Publications

Hill, S., Rubasinghege, G., Lamb, J., & Torres-Castro, L. (2022). Evolution of the flammability environment surrounding lithium-ion battery failures [Conference Poster]. 10.2172/2004866

Spoerke, E.D., Foulk, J.W., Maraschky, A.M., Peretti, A.S., Percival, S.J., Gross, M.S., Lee, R., Lamb, J., & Small, L.J. (2022). Molten Salt-Based Batteries for Safe, Reliable, Long-Duration Energy Storage [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/2003166

Bates, A.M., Grosso, C., Gray, L., Lamb, J., & Torres-Castro, L. (2022). Advanced Warning for Intervention in Li-ion Batteries During Abusive Conditions [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/2002442

Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2021). United States Advanced Battery Consortium Battery Abuse Testing Manual for Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Applications. 10.2172/1838583

Lamb, J. (2021). I.6.C Battery Safety Testing. 10.2172/1832087

Hewson, J.C., Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2021). Avoiding Cascading Failure in Battery Packs through Thermal Analysis [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/2002981

Spoerke, E.D., Gross, M.S., Peretti, A.S., Percival, S.J., Lee, R., Lamb, J., Rodriguez, M.A., & Small, L.J. (2021). Developing ?Really Cool? Low Temperature Molten Sodium Batteries [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1892161

Lamb, J. (2021). Accelerating Rate Calorimetry of Large Format Cells [Conference Poster]. 10.2172/1893292

Bates, A.M., Langendorf, J.L., Lamb, J., Preger, Y., & Torres-Castro, L. (2021). Thermal Stability of Solid-State Battery Components with Liquid Electrolyte [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1894759

Gross, M.S., Percival, S.J., Peretti, A.S., Rodriguez, M.A., Lamb, J., Spoerke, E.D., Small, L.J., & Lee, R.Y. (2021). Development of a High-Voltage, Low Temperature Molten Sodium Battery [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1887726

Spoerke, E.D., Gross, M.S., Peretti, A.S., Percival, S.J., Lee, R., Lamb, J., & Small, L.J. (2021). Materials Chemistry in Battery Energy Storage: A Key to Unlocking Our ?Potential? Energy Future [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1888383

Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Hewson, J.C., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2021). Battery failure propagation and mitigation: models to understand the problem and sensitivities [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1884900

Lamb, J. (2021). Battery Safety R&D and its role in Technology Development [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1888981

Lamb, J. (2021). Battery Energy Storage System Safety [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1882349

Lamb, J., & Preger, Y. (2021). Battery Safety and Reliability: Tools to understand risk in grid-scale energy storage systems [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1872307

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Shurtz, R.C., Hewson, J.C., & Preger, Y. (2021). Investigating the Role of Energy Density in Thermal Runaway of Lithium-Ion Batteries with Accelerating Rate Calorimetry. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 168(6). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0699

Lamb, J., Shurtz, R.C., Torres-Castro, L., Hewson, J.C., & Preger, Y. (2021). Evaluating the impact of energy density on thermal runaway [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1869553

Hewson, J.C., Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2021). Modeling and analysis of battery safety [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1884102

Lamb, J. (2021). The continuing evolution of Energy Storage Safety Strategy [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1865248

Kurzawski, J.C., Hewson, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2021). Battery failure propagation: models to understand the problem and sensitivities [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1844058

Kurzawski, J.C., Torres-Castro, L., Shurtz, R.C., Lamb, J., & Hewson, J.C. (2021). Predicting cell-to-cell failure propagation and limits of propagation in lithium-ion cell stacks [Conference Presentation]. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 10.2172/1835977

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Grosso, C., & Gray, L. (2020). Alternative battery Failure Initiation [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1831373

Lamb, J. (2020). Alternative Battery Failure Initiation Techniques [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1832623

Kurzawski, J.C., Torres-Castro, L., Shurtz, R.C., Lamb, J., & Hewson, J.C. (2020). Predicting cell-to-cell failure propagation and limits of propagation in lithium-ion cell stacks. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38(3). 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.270

