4. Glossary

Electrochemical accumulator

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

Ampere (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 safety functions such as cell balancing, thermal management, measurement of the pack's state of charge and state of health, etc.

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

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