Feature
Video
Sponsored
Optimizing ICP-OES and ICP-MS Workflows for Battery Chemical Processing
Author(s):
This episode explores the key challenges and best practices in lithium salt analysis during lithium-ion battery component manufacturing, focusing on sample preparation, digestion techniques, and advanced ICP-OES/ICP-MS methods to ensure accurate, reliable elemental quantification of both major and trace impurities.
This episode focuses on the critical challenges of lithium salt analysis during the component manufacturing stage of lithium-ion batteries, with an emphasis on achieving accurate and reliable elemental analysis. Experts discuss best practices for sample preparation and digestion of various battery materials, including graphite, silicon-carbon composites, and lithium metal oxides, highlighting strategies to manage matrix effects, interferences, and varying ionization potentials.
The conversation also explores techniques like standard addition calibration and matrix matching to improve the accuracy of ICP-OES and ICP-MS measurements. Panelists emphasize how these approaches help compensate for matrix effects, viscosity differences, and unknown components, ensuring precise quantification of both major and trace-level elemental impurities.
Key takeaways from this episode include:
- Addressing challenges in lithium salt analysis for accurate component evaluation.
- Best practices for sample preparation and digestion across different battery materials.
- Using multiple spectral lines and wavelengths for robust elemental detection.
- Implementing standard addition calibration and matrix matching to overcome interferences.
- Optimizing ICP-OES and ICP-MS workflows for reliable, high-quality analytical results.
Newsletter
Get essential updates on the latest spectroscopy technologies, regulatory standards, and best practices—subscribe today to Spectroscopy.
