The control unit determines a differential voltage curve by differentiating the measured voltage history.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes: a profile generating unit configured to obtain a battery profile representing a correspondence between voltage and capacity of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a correspondence between a differential voltage for the capacity of the battery and the capacity or a correspondence between a differential capacity for the voltage of the battery and the voltage based on the obtained battery profile; and a control unit configured to receive the generated differential profile from the profile generating unit, determine a target peak included in the received differential profile according to a rule corresponding to a type of the received differential profile, and determine a state of the battery based on a behavior change of the target peak with respect to a reference peak preset to correspond to the type of the received differential profile.

Abstract: A separator for a lithium secondary battery comprising a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The separator has an ionic conductivity of 4.75×10?5 S/cm or more, and the porous coating layer comprises an interstitial volume and a macro pore having a larger diameter than the interstitial volume. A method for manufacturing the separator is also disclosed. Accordingly, the separator has significantly improved ionic conductivity over commercial separators.

Abstract: A battery management system comprising a positive electrode material exhibiting a phase transition behavior in a predetermined capacity range and a negative electrode material having plateau characteristics over the predetermined capacity range. The battery management system includes a sensing unit to output sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery, and a control unit. The control unit determines a voltage curve indicating a correspondence relationship between a capacity of the battery and the voltage of the battery based on the sensing information collected during constant current charging or constant current discharging of the battery. The control unit determines a differential voltage curve based on the voltage curve. The control unit detects a peak of interest in a predetermined capacity range appearing in the differential voltage curve. The control unit determines a first capacity loss ratio of the battery based on a differential voltage of the peak of interest.

Abstract: A method of diagnosing degradation of an electrode active material for a secondary battery including obtaining a first differential curve (dQ/dV) by differentiating an initial charge/discharge curve obtained by performing first charging and first discharging of the lithium secondary battery in a voltage range of 2.5 V to 4.2 V, and obtaining a second differential curve (dQ/dV) by differentiating a charge/discharge curve obtained by performing second charging and second discharging of the lithium secondary battery in a voltage range of 2.5 V to 4.2 V, and diagnosing whether a beta phase of the positive electrode active material has been formed by comparing maximum discharge peak values of the first differential curve and the second differential curve.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a differential voltage curve of a battery includes a constant current unit, a sensing unit outputting a sensing signal indicating a voltage and a current of the battery, and a control unit determining a control history indicating the voltage and a remaining capacity of the battery based on the sensing signal. The control unit outputs a first request message when the remaining capacity is outside of a first range of interest, and a second request message when the remaining capacity is within the first range of interest. The constant current unit discharges the battery with a constant current of a first current rate in response to the first request message, and discharges the battery with a constant current of a second current rate in response to the second request message. The control unit determines the differential voltage curve when the remaining capacity reaches a threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a battery management apparatus and method using non-destructive resistance analysis for analyzing the change of resistance of a battery cell. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, even if the EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) analysis is not used, the resistance change rate of the battery cell may be calculated non-destructively using the QV curve and the Q-dV/dQ curve of the battery cell.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a differential voltage curve of a battery includes a constant current unit, a sensing unit outputting a sensing signal indicating a voltage and a current of the battery, and a control unit determining a control history indicating the voltage and a remaining capacity of the battery based on the sensing signal. The control unit outputs a first request message when the remaining capacity is outside of a first range of interest, and a second request message when the remaining capacity is within the first range of interest. The constant current unit discharges the battery with a constant current of a first current rate in response to the first request message, and discharges the battery with a constant current of a second current rate in response to the second request message. The control unit determines the differential voltage curve when the remaining capacity reaches a threshold.