Understanding self-discharge or what's going on inside a lead-acid battery when nothing happens outside

Mikael Cugnet (1, 2) , Florian Gallois (1, 2, 3, 4) , Angel Kirchev (1, 2) , Denys Dutykh (4)

1 DTS - Département des Technologies Solaires
2 LITEN - Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les nanomatériaux
3 Haulotte Group
4 LAMA - Laboratoire de Mathématiques

A physics-based model has been developed to study the main electrochemical processes at stake during the battery self-discharge at different temperatures, explaining why the battery still remains active even though it is unused. Moreover, we will show how each electrode behaves independently from the other and the further consequences.

Domains: Modeling and Simulation; Inorganic chemistry; Material chemistry; Dynamical Systems [math.DS]; Mathematical Physics [math-ph]

Mikael Cugnet, Florian Gallois, Angel Kirchev, Denys Dutykh. Understanding self-discharge or what's going on inside a lead-acid battery when nothing happens outside. AABC Europe - 12th International Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, Jun 2022, Mainz, Germany. ⟨cea-03715092⟩