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Battery health prediction under data scarcity: A cross-domain physics-informed 5-shot framework with GRU-Transformer

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  • Nie, Xiaobo
  • Pan, Yongjun
  • Zhang, Yongzhi
  • Luo, Zhenning
  • Wang, Shuxin

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Battery health prediction faces multi-factor challenges. Significant differences exist in degradation patterns across material systems and usage scenarios. Traditional models relying on homogeneous data struggle with complex operating conditions. This study innovatively proposes a 5-shot meta-learning framework to accurately predict battery health under data scarcity. Experiments employ dual-threshold truncation for multi-source data processing, eliminating sensor noise interference. By analyzing capacity decay dynamics, we design a physics-informed loss function that embeds electrochemical mechanisms into a gated recurrent unit-Transformer hybrid architecture. Combined with cross-domain transfer strategies, the model achieves high-precision, robust predictions through physical law constraints and meta-learning fast adaptation. The constructed multi-physics synergistic model integrates diffusion-reaction-bias dynamics, while dynamic masking enhances small-sample adaptability. 349,443 cross-material query tests demonstrate model MAPE as low as 0.45 % with R2 reaching 0.9634, validating the effectiveness of physical constraints and meta-transfer mechanisms.

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  • Nie, Xiaobo & Pan, Yongjun & Zhang, Yongzhi & Luo, Zhenning & Wang, Shuxin, 2026. "Battery health prediction under data scarcity: A cross-domain physics-informed 5-shot framework with GRU-Transformer," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 402(PB).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:402:y:2026:i:pb:s0306261925017428
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.127012
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