5. Glossary

Electrochemical accumulator

Reversible electrochemical energy storage device (to be distinguished from non-rechargeable batteries)

Ampere · hour (Ah)

Capacity unit. 1 Ah = 3600 coulombs.

Battery

Series and/or parallel assembly of the same battery or accumulator model.

BMS (Battery Management System)

Electrical and thermal management system for a battery pack, providing certain safety functions such as cell balancing and thermal management, and measuring the pack's state of charge and state of health...

Graphitizable/non-graphitizable carbon; soft carbon/hard carbon

Crystallographically more or less disordered carbons. Graphitizable carbon takes the form of stacks of...