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Preger, Y., Hewson, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., & Langendorf, J.L. (2020). Accelerating Rate Calorimetry of Large Format Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822287

Hewson, J.C., Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2020). Thermal Analysis to Mitigate Cascading Propagation of Lithium-ion Cell Stacks [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1822652

Hewson, J.C., Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2020). Toward predicting trends in propagating failure and its mitigation for a lithium-ion cell stack [Conference Presentation]. 10.2172/1824733

Preger, Y., Wittman, R.M., Fresquez, A.J., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2020). Long-term Performance and Safety of Commercial Li-ion Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821102

Lamb, J. (2020). Battery Safety Thrust [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821578

Rosewater, D., Lamb, J., Hewson, J.C., Viswanathan, V., Paiss, M., Choi, D., & Jaiswal, A. (2020). System Level Safety Design and Planning [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1821833

Ho, C.K., Atcitty, S., Bauer, S.J., Borneo, D.R., Byrne, R.H., Chalamala, B.R., Lamb, J., Lambert, T.N., Schenkman, B.L., Spoerke, E.D., & Zimmerman, J.A. (2020). A Review of Sandia Energy Storage Research Capabilities and Opportunities (2020 to 2030). 10.2172/1669734

Rosewater, D., Lamb, J., Hewson, J.C., Viswanathan, V., Paiss, M., Choi, D., & Jaiswal, A. (2020). Grid-scale Energy Storage Hazard Analysis & Design Objectives for System Safety. 10.2172/1662020

Lamb, J. (2020). Propagation testing and Mitigation Deep Dive [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1807653

Lamb, J. (2020). Are Batteries Safe? [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1807773

Lamb, J. (2020). Accelerating rate calorimetry studies of large format cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1810705

Lamb, J. (2020). Battery Safety and Abuse Testing Overview [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1784098

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Stanley, J., Grosso, C., & Gray, L. (2020). Evaluation of Multi-cell Failure Propagation. 10.2172/1605985

Lamb, J. (2020). Evaluating thermal runaway risks in high energy density cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1770276

Swyder-Lyons, K., Lamb, J., & Chiang, Y. (2020). Adapting SOCOM to an Electrified World. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1617838

Lamb, J. (2020). Battery Abuse Testing. 10.2172/1592935

Torres-Castro, L., Kurzawski, J.C., Hewson, J.C., & Lamb, J. (2020). Passive Mitigation of Cascading Propagation in Multi-Cell Lithium Ion Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167(9). 10.1149/1945-7111/ab84fa

Deichmann, E.J., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Karulkar, M.P., Ivanov, S., Grosso, C., Gray, L., Langendorf, J.L., & Garzon, F.H. (2020). Investigating the Effects of Lithium Deposition on the Abuse Response of Lithium-Ion Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167(9). 10.1149/1945-7111/ab9941

Lamb, J. (2019). Evaluating thermal runaway risks in high energy density cells [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1763627

Shurtz, R.C., Kurzawski, J.C., Hewson, J.C., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., & Lamb, J. (2019). Evaluating Safety Characteristics of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems Through Cascading Thermal Runaway Experiments and Modeling [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1643422

Spoerke, E.D., Gross, M.S., Percival, S.J., Small, L.J., Peretti, A.S., Lamb, J., & Chalamala, B.R. (2019). Tailoring Materials Chemistry to Advance Low Temperature Molten Sodium Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1642901

Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Hewson, J.C. (2019). Predicting limits of cascading failure of thermal runaway in stacks of Li-ion pouch cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1642902

Lamb, J. (2019). Evaluating the Impact of Energy Density on Thermal Runaway [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1643029

Lamb, J. (2019). Battery Safety and Abuse Testing Overview [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1646144

