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Determination of Safe Intervention Windows for 18650 and 21700 Lithium-Ion Batteries from External Heating: Thermocouple Data

The dataset contains thermocouple-based surface temperature measurements from two series of lithium-ion battery thermal-abuse experiments. The first series consists of continuous-heating tests, in which external heating was applied until ignition to quantify the time interval between the safety-valve breakage (SVB) event and subsequent ignition. The second series consists of interrupted-heating tests, where heating was deliberately stopped at different times after SVB to evaluate the safe intervention window and characterize delayed-ignition behavior.

In all experiments, thermal abuse was initiated using a flexible external heating pad delivering approximately 41 W of constant power. Two cylindrical cell types were examined: (1) 18650 nickel-cobalt-aluminum oxide (NCA) cells with a nominal capacity of 3500 mAh, and (2) 21700 nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide (NMC) cells with a nominal capacity of 5000 mAh.

The unit of time is seconds, and the unit of temperature is degrees Celsius.

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Updated: 2026-09-04
Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-27 00:00:00
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Title Determination of Safe Intervention Windows for 18650 and 21700 Lithium-Ion Batteries from External Heating: Thermocouple Data
Description The dataset contains thermocouple-based surface temperature measurements from two series of lithium-ion battery thermal-abuse experiments. The first series consists of continuous-heating tests, in which external heating was applied until ignition to quantify the time interval between the safety-valve breakage (SVB) event and subsequent ignition. The second series consists of interrupted-heating tests, where heating was deliberately stopped at different times after SVB to evaluate the safe intervention window and characterize delayed-ignition behavior. In all experiments, thermal abuse was initiated using a flexible external heating pad delivering approximately 41 W of constant power. Two cylindrical cell types were examined: (1) 18650 nickel-cobalt-aluminum oxide (NCA) cells with a nominal capacity of 3500 mAh, and (2) 21700 nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide (NMC) cells with a nominal capacity of 5000 mAh. The unit of time is seconds, and the unit of temperature is degrees Celsius.
Modified 2025-11-27 00:00:00
Publisher Name National Institute of Standards and Technology
Contact mailto:[email protected]
Keywords thermal runaway mitigation , intervention time , delayed ignition , lithium-ion battery safety , thermal abuse
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