Thermal Management and State Estimation for Lithium-Ion Batteries
This community develops methods to control heat, monitor health, and predict the remaining life of lithium-ion batteries, primarily for use in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems.
The work centers on two intersecting problems: keeping batteries within safe temperature limits and accurately estimating their internal state. Recurring materials include phase change materials and composite thermal interfaces designed to absorb heat during operation. Methods range from numerical simulation of heat transfer and thermal runaway propagation to machine learning models for state-of-charge and state-of-health estimation. Applications are explicitly named in the titles, including battery packs for electric vehicles, grid-scale energy storage, and solar-thermal hybrid systems. The research also addresses safety mechanisms, such as detecting thermal runaway and designing cooling systems that prevent hazardous temperature spikes.
Lithium is the dominant element in this group, accounting for 6,632 papers, which represents 19.6% of all tracked lithium research. Lead and phosphorus appear in smaller numbers, with 350 and 277 papers respectively, reflecting their roles in battery chemistry and electrolyte composition.
The community comprises 19,114 papers, with the highest concentration in the Journal of Energy Storage, Journal of Power Sources, and Applied Thermal Engineering.
Recent work continues to focus on advanced thermal management materials, such as flexible polymer composites and directional skeletons for solar-thermal conversion, alongside improved algorithms for estimating battery health using acoustic signals and physics-informed neural networks.
Papers behind this description
- Physics-informed neural network for lithium-ion battery degradation stable modeling and prognosis — Nature Communications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48779-z
- Advancing energy storage: The future trajectory of lithium-ion battery technologies — Journal of Energy Storage, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.est.2025.116511
- Renewable energy integration with electric vehicle technology: A review of the existing smart charging approaches — Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113518
- Review of battery thermal management systems in electric vehicles — Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.114171
- A Review on the Recent Advances in Battery Development and Energy Storage Technologies — Journal of Renewable Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1155/2024/2329261
- Review of battery state estimation methods for electric vehicles - Part I: SOC estimation — Journal of Energy Storage, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.est.2024.111435
- Design and optimization of lithium-ion battery as an efficient energy storage device for electric vehicles: A comprehensive review — Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.est.2023.108033
- Advances in Batteries, Battery Modeling, Battery Management System, Battery Thermal Management, SOC, SOH, and Charge/Discharge Characteristics in EV Applications — IEEE Access, 2023 — doi:10.1109/access.2023.3318121
- A review on the liquid cooling thermal management system of lithium-ion batteries — Applied Energy, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124173
- Sustainable hydrogen production by integrating solar PV electrolyser and solar evacuated tube collector with hybrid nanoparticles enhanced PCM — Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.124317
- An accurate state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries based on improved particle swarm optimization-adaptive square root cubature kalman filter — Journal of Power Sources, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.235594
- Operando monitoring of thermal runaway in commercial lithium-ion cells via advanced lab-on-fiber technologies — Nature Communications, 2023 — doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40995-3
- TiN supported 3D directional tubular skeleton encapsulating phase change materials for efficient solar-thermal energy conversion and storage — Solar Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.solener.2025.114071
- Chemically crosslinked flexible polymer phase change material with self-healing, self-adaptive, and shape-memory properties for thermal interface applications — Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137831
- State of health estimation of lithium-ion battery based on full life cycle acoustic emission signals — Journal of Energy Storage, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.est.2025.118725
- Experimental study on immersion cooling performance of a lithium-ion battery module for commercial/industrial energy storage at different ambient temperatures — International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2025.110473
- Cross-Linked Polyurethane Phase Change Materials Based on Multiple Hydrogen Bonds with Excellent Mechanical, Flame Retardant and Energy Storage Properties for Novel Battery Jackets — ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c06079
- Experimental research and molecular dynamics simulation of composite phase change materials based on functionalized carbon nanotubes/epoxy resin/n-docosane — Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.solmat.2025.114088