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Sensing as the key to battery lifetime and sustainability

Nature Sustainability volume 5, pages 194–204 (2022)Cite this article

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Recent economic and productivity gains of rechargeable batteries have cemented their dominance in energy-intensive societies. With demand soaring, enhancing battery performance through continuous monitoring is essential to limiting their environmental footprint. Although some benefits of sensing have been known for a century, the convergence of fibre optic techniques with new battery platforms is poised to change the industry as a wealth of chemical, thermal and mechanical data will transform the utilization strategies for new and used lithium-ion devices alike. This Review highlights recent advances and associated benefits with a focus on optical sensors that could improve the sustainability of batteries.

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Fig. 1: Sensing overview.
Fig. 2: Acoustic sensing.
Fig. 3: Optical sensing relying on FBGs.
Fig. 4: Optical sensing based on evanescent waves.
Fig. 5: Fibre engineering.
Fig. 6: Projecting in the future.

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We are truly thankful to L. Albero Blanquer, C. Gervillié, J. Bonefacino, J. J. Lamb, A. Grimaud and C. Delacourt for their critical reading of the manuscript, as well as to L. Quétel for sharing all of his expertise on FBG sensors. Equally, our thanks extend to H.-Y. Tam and T. Guo for in-depth discussion on various aspects of optical sensing. We are also indebted to F. Liu for providing the TFBG spectra and fruitful discussions. We acknowledge BATTERY 2030+ funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 957213, and funding from the International Balzan Prize Foundation via the 2020 Balzan Prize to J.-M.T. Lastly, we would like to thank the Collège de France for making all of the 2020 lectures of J.-M.T. that relate to this Review available free of charge via: https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/jean-marie-tarascon/course-2020-2021.htm.

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Huang, J., Boles, S.T. & Tarascon, JM. Sensing as the key to battery lifetime and sustainability. Nat Sustain 5, 194–204 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00859-y

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