Batteries & Other Energy Storage Devices

October 2025

Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert for Power Management, Analog Devices

A Bidirectional Power Solution for 48V Bus Conversions

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The 48V intermediate bus is rapidly growing in popularity. The automotive market is moving quickly towards adopting it, data centres use it widely, the industrial market has it as standard and it is also extensively used in automated testing. 48V is seen as the optimal voltage level to sit between

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Date:

10/24/2025

KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta alliance

KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta Partner on 540 kWh BESS

KJ Power Generator and Volvo Penta have announced a strategic alliance to develop a 540 kilowatt-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), combining the strengths of generator expertise and advanced battery technology on a single, scalable platform. Unveiled at KJ Power’s facility, the colla

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Date:

10/24/2025

Multiscale multimodal operando imaging revealing the microstructural evolutions of graphite/micro-Si composite electrodes

New Research Powers Next-Gen Silicon-Based Batteries for Cheaper, Faster Charging and Longer-Range EVs

The research, published today (24 October) in Nature Nanotechnology, was led by Dr Xuekun Lu, Senior Lecturer in Green Energy at Queen Mary University of London. In the study, the researchers introduce an evidence-guided double-layer design for silicon-based composite electrodes to tackle key chall

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Date:

10/24/2025

ADI Power Studio is a family of products with advanced modelling, component recommendations and efficiency analysis with simulation.

New Tools Streamline Power System Design Process

In addition, ADI is introducing early versions of two new web-based tools with a modernised user experience under the Power Studio umbrella: ADI Power Studio Planner and ADI Power Studio Designer. These new tools, together with the full ADI Power Studio portfolio, including LTspice, SIMPLIS, LTpowerCAD, LTpowe

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Date:

10/22/2025

The CoolSiC™ MOSFETs 1400 V G2 in the TO-247PLUS-4 Reflow package are suitable for applications where high power density is crucial, such as CAVs, electric vehicle charging and battery energy storage systems.

CoolSiC MOSFETs 1400 V G2 in TO-247PLUS-4 Reflow Package Enhance Power Density in High-Power Applications

High-power applications such as electric vehicle charging, battery energy storage systems, and commercial, construction and agricultural vehicles (CAVs) are driving the demand for higher system-level power density and efficiency to meet increasing performance expectations. At the same time, these requirements in

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Date:

10/17/2025

Sumida Introduces Pulse Transformers for Advanced Battery Management Systems

Sumida Corporation, a global leader in inductive components, announces the launch the start of a new series of automotive-grade, low-profile surface-mounttransformers designed specifically for use in Battery Management Systems (BMS) in electric vehicles (EVs), industrial battery storage, and portable power ap

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Date:

10/10/2025

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Figure 1: Complete 6mm wireless battery charger solution

Complete, Efficient 100mA Wireless Charging Solution with Optimum Power Transfer and Safety Features

Wenwei Li, Power Products Applications Engineer, Analog Devices

The LTC4124 is a high performance 100mA wireless Li-Ion charger receiver that provides a tiny total solution with few external components for space-constrained applications. The LTC4124 is paired with theLTC4125 - a wireless power transmitter with optimum power search and foreign object detection features -

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Date:

10/01/2025

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Faster EV Charging Without the Risks

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

We have featured battery safety extensively in this issue. The topic is a growing concern as we use more and more lithium based batteries, which have a risk of catastrophic failure. In fact, our Special Focus section on high-reliability technologies actually feature two separate articles on the subject, one on

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Date:

10/01/2025