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Predictive parametric inference of lithium-ion battery degradation trajectory through high-throughput physics-based simulation

Lai P, Zheng C, Wu H, Cheng H, Li B, Korzhikov-Vlakh V, Song X, Zeng M et al.

2026

Abstract

Abstract Inferring the physical parameters that govern lithium-ion battery degradation is critical for the prediction of batter lifetime, which however remains challenging owning to the complexity of physics-based models, the non-uniqueness of inverse solutions, and the experimental inaccessibility of governing parameters. Here, we develop a physics-based simulation emulator framework for predictive parametric inference of battery degradation trajectories. A neural-network emulator, trained on a dataset generated by pseudo-two-dimensional (P2D) battery simulations, allows rapid forward evaluation from parameters to degradation trajectories and thereby replaces costly repeated simulation. This high-throughput capability enables Bayesian inversion that maps experimental trajectories onto the most probable latent parameters among the candidate solutions, while incorporating physical constraints and similarities among cycling conditions. Most significantly, the inferred parametric representation provides a physics-grounded basis for forecasting complete degradation trajectories. Using only the early-life 100 − 95% state-of-health segment, our approach reduces the RMSE of late-life trajectory prediction to 59.00 cycles, in contrast with 79.62 cycles by the best data-driven approach reported. Together, these results establish an efficient route from physics-based parametric inference to practical degradation prediction, particularly where experimental data are scarce.

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