Barkholtz, H.M., Preger, Y., Ivanov, S., Langendorf, J.L., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Chalamala, B.R., & Ferreira, S.R. (2019). Multi-scale thermal stability study of commercial lithium-ion batteries as a function of cathode chemistry and state-of-charge. Journal of Power Sources, 435(C). 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.226777

Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., & Hewson, J.C. (2019). Predicting Limits of Cascading Failure of Thermal Runaway in Stacks of Li-Ion Pouch Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1641959

Spoerke, E.D., Gross, M.S., Percival, S.J., Small, L.J., Peretti, A.S., Lamb, J., & Chalamala, B.R. (2019). Really Cool Molten Sodium Batteries: Material Innovations to Enable Low Temperature Operation [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1642049

Barkholtz, H., Preger, Y., Ivanov, S., Langendorf, J.L., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Chalamala, B.R., & Ferreira, S.R. (2019). Multi-scale thermal stability study of commercial lithium-ion batteries as a function of chemistry and state-of-charge [Presentation]. 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.226777

Hewson, J.C., Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Ferreira, S.R. (2019). Predicting and Mitigating Cascading Failure in Stacks of Lithium-Ion Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1668920

Kurzawski, J.C., Shurtz, R.C., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., & Hewson, J.C. (2019). Predicting and Mitigating Cascading Failure of Thermal Runaway in Stacks of Li-Ion Pouch Cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1641889

Shurtz, R.C., Preger, Y., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Hewson, J.C., & Ferreira, S.R. (2019). Perspective—From Calorimetry Measurements to Furthering Mechanistic Understanding and Control of Thermal Abuse in Lithium-Ion Cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166(12). https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0341912jes

Spoerke, E.D., Percival, S.J., Small, L.J., Peretti, A.S., Lamb, J., & Chalamala, B.R. (2019). Materials Advances to Enable Low Temperature Molten Sodium Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645408

Deichmann, E.J., Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Karulkar, M.P., Grosso, C., Langendorf, J.L., Gray, L., & Stanley, J. (2019). Degradation Mechanisms of Overcharged Li-ion Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640108

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Stanley, J., Karulkar, M.P., Grosso, C., Gray, L., & Poirier, R. (2019). Scaling Accelerating Rate Calorimetry Results [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640176

Karulkar, M.P., Lamb, J., & Torres-Castro, L. (2019). High Precision Characterization of Li-Ion Batteries during Extreme Fast Charging [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640186

Ferreira, S.R., Barkholtz, H., Preger, Y., Langendorf, J.L., Torres-Castro, L., Chalamala, B.R., & Lamb, J. (2019). Thermal stability study of commercial lithium-ion batteries as a function of cathode chemistry and state-of-charge [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640189

Spoerke, E.D., Percival, J., Small, L.J., Peretti, A.S., Lamb, J., & Chalamala, B.R. (2019). Low Temperature Molten Sodium-Based Batteries for Large Scale Electrical Energy Storage [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1640195

Spoerke, E.D., Percival, S.J., Small, L.J., Peretti, A.S., & Lamb, J. (2019). Molten Sodium Batteries: Promise for Advancing Grid-Scale Battery Utility [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1639393

Lamb, J. (2019). Evaluating the Impact of Initiation Methods on Propagating Thermal Runaway in Lithium-Ion Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1639528

Spoerke, E.D., Percival, S.J., Small, L.J., Peretti, A.S., Lamb, J., & Chalamala, B.R. (2018). Advancing ?Low? Temperature Molten Sodium Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1582247

Lamb, J. (2018). Battery Safety Testing. 10.2172/1483464

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Stanley, J., Grosso, C., Gray, L., & Karulkar, M.P. (2018). Evaluating the Impact of Initiation Methods on Propagating Thermal Runaway in Lithium-Ion Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1806858

Lamb, J. (2018). Advanced Tool for Computer Aided Battery Engineering (SNL). 10.2172/1483463

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Ferreira, S.R., & Hewson, J.C. (2018). Battery Abuse Test Development [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1594645

