U.S. Nanocorp, Inc.

Villanova University

U.S. Microbattery, Inc.

Pritpal Singh

Craig Fennie, Jr

David E Reisner

Rodney M LaFollette

Neeta Khare

John Vassiliou

A system and method for determining the health of a battery. A primary coil may be positioned along a first portion of a battery and a secondary coil may be positioned along a second portion of the battery. The primary coil may then be excited with a signal, and an electromagnetic field induced in the secondary coil by the excited primary coil may be measured. A state of health of the battery may thus correlate to the measured electromagnetic field during operation of the battery. This state of health may be determined as a function of electrolyte stratification, current profile, electrode structure, electrode surface degradation, and combinations thereof.

Method and system for magnetic field probing for sealed-acid battery diagnosis

A multi-junction photovoltaic cell includes at least two P-N junctions electrically connected to each other in series. Each P-N junction includes a P-type absorber layer and a N-type emitter layer, each P-type absorber layer including a plurality of alternating thin film layers of zinc telluride and lead telluride, wherein zinc telluride and lead telluride have respective bandgaps when in bulk thickness and the effective bandgap of each P-type absorber layer is between the respective bandgaps. The effective bandgap of at least one P-type absorber layer is different from that of at least one other P-type absorber layer.

Solar cells and method of making solar cells

A method and system for determining the state-of-health of a nickel-metal hydride battery connected to a load comprises: detecting at least one of a real and imaginary part of an impedance of the battery at each of a first set of selected frequencies, the first set of selected frequencies including at least one frequency, and determining the state-of-health of the battery from a fuzzy system trained in a relationship between each impedance and the state-of-health, wherein the state-of-health is a function of the battery's ability to deliver power required by the load and the battery's capacity to meet load requirements.

Method and system for determining state-of-health of a nickel-metal hydride battery using an intelligent system

An integrated micro power supply is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the micro power supply includes a microbattery formed within a substrate and an energy gathering device for capturing energy from a local ambient environment. An energy transforming device is also formed within the substrate for converting energy captured by the energy gathering device to electrical charging energy supplied to the microbattery.

Micro power supply with integrated charging capability

A method of and system for determining the state-of-health of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack connected to a load comprises detecting the real part of the impedance Z of the fuel cell stack at a selected frequency; detecting the voltage V of the fuel cell stack at open circuit; detecting the voltage V of the fuel cell stack when the maximum load current is being drawn from said fuel cell stack; and determining the state of health of said fuel cell stack from a fuzzy system trained in a relationship between said real part of the impedance of the fuel cell stack at the selected frequency, the voltage of the fuel cell stack at open circuit, and the voltage of the fuel cell stack when the maximum load current is being drawn from said fuel cell stack.

Method and system to determine state-of-health of a fuel cell using an intelligent system

A method of and system for determining the state-of-health of a lead acid battery of the type commonly used in portable external defibrillators comprises detecting an impedance characteristic of the battery at at least one selected frequency, counting the number of complete charge/discharge cycles that the battery undergoes, and determining the state of health of the battery from a fuzzy system trained in a relationship between the impedance characteristic and the cycle number of the lead acid battery and the state-of-health, wherein the state-of-health is a function of and varies with the battery's ability to deliver power required by the load and the battery's capacity to meet load requirements.

Method and system for determining state-of-health of a lead-acid defibrillator battery using an intelligent system

A method for determining state of health (SOH) of an electrochemical device using fuzzy logic (i.e., an intelligent system) is presented. State of health of an electrochemical device is determined by an internal characteristic parameter (or external operating and environmental conditions) of the electrochemical device and a characteristic parameter of a load with an intelligent system. The electrochemical device comprises such devices as primary (&ldquo;throwaway&rdquo;) batteries, rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, hybrid batteries containing a fuel cell electrode or electrochemical supercapacitors. The intelligent system is trained in the relationship between the characteristic parameters of the electrochemical device, the characteristic parameters of the load and the SOH of the electrochemical device.

Method for determining state-of-health using an intelligent system

A method for determining state of charge (SOC) of an electrochemical device using fuzzy logic (i.e., an intelligent system) is presented. State of charge of an electrochemical device is determined by an internal characteristic or parameter (or external operating and environmental conditions) with an intelligent system. The electrochemical device comprises such devices as primary ('throwaway') batteries, rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, a hybrid battery containing a fuel cell electrode and electrochemical supercapacitors. The intelligent system is trained in the relationship between the characteristic of the electrochemical device and the SOC of the electrochemical device.

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