Battery Innovation Centre Infrastructure

MOBI’s Battery Innovation Centre is the largest academic battery lab in Belgium. In our battery test lab, we test battery cells, modules and packs of any size. We can run the following battery tests:

• Cycling and aging
• Internal resistance through HPPC
• High current pulse testing
• Drive cycle testing
• Fast charging testing
• Post-mortem analysis
• Heat distribution measurement
• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

Furthermore, we fabricate test cells for proof-of-concepts and battery assembly optimization.

Technical specifications

1. Battery testing up to 5V
   • Available equipment
     1. 2 PEC ACT050 (160 channels)
     2. 2 PEC SBT0550 (48 channels)
     3. 1 PEC CT0550 (40 channels)
   • Specifications
     1.  Max. current: 50 A/channel (up to 1000 A in parallel)
     2. Operating voltage range: 0 - 5 V
     3. Temperature sensors on each channel
     4. Additional ext. DAQ for several temperature sensors per channel
        
2. Battery testing high voltage
   • Available equipment
     1. 1 PEC SBT8050 (12 channels)
     2. 1 DIGATRON (1 channel)
   • Specifications
     1. Operating voltage range: 0 - 80 V (PEC) or 0 - 1000 V (DIGATRON)
     2. Max. current: 50 A/channel (up to 600 A in parallel) (PEC)
     3. Max power: 16 kW (DIGATRON)
     4. Multiple temperature sensors per channel
        
3. Battery high frequency testing
   • Available equipment
     1. 1 Bio-Logic 2X MPG (16 channels)
     2. 1 Bio-Logic VSP (5 channels) with current booster
     3. 1 Bio-logic BCS (16 Channels)
   • Specifications
     1. Operating voltage range: 0 – 5 V
     2. Max. current: 5 A/channel (up to 100 A with booster)
     3. Frequency: 20 kHz - 10 mHz (2X MPG) or 1 MHz - 1 mHz (VSP)
        
4. Climate control testing
   • Available equipment
     1. 3 CTS Climate rooms (3x1.7x2.1m3, 3x1.4x2.1m3, 3x1x2.1m3)
     2. 10 CTS Climate chambers (3 x 350L, 6 x 250L, 1 x 50L)
     3. 1 Dry Room (45 m2)
   • Specifications
     1. Temperature -40 to 180 °C
     2. Relative Humidity (10-80%) (Climate rooms and chambers)
     3. Dew point -50°C (Dry Room)
     4. Programmable Seasonal temperature profile
         
5. Battery heat distribution measurement
   • Available equipment
     1. 1 FLIR A655Sc IR camera
     2. 1 Fluke Ti25 IR camera
     3. 1 Dry Room (45 m2)
   • Specifications
     1. Resolution - 640x 480 (Flir), 160 x 120 (Fluke)
     2. Frame rate- 50 Hz, 200 Hz at low resolution
     3. Temperature range -40°C to 150°C
     4. Unlimited Video Recording
        
6.  Battery post mortem analysis
   • Available equipment
     1. 1 Jacomax Glove Box
     2. 1 Panalytical In-situ XRD
   • Specifications
     1. Ar controlled environment in Glove box
     2. Mo and Cu radiation in -situ XRD
         
7. Battery prototype fabrication
   • Available equipment
     1.  1 Battery Electrode Coater (Doctor Balding)
     2. 1 Ball Mill
     3. 1 Disc Electrode cutter
     4. 1 Vacuum Oven
     5. 1 Pouch cell sealer
     6. 1 Hot press 
   • Specifications
     1.  Battery fabrication for liquid and solid electrolyte batteries

What do we offer?

We offer our infrastructure for all kinds of battery tests:

• Cycling and aging, internal resistance through HPPC, high current pulse testing, drive cycle testing, fast charging testing, …
• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
• Battery fabrication for proof of concept
• Physio-chemical testing of battery electrodes

Are you interested in battery testing and want to do specific tests? Do you want to make use of our equipment? Or are you in need of consulting? We can help you, contact us now.