Accelerating Rate Calorimetry (ARC) is used as the major method to study the reactions between charged electrode materials and electrolytes at elevated temperature1,2. This is a significant step to leverage the safety performance of novel electrode or electrolyte materials before scaling up.
1. “A Systematic Study on the Reactivity of Different Grades of Charged Li[NixMnyCoz]O2 with Electrolyte at Elevated Temperatures using Accelerating Rate Calorimetry” Lin Ma, M. Nie, Jian Xia and J. R. Dahn. J. Power Sources. 2016, 327, 145-150.
2. “The Impact of Vinylene Carbonate, Fluoroethylene Carbonate and Vinyl Ethylene Carbonate Electrolyte Additives on Electrode/electrolyte Reactivity Studied using Accelerating Rate Calorimetry” L. Ma, J. Xia, X. Xia, J. R. Dahn. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2014, 161, A1495-A1498.
