Elemental Analysis Solutions for Battery Material Testing

The Thermo Scientific extended elemental analysis portfolio provides robust, sensitive and precise performance for elemental analysis of your battery materials. User-optimized hardware ensures reliable, consistent results for every type of battery sample you analyze. Intuitive, workflow-driven software makes it easy for new and experienced analysts to generate high quality data.

Overview

Rechargeable batteries, based primarily on lithium ion technology, have been a part of everyday life for many years. With the rapidly electric vehicle and static energy storage system industries there is a surge in demand for research, development, and manufacturing of a new generation of enhanced performance batteries. Battery manufacture requires a dedicated supply chain, incorporating the mining and extraction of raw materials, production of purified feedstocks such as lithium hydroxide, cathode active material formulation, electrolyte manufacture, and anode production. In addition, recycling of used batteries and environmental analysis relating to manufacturing and recycling processes is also essential. At every step, elemental analysis plays a vital role in the battery life cycle.

Explore our downloadable publications to discover how Thermo Scientific instruments meet the demands of your battery material analysis.

Elemental analysis learning materials

Learn how to achieve robust, accurate, and precise analysis of your cathode, electrolyte, and anode materials.

Determination of lithium and other elements in brine solutions

Learn how ICP-OES provides the sensitivity and stability to successfully measure high lithium concentrations and low trace element impurity levels in brine solutions.

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Quantifying elements in lithium battery ternary cathode materials

This application note describes a fast ICP-OES method for analyzing lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (NMC) in the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries.

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Determination of elemental impurities in lithium iron phosphate

See how ICP-OES can measure proportions of lithium, iron and phosphorus in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and help control trace element impurities ensure battery safety and performance.

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Elemental impurities in LiPF6 electrolyte solutions

Elemental impurities in LiPF₆ electrolyte solutions

Learn how the flexibility and robustness of ICP-OES enables effective analysis of lithium hexafluorophosphate electrolyte solutions to increase battery safety and performance.

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Elemental impurities in graphite powder for battery anodes

Controlling the level of elemental impurities in the anode is important for ensuring safe, reliable and efficient battery operation. Learn how to prepare graphite materials and analyze them for elemental impurities.

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Composition characterization of lithium-rich minerals

ICP-OES is widely used to analyze minerals and ores for major and minor elemental content. Discover how the technique enables robust, multi-element measurement in a single analysis.

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FlashSmart EA

See how our FlashSmart EA can characterize carbon and sulfur which impacts the lifetime and energy storage capacity of the battery.

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Element XR

Learn how we empower customers to develop new materials that provide a longer life for lithium-ion batteries.

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Improved battery performance at MEET

Hear how MEET accesses analytes of interest and quantifies unknown compounds.

Elemental analysis solutions

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES)

Our range of flexible, robust ICP-OES instruments provide fast detection and excellent precision and accuracy for quantifying major battery elements, such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium.

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Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP‑MS)

We offer ICP-MS systems ideal for detecting and quantifying chemical degradation in batteries, including identifying metal-based degradation species and elucidating degradation pathways.

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Organic Elemental Analysis

Our organic elemental analyzers offer quantitative CHNS elemental analysis in a single run, including fast carbon and sulfur determination for assessing material purity.

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Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry (GD-MS)

Determine trace elements in solid electrodes with our glow discharge mass spectrometers. Enable your lab to analyze graphite with higher sensitivity.

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High-Resolution ICP-MS (HR‑ICP‑MS)

Our high-resolution ICP-MS system supports the investigation of lithium ion battery aging. It offers users reliable analysis without complex method development.

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