Within the context of the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) Exploratory Research Activities, a Workshop was organized entitled “Safer Li-Ion Batteries by Preventing Thermal Propagation?”. This 2 day workshop discussed the current state-of-the-art of thermal propagation testing:
- Thermal runaway: mechanisms and influencing factors
- Thermal propagation
- Thermal runaway initiation methods, fit-for-purpose testing related to external and internal abuse triggers
- Safety strategies; methods for detecting, mitigating and preventing thermal propagation; anti-cascading strategies
- Cost and performance penalty of mitigating thermal propagation
- Impact of avoiding thermal runaway propagation on the current safety testing landscape
Among participating experts, CEA and CIDETEC were invited and contributed to the debate since analysis on thermal runaway is one of the chapters analyzed in the project.
