Abbreviations and glossary

A

AI – Artificial Intelligence
AIMD – Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

B

BEV – Battery Electric Vehicles
BIG – Battery Interface Genome
BIG-MAP – Battery Interface Genome Materials Acceleration Platform
BMS –  Battery Management System
BSH – Battery Self-Healing

C

CEI – Cathode- Electrolyte Interface
CNT – Carbon Nanotube
CSA – Coordination and Support Action

D

DoE – Department of Energy, US

E

EARPA – European Automotive Research Partners Association
EASE – European Association for Storage of Energy
EBA – European Battery Alliance
EMIRI – Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative
EMMC – European Materials Modelling Council
Energy density – Energy per unit volume (Wh/l)
EPR – Extended Producer Responsibility
EPR – Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
EUCAR – European Council for Automotive R&D

F

FBG – Fibre Bragg Grating
FOEWS – Fibre- Optic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy

H

HPC –  High Performance Computing
HTS – High-Throughput Screening

J

JRC – Joint Research Centre, the European Commissions

K

KMC – Kinetic Monte Carlo

L

LCA – Life Cycle Assessment
LEAPS – League of European Accelerator-based Photon Sources
LENS – League of Advanced Neutron Sources
LFP – Lithium iron phosphate
LIB – Lithium- ion battery
LM – Liquid metal
LMO – Lithium manganese oxide

M

MAP – Material Acceleration Platform
ML – Machine Learning
MOF – Micro- Structural Optical Fibres

N

NCA – Lithium nickel cobalt aluminium oxide
NMC – Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide – LiNi_1/3Mn _1/3Co_1/3O₂
NMC 532 – Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide – LiNi_0.5Mn_0.3Co_0.2O₂
NMC 622 – Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide – LiNi_0.6Mn_0.2Co_0.2O₂
NMR – Nuclear Magnetic Resounance
NPS – Nano-Plasmonic Sensing

P

PCF – Photonic Crystal Fibre

Q

QRL – Quality, Reliability and Lifetime

R

RE – Reference Electrode

S

SEI – Solid Electrolyte Interphase
SET-PLAN – Strategic Energy Technology Plan
SoC – State of Charge
SoH – State of Health
SP – Sensor Plasmonics
Specific Energy – Energy per unit mass, Wh/kg
SWCNT – Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

T

TBMS – Thermal Battery Management System
TEM – Transmission Electron Microscopy
TRL – Technology Readiness Level                      

X

XAS – X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
XRD – X-ray Diffraction