Data-driven capacity estimation for lithium-ion batteries with feature matching based transfer learning method

Accurate capacity estimation is essential in the management of lithium-ion batteries, as it guarantees the safety and dependability of battery-powered systems. However, direct measurement of battery capacity is challenging due to the unpredictable working conditions and intricate electrochemical characteristics, which complicates the identification of battery degradation. In this work, through in-depth analysis of battery aging data, an incremental slope (IS) aided feature extraction method is proposed to obtain universal multidimensional features that adapt to different working conditions. With the extracted features, a simple multilayer perceptron (MLP) is used to achieve high-precision capacity estimation. Furthermore, a feature matching based transfer learning (FM-TL) method is proposed to automatically adapt the capacity estimation across different types of batteries that are cycled under various working conditions. 158 batteries covering five material types and 15 working conditions are used to validate the proposed method. Results suggest that the MLP model can provide an accurate capacity estimation, where the overall mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and root mean square percentage error (RMSPE) are limited to 1.22% and 1.61%, respectively. Furthermore, compared with the traditional fine-tuning method, the overall MAPE and RMSPE under various transfer learning application scenarios respectively decrease by up to 78.23% and 75.31%, indicating that the FM-TL method is promising to construct a reliable transfer learning path, which improves the accuracy and reliability of capacity estimation when applied to various target domains.