Smart Battery Systems: Advanced Modeling, State Estimation, Prognostics and Control

Dear Colleagues,

Batteries are deployed across a wide range of applications, such as portable electronics, electric vehicles, and stationary power storage systems, due to their high energy and power densities and long lifetime. With emerging technology such as artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, smart battery systems that integrate state-of-the-art battery hardware with advanced battery management processes are moving rapidly from a research field to a requirement for technology’s functionality. Advanced modeling, state estimation, prognostics, and control are the key parts of smart battery systems and contribute to extending battery lifetime and enhancing battery safety. This Special Issue is a dedicated outlet for up-to-date research on all aspects of advanced modeling, state estimation, prognostics, and control of smart battery systems. Manuscripts from cross-disciplinary fields, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, electrochemistry, power electronics, and thermal and mechanical technologies are warmly welcome. We would particularly like to encourage the submission of papers that bridge the gap between theoretical research and the practical deployment of batteries.

We invite the submission of original research, reviews, and perspective articles, and the topics of particular interest to us include (but are not limited to) the following:

• The smart management of different batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, etc.
• Advanced battery modeling.
• Next-generation battery model parameterization techniques.
• Battery state estimation: state of charge, state of power, temperature, and state of health.
• Advanced thermal management: the cooling and heating of lithium-ion batteries.
• Battery charging methods.
• Battery degradation, faults, and safety management.
• Battery diagnostics and prognostics.
• Machine learning, big data, and battery fusion methods.

Dr. Haijun Ruan
Guest Editor

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• battery
• modeling
• state estimation
• control
• machine learning
• big data
• diagnostics
• prognostics
• charging
• thermal management
• heating
• cooling
• safety management
• health management