Battery imaging library: multi-length scale and multi-modal synchrotron and laboratory battery imaging data for all

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Authors: R. Docherty, Sam G. Riley, John Donald Morley, Evangelos Papoutsellis, Antonia D. Bobitan, Jack Donoghue, Katy Rankin, Fernando Alvarez‐Borges, Luis Salinas‐Farran, Š. Michalik, Alexander Liptak, Genoveva Burca
+36 more Pierre‐Olivier Autran, Jonathan P. Wright, W. Kockelmann, Olof Gutowski, Ann‐Christin Dippel, M. v. Zimmermann, D. Matras, B. Winiarski, John S. Mangum, Melissa Popeil, Donal P. Finegan, J. Gott, Daniela Proprentner, Geoff West, Louis F. J. Piper, Hongyang Dong, M. P. A. Jones, Francesco Iacoviello, Alice V. Llewellyn, Rhodri Jervis, Yuta Kimura, Koji Amezawa, Oki Sekizawa, Mahmoud Ardakani, Aigerim Omirkhan, Mary P Ryan, James O. Douglas, Siyang Wang, Finn Giuliani, Neil Mulcahy, S. Conroy, Chandramohan George, Andrew M. Beale, Simon Jacques, Samuel J Cooper, Antonis Vamvakeros
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Abstract

Battery research increasingly relies on advanced imaging, yet open access to such data remains rare, scattered across various sources, and difficult to find. The Battery Imaging Library (BIL) is the first open, curated collection of multi-modal and multi-length scale battery imaging datasets, accompanied by a searchable, FAIR-compliant website. Distinctive features include the release of raw experimental data (radiographs, sinograms, X-ray and electron diffraction patterns) together with rare operando and multi-resolution datasets. Each dataset is linked to Zenodo DOIs with metadata, ensuring persistence and citability; open-source Python scripts for preprocessing and reconstruction are also provided for each modality. BIL enables algorithm benchmarking, machine learning, and teaching using realistic, industrially relevant data. By combining coverage across modalities, length scales, and chemistries with raw data accessibility and a FAIR-aligned web platform, the Battery Imaging Library provides a foundation for openness and reproducibility in battery imaging. The library is available here: https://www.batteryimaginglibrary.com

Fields of Study & Subjects

Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Nuclear Physics and Applications

Publication details

Journal / source
Digital Discovery
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN