Batteries
Are you part of the steady global acceleration of energy storage research? Battery research and production is growing rapidly, and the race for the best performing solutions requires investments in R&D for innovative materials used in battery components. With this driving demand in analytical solutions, make sure your lab is positioned to achieve the highest product performance and quality, using trusted materials characterization instrumentation.
Materials characterization plays an essential role in achieving the highest product performance and quality which had led to a growing demand for reliable analytical solutions. Confidently test your battery chemicals and components for the composition and end-performance standards you require. Prevent failure by performing tests such as degradation analysis and impurity control. What's more, additional support and informatics services are available to keep your laboratory up and running, helping to meet fast-paced changes and requirements across all end-market applications.
Battery Spotlight
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The Meteoric Rise of Solid-State Batteries: Innovations and Analytical Instrument Breakthroughs
The potential of all solid-state battery (ASSB) technology to revolutionize the battery industry is resulting in new battery designs and material configuration ...
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Battery Analysis Guide
This guide offers an overview of analyses required throughout the battery value chain - learn about innovative analytical solutions for testing every part of th ...
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Essential Chemistry for Sustainable Energy
Decarbonization of electricity is playing a key role in meeting the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Due to seasonal and weather-related limitations i ...
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Overcoming Lithium-Ion Battery Obstacles for the Alternative Energy Revolution
Global climate initiatives and increase demand for battery reliant technological innovations are driving the alternative energy revolution. Rapidly emerging as ...
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Battery Research at KIT Driving a Sustainable Electric Future
Research into battery technology is a thriving and crucial part of governmental efforts to transition economies to a more sustainable model. The scientists invo ...

In-Depth Battery Component Testing
As the world moves to embrace renewable energy sources and reduce our global CO2 emissions, it will also be more dependent than ever on better battery technolog ...
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Solid-State Batteries Materials Analysis
We are supporting scientists as they work to solve the battery challenges that will drive the next phases of global economic advancement as the world pivots tow ...

Emerging Trends in Batteries
This Whitepaper takes an analytical look at the key features, challenges and limitations of rising battery technologies. Each year battery technologies become m ...
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Solving Cell Dimensional Changes and Cell Breathing in Lithium Solid-State Batteries
Traditional liquid battery configurations, such as lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), can generate high amounts of pressure due to the swelling of electrodes and gas ...
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Battery Recycling Infographic: Processes & Analytical Requirements
Download this helpful infographic for a breakdown of main battery component recycling processes.
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Bottled Lightning: Researching and Designing Better Batteries with the Help of ICP-OES, ICP-MS, and FTIR Analysis
Article by Kieran Evans on researching and designing better batteries with the help of ICP-OES, ICP-MS, and FTIR Analytical methods in a laboratory setting
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Failure Analysis in Battery Components
This handy infographic poster is a useful reference tool for anyone who needs to understand battery failure. Whether your investigating chemical degradation, de ...
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Analysis in the Battery Lifecycle Poster
Are you part of the steady global acceleration of energy storage research? Make sure your lab is positioned to achieve the highest product performance and quali ...
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BATTERY Analytical Solutions For Better Energy Storage Innovations
In this 20 minute video, we outline many of the lithium-Ion battery R&D and QA/QC challenges that occur in various battery research and manufacturing processes. ...
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The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Battery Development & Production
As the demand for advanced energy storage solutions grows, the battery industry faces new challenges in materials innovation, manufacturing processes, and quali ...
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Black Mass Sample Preparation Strategies for Analysis by ICP-OES
Join Ken Neubauer as he demonstrates the ability of the Avio® 550 Max fully simultaneous ICP-OES to determine major and impurity components in black mass genera ...
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Hear From Battery Scientists
Access all the inspiring, educational information shared at Power Up 2022, on-demand.
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Research on Solid-State Batteries, Advanced Materials, and Analytical Testing
Rechargeable high-performance battery technology is enabling the large-scale e-mobility revolution.
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Lithium Impurities Analysis in Li2CO3 by ICP-OES
In this on-demand webinar, Ryan Purcell-Joiner, Senior Application Scientist at PerkinElmer, discusses the future of the battery market and how QA/QC methods fo ...
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Direct Analysis of LiPF6 Based Electrolytes
In this on-demand webinar, Shuli Cheng, Principal Application Scientist at PerkinElmer, discusses the accurate analysis of Li-ion battery materials and chemical ...
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Materials & Energy Hub
Analytical studies underpin industrial progress, whilst at the same time driving down costs and environmental impacts. It's a tall order, and we understand just ...
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Innovate Better Batteries From Your Electrolyte Analysis
Third installment in our Battery Series - From Chemicals to Materials. Focus in on electrolytes to uncover useful technologies and techniques for characterizati ...
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On-Demand Webinar: Take Charge of Anode & Cathode Testing
Hear from experts how to Take Charge of Anode and Cathode Testing Explore and contrast ICP-OES and ICP-MS, plus sample preparation techniques including laser ab ...
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On-Demand Webinar: Characterization of Separators and Electrodes for Improved Battery Performance & Safety
Learn to investigate polymer-based film membranes, including polyvinylidene (PVDF) and PP/PE/PP tri-layer membranes. Analyze expanders used in lead acid batteri ...
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Powered for the Future: A video of our Instrument Range: Lithium-Ion Battery Analysis Solutions for Your Lab
On-demand webinar outlining analytical solutions for Li-Ion battery research and analysis covering FT-IR, GC/MS and ICP-OES.

