Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Demand for production of battery cells is on the rise owin g to an increase in their use acrossvarious industries such as consumer electro nics, automotive, clean energy, etc. Efficient and fast batterydiagnostics meth ods are important for increasing quality, lifetime, and manufacturing process ef ficiencyfor batteries. In the case of manufacturing and production, reducing co sts (e.g., price per kilowatt-hour(kWh)) is an important goal. Production costs and quality can be reduced by optimizing existing processesand/or introducing new technologies. For example, technological advances in the area of improved monitoring, manufacturing, and diagnostics can lead to cost efficiencies by shorte ning production processtimes (thus also reducing energy consumption during prod uction), reducing waste due to damaged cellsand cell parts, improving quality, etc.”