Events & News

DigiCell public workshop on Battery testing in pilot lines and field applications held

On 18 November 2025, DigiCell reached out to its stakeholders by inviting them to join the project’s 3rd public workshop on “Battery testing in pilot lines and field applications: from cells to pack”...

DigiCell supports Semantic Materials Workshop 2025

On 10 November 2025, the Semantic Materials Workshop 2025 took place in Cambridge, UK under the topic of “Knowledge Organisation Challenges and Solutions for Chemicals and Materials-Based Industrie...

DigiCell with full force at ESC Meeting

The 248th meeting of the Electrochemical Society (ESC) took place on 12-16 October 2025 in Chicago, IL, US. DigiCell participated with three contributions from three of its partners.

“Understandi...

DigiCell Coordinator Contributes Expertise to EU-Japan Enhanced Dialogue on Advanced Materials

The recently published joint report of the European Commission and the Cabinet Office of Japan titled ‘Expert Group under the EU-Japan Enhanced Dialogue on Advanced Material Recommendation’ outlines s...

DigiCell public workshop on "Battery testing in pilot lines and field applications"

We are excited to announce the 3rd public workshop in a series of events scheduled throughout the DigiCell project duration. This workshop will focus on battery testing in pilot lines and field applic...

DigiCell with full power at EMRS 2025

The European Materials Research Society’s Fall Meeting (E-MRS 2025) took place on 15–18 September 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. The high-quality scientific program featured 23 symposia arranged in 4 clu...

DigiCell at EURO PM2025

The European Powder Metallurgy Congress (EURO PM) is organized annually by the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) and brings together the international PM community, including suppliers,...

DigiCell contributed to workshop on Next-Generation Batteries

Within the scope of the NanoInnovation conference, held on 15-19 September 2025 in Rome, Italy, DigiCell had the opportunity to present its results in the workshop entitled “Next-Generation Batterie...

Faces of the Future: DigiCell Releases New Video Interview Series Featuring Young Researchers

The new video interview series featuring the young researchers of DigiCell introduces the bright young minds behind the project. The series shines a light on the next generation of researchers....

Publication: Surrogate Modeling of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Manufacturing by Combining Physics-Based Simulation and Deep Learning

Optimizing the manufacturing process of Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIB. Finding efficient approaches that accelerate and replace time-consuming, material scrap-expensive trials-and-error optimization meth...

Reflections on MecaNano Summer School 2025

On 28 July – 1 August 2025, the MecaNano Summer School 2025 took place at University of Kassel, Germany, organized by the COST Action MecaNano.

The programme was set out to bring together young...

Publication: A microstructure-resolved model of sodium-ion battery hard carbon electrodes

To improve the design and accelerate the adoption of Sodium-Ion Batteries (SIBs), it is necessary to improve our understanding of the electrochemical behavior of Hard Carbon (HC) negative electrodes....

Publication: 3D Resolved Computational Modeling to Simulate the Electrolyte Wetting of a Lithium-Ion Battery Cell with 18650 Format

Electrolyte wetting in a lithium-ion battery (LIB) cell is a time-intensive and quality-critical manufacturing step that determines the degree of homogeneity of lithium ion's transport within the elec...

DigiCell at AABC 2025

On 23-36 June 2025, The Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) Europe 2025 took place in Mainz, Germany.

Fabian Guignard from DigiCell partner METAS, the Swiss metrology institute, prese...

Publication: Digital correlation analysis and optimization of microporous layer through a machine learning workflow for PEMFC applications

The Microporous Layer (MPL) plays a crucial role in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs), as it influences the overall transport properties within these devices.

In this newly published stu...

IEC TC 113 Spring Meeting – coordinating international efforts on nano-enabled energy storage

From 27–30 May 2025, the IEC TC 113 Spring Meeting brought together global experts in nanotechnology standardization in Tokyo, Japan. From DigiCell, Norbert Fabricius and Werner Bergholz from ISC part...

DigiCell M18 Progress Meeting held in Barcelona

Time is flying and we are already almost half-way through with DigiCell. Accordingly, the consortium meeting hosted by LEITAT in Barcelona on 27-28 May 2025 marked a milestone for DigiCell. Even more...

DigiCell at 247th ECS Meeting

In mid-May, two DigiCell teams, the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), set out across the Atlantic Ocean to attend the 247th ECS Meeting in Mon...

Publication: Physics-Assisted Machine Learning for the Simulation of the Slurry Drying in the Manufacturing Process of Battery Electrodes

In this publication with the full title "Physics-Assisted Machine Learning for the Simulation of the Slurry Drying in the Manufacturing Process of Battery Electrodes: A Hybrid Time-Dependent VGG16-DEM...

DigiCell participating in NanoMATexpo & conference

On 7-8 May 2025, DigiCell participated in the NanoMATexpo & conference. The event offered a number of thematic workshops. DigiCell contributed to the Materials Characterisation Workshop with two p...

Publication: Reconstruction of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy from Time-Domain Pulses of a 3.7 kWh Lithium-Ion Battery Module

In DigiCell's most recent publication Keysight Technologies, together with Miba Battery Systems, demonstrates the reconstruction of battery electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) curves from tim...

Publication: Transfer learning assessment of small datasets relating manufacturing parameters with electrochemical energy cell component properties

This publication by CNRS/Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV) examines how Machine Learning (ML) models can help to overcome the obstacles imposed by the current time-consuming and costly approac...

