Modern batteries are expected to deliver high energy and power while remaining safe, reliable, and durable under increasingly demanding operating conditions. However, conventional performance indicators such as voltage, capacity, and cycle life provide only a limited view of the complex processes occurring inside a battery.

This talk explores how physics-based electrochemical and thermal modeling can provide deeper insight into internal battery behavior and bridge the gap between cell performance, design, safety, and battery management. Particular attention will be given to how operating conditions and design parameters influence transport limitations, reaction non-uniformity, thermal behavior, and overall cell performance. The talk will also discuss how sensitivity analysis, optimization, and data-driven approaches can complement physics-based models to identify critical parameters and guide more efficient battery design.

Finally, the discussion will extend from cell-level understanding toward practical applications in battery safety and BMS, highlighting how physics-informed approaches can contribute to smarter monitoring, diagnosis, and early-warning strategies for next-generation battery systems.

Speaker:

Dr. Sara Barati is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, specializing in battery modeling, electrochemical–thermal simulation, and next-generation energy storage systems. Her research focuses on sodium-ion, and lithium-ion, with particular emphasis on battery degradation, thermal safety, and thermal runaway. She combines advanced computational modeling with hands-on battery development, including prototype fabrication of Lithium-ion primary batteries for a company. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a process design engineer, gaining industrial experience in process design, control systems, safety analysis, and scale-up.

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