Materials Analysis Challenges for Battery Recyclers
Watch now to help you drive the development of more circular input structures by finding the best laboratory analysis solutions for material reclaim and reuse.
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Analysis of Trace Elements in Battery-Grade Li2CO3 Using the Avio 550 Max ICP-OES
As one of the key raw materials of lithium-ion (Li) batteries, ensuring the quality of lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) is key, where even small amounts of impurities ...
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Determination of Elemental Impurities in Lithium Battery Cathode Materials Using the NexION 1100 ICP-MS
The quality of the cathode material of a lithium ion (Li-ion) battery, especially the ratio of the primary elements and the concentrations of impurities, has gr ...
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Application of TMA and STA to Optimize the Sintering Process of Solid-state Electrolyte Used in All-solid Battery
All-solid-state lithium-ion batteries have received extensive attention as the core technology for the next generation of power batteries, with solid-state elec ...
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Battery Recycling: The Determination of Major Components in Black Mass with the Avio 550 Max ICP-OES
Reclaiming important metals from recycling spent batteries is a key source of elements vital to lithium batteries. One of the main reclamation processes for spe ...
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Propylene Carbonate-Based Electrolytes for Sodium Ion Cells: GC-MS Study of Degradation Products
Rechargeable batteries are of high current interest as a storage medium for electrical energy. Although lithium-ion batteries are state of the art today, altern ...
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Analysis of Water and Carbon Dioxide Adsorbed to Electrodes Using TG-MS
The presence of water on either the anode or cathode in a lithium-ion battery can seriously hinder its performance. A common method currently used to measure wa ...
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DSC Analysis of Binary Carbonate Solvent Mixtures
Carbonates are the most common class of solvent used in both primary and secondary batteries. Understanding phase transitions in these solvents is incredibly us ...
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Determination of Nine Carbonates in Lithium Ion Battery Electrolyte by GC/MS
The composition and content of carbonates, such as dimethyl carbonate and ethyl methyl carbonate, in electrolytic solution plays an important role in the develo ...

Quality Control of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells by Thermogravimetric Analysis
Fuel cells offer cleaner and more-efficient energy than the internal-combustion engine. Many types of fuel cells are now available based on the electrolyte used ...

Characterization and Analysis of PVDF Used as a Lithium-Ion Battery Binder
PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride), along with other polymers such as SBR and PTFE, is commonly used as a binder in the anode of lithium-ion batteries due to its el ...

Determination of Impurities in Lithium Materials with the NexION 2000 ICP-MS
With growing concern about the state of the environment, more and more devices are being powered by lithium batteries due to their higher capacities, longer liv ...
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Determination of Chloride in Cathode Materials Using the NexION 1000 ICP-MS
Lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide (LNCM) is the key cathode material for ternary lithium batteries which have a higher electric capacity and are less costly
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Determination of Impurities in Lithium Materials with the NexION 5000 ICP-MS
The capability to identify the presence of impurities in lithium (Li) battery materials is critical for manufacturers and suppliers to ensure that the performan ...
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Our comprehensive battery materials analysis product portfolio has the flexibility to support ongoing innovation and keep up with your lab‘s ever-changing requirements providing the chemical and material analysis you need to innovate better batteries for safety, performance, power, longevity, scale and weight.
- Cathode & Anode - Elemental Analysis
- Material Characterization of Polymer for Separators, Binder & solid Electrolytes
- Solvent Composition of Electrolytes

Simplify and accelerate your battery parts analysis for highest productivity. Confidently and reliably test your battery components and cells to the performance standards that you require. Learn more about Impurity Investigation, Degradation Analysis and Storage Management.
- Storage Management (Safety) by GC/MS
- Degradation Analysis & Composition by FT-IR, GC/MS, Thermal Analysis
- Impurity Investigation by FT-IR & ICP-OES

Scroll down through the stages of the battery supply chain. Find the Matchar techniques you need for testing battery chemicals and materials used in cathode, anode, binder, separator and electrolyte components. Find valuable analytical insights for the ongoing advancement of renewable energy generation.
Analyze Lithium compounds and other essential REE inputs to the manufacturing process to improve end-of-life processes. Identify chemicals and materials including metals and plastics for easier and cleaner separation for recycling. And improve environmental monitoring of off-gassing and toxic elements in landfill.
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