DigiCell results presented at ModVal 2025

On 11-12 March 2025, ModVal 2025, the 21st Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies, took place in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Ahmad Azizpour from DigiCell pa...

Publication: Electrochemical Analysis of Carbon-Based Supercapacitors Using Finite Element Modeling and Impedance Spectroscopy

DigiCell is excited to share the news about our most recent publication, prepared in a joint effort with partners from the EMPHASIS consortium.

In this study, we investigate the electrochemical pe...

2nd DigiCell Public Workshop held successfully

DigiCell’s 2nd public workshop on “Battery cell testing, modelling and materials characterisation” was successfully held online on 25 February 2025, bringing together experts in battery research, test...

Publication: Electrochemical Scanning Microwave Microscopy Reveals Ion Intercalation Dynamics and Maps Active Sites in 2D Catalyst

With this new publication, the team at Johannes Kepler University Linz introduces electrochemical scanning microwave microscopy (EC-SMM), which enables local measurement of electrochemical properties...

Celebrating Women in Science: Advancing Battery Research

February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science highlights the crucial role women play in driving scientific progress across the globe. While there has been significant advancement, wome...

DigiCell M12 Progress Meeting held in Bern

At the beginning of DigiCell’s second project year, the consortium gathered in Bern, Switzerland, where METAS hosted the project’s M12 Progress Meeting on 23-24 January 2025.

The first meeting day f...

DigiCell Releases Animated Video Highlighting Transformative Goals for More Efficient, Reliable and Sustainable Battery Manufacturing Processes

We have released our first DigiCell project video, offering an engaging introduction to the project mission of transforming the future of battery manufacturing.

In the video, viewers follow a ficti...

CWA on Materials characterization – Terminology and structured documentation published

After months of intensive work, the CEN-CENELEC Workshop agreement (CWA) on “Materials characterization - Terminology and structured documentation” has been published!

Starting with a call for par...

DigiCell public workshop on "Battery cell testing and materials characterisation" - Registration now open!

We are excited to announce the 2nd public workshop in a series of events scheduled throughout the DigiCell project duration. The 2nd workshop will focus on battery cell modeling and materials characte...

DigiCell Open Innovation Environment launched!

In DigiCell, we believe that open innovation is a driver for interoperability and harmonization of data structures. New hierarchical and interoperable data files will allow to couple the large EU scie...

Advancing Nanotechnology for Energy Storage – Highlights from the IEC TC 113 Meeting

On 18-22 November 2024, DigiCell partner ISC participated in the IEC TC 113 Meeting on "Nanotechnology for Electrotechnical Products and Systems" in London, UK. The event started with a Strategic Foru...

Publication: Battery testing ontology: An EMMO-based semantic framework for representing knowledge in battery testing and battery quality control

There is an ever-rising demand for advanced battery management systems (BMSs) and battery test procedures to fuel the growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) and increasing need for energy storage s...

KREISEL and Keysight Share Insights at Austrian Innovation Event

If you have ever worked successfully in a collaborative project, you will agree that project partners with different background and expertise and from various scientific fields greatly profit from one...

DigiCell Meeting with EMMC

On 20 September 2024, representatives from the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC) visited Keysight in Linz to follow up on DigiCell's ongoing collaboration with EMMC and explore strategic are...

DigiCell joins the OpenModel Exploitation Workshop

On 17-18 September 2024, the OpenModel Exploitation Workshop took place in Hamburg with the topic of "Integrated open modelling frameworks for accelerated innovation". Ferry Kienberger from Keysight T...

DigiCell M6 Progress Meeting held in Rome

On 1-2 July 2024, the DigiCell consortium gathered in Rome, Italy for their M6 Progress Meeting kindly hosted by Roma Tre University.

The first meeting day focused on the scientific highlights of th...

Second Edition of Battery Atlas Released, Emphasises Networking and Highlights European Battery Market Evolution

RWTH Aachen University has published the second, extended edition of the Battery Atlas, a comprehensive report detailing the current state of various market sectors crucial to the European battery ind...

1st DigiCell public workshop successfully held

On 24 June 2024, we held our 1st public workshop on “Advanced materials characterisation and modelling techniques for battery electrochemical and nano-mechanical properties”. This workshop kicked-off...

Publication: Quality Inspection of Battery Separators by Partial Discharge Spectroscopy

The DigiCell teams from Keysight Technologies and Johannes Kepler Universität Linz have recently published the first DigiCell publication "Quality Inspection of Battery Separators by Partial Discharge...

DigiCell Workshop on “Advanced Materials Characterisation and Modelling Techniques for Battery Electrochemical and Nano-mechanical Properties” – Registration Now Open!

On 24 June 2024, the DigiCell project will hold its first virtual workshop. The workshop will focus on electrochemical and mechanical characterisation at the nano- to macro-scale. It will be the first...

DigiCell Joins Forces with EMMC

In DigiCell, we recognise the power of networking and collaboration to drive progress in the battery and energy fields. We are therefore happy to announce that DigiCell is now an EMMC related initiat...

DigiCell Participates in Revision of CWA on Materials Characterisation

DigiCell, which has set out to revolutionise the battery landscape by systematically fostering an unprecedented collaboration between materials testing and modelling partners, is participating in a co...

New Project “DigiCell”

Sustainable Manufacturing of Battery Cells and Packs through Digital Processes and AI-based Data Analytics

New Battery Research Project Embarks on Mission to Power Europe's Green Energy Future

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