Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become ubiquitous in daily life, providing power for a diverse range of applications, ranging from mobile phones, computers, power tools and medical devices, to the power storage behind emerging green technologies such as electric cars and solar panels, among many others. As our usage of lithium-ion batteries has grown, so has the need to optimise their performance and to ensure reliability over a long lifetime. Benchtop NMR has many potential lithium-ion battery QA/QC applications, as the well-resolved spectra of the small organic molecules and ions are ideally suited for quick, convenient analysis.
