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mdv

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I was reading something today and they were talking about testing a half-cell battery. If we use lithium ion batteries as an example, looking at a graphite anode how would this cell be configured? I'm not sure how a battery can operate in this "half-cell" mode. Doesn't the battery need to be balanced? I suppose the source of lithium could be the electrolyte. Thanks for your help!

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  • 4 years later...

I am not quite sure about what you mean by half cell operation I mean for discharging you always need two terminals! and you need to connect the minus terminal to ground and you need a common ground for connection or your voltmeter cannot read a floating terminal. a voltmeter  has two terminals we are not dealing with coulombs!?

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