Preger, Y., Barkholtz, H., Fresquez, A.J., Mier, F.A., Torres-Castro, L., Langendorf, J.L., Lamb, J., Chalamala, B.R., & Ferreira, S.R. (2018). Comprehensive Study of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cell Aging Behavior and Abuse Response [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1593044

Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Karulkar, M.P., Grosso, C., Langendorf, J.L., Gray, L., & Stanley, J. (2018). Degradation Mechanisms of Overcharged Li-ion Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1806814

Spoerke, E.D., Percival, S.J., Small, L.J., Peretti, A.S., Lamb, J., Dickens, S.M., Allcorn, E., & Chalamala, B.R. (2018). Materials Advances for Molten Sodium Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1567825

Karulkar, M.P., Lamb, J., Orendorff, C., Torres-Castro, L., Grosso, C., Stanley, J., & Steele, L.A.M. (2018). Abuse Testing Overview and Analysis of Lithium Ion Fast Charge [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1583054

Lamb, J. (2018). Battery Safety and Abuse Testing at Sandia National Laboratories [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1570929

Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Karulkar, M.P., Stanley, J., & Grosso, C. (2018). Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and Differential Capacity (DC) Analysis Techniques to Determine the State of Health (SoH) of Active Load Battery Systems [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1890358

Lamb, J., Karulkar, M.P., Torres-Castro, L., Stanley, J., Grosso, C., & Steele, L.A.M. (2018). Battery Safety and Abuse Testing [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1648652

Small, L.J., Percival, S.J., Lamb, J., Allcorn, E., & Spoerke, E.D. (2018). Intermediate Temperature Sodium Batteries Enabled by an Inorganic Molten Catholyte [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1524265

Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Karulkar, M.P., Stanley, J., & Grosso, C. (2018). Investigations of the structural and electrochemical properties of overcharged Li-ion batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1515626

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Karulkar, M.P., Stanley, J., & Grosso, C. (2018). Examining and Controlling the Behavior of Thermal Runaway in Multi Cell Systems [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1515730

Karulkar, M.P., Steele, L.A.M., Lamb, J., & Orendorff, C. (2018). Characterization of Abuse Response during Fast Charge of Lithium Ion Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1523345

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Karulkar, M.P., Stanley, J., & Grosso, C. (2018). Abuse Testing to Understand High Energy Battery Failure [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1524820

Lamb, J. (2018). Understanding battery safety through abusive battery testing [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1504819

Bareno, J., Dietz Rago, N., Dogan, F., Graczyk, D.G., Tsai, Y., Naik, S.R., Han, S., Lee, E., du, Z., Sheng, Y., Li, J., Wood, D.L., Steele, L.A.M., Lamb, J., Spangler, S., Grosso, C., Fenton, K.R., & Bloom, I. (2018). Effect of overcharge on Li(Ni_0.5Mn_0.3Co_0.2)O₂ cathodes: NMP-soluble binder. II — Chemical changes in the anode. Journal of Power Sources, 385(C). 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.12.015

Ferreira, S.R., Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Barkholtz, H., & Hewson, J.C. (2018). Battery Failure from a Materials Electrochemical and Thermal Modeling Perspective [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1497559

Lamb, J. (2018). Using advanced diagnostics to detect damage in stranded cells [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1513727

Ferreira, S.R., Barkholtz, H., Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Hewson, J.C., & Shurtz, R.C. (2018). Battery Failure from a Materials Electrochemical and Thermal Modeling Perspective [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1498232

Spoerke, E.D., Small, L.J., Percival, S.J., Lamb, J., Clem, P., Bhavaraju, S., & Eccleston, A. (2017). A Materials Chemistry Approach to Safe Effective Sodium Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1484571

Lamb, J. (2017). Consequences mitigation and detection of propagating battery failure [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1484930

Spoerke, E.D., Small, L.J., Lamb, J., Clem, P., Ingersoll, D., Bhavaraju, S., Eccleston, A., & Percival, S.J. (2017). Advancing Sodium-Based Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1509660

Shurtz, R.C., Hewson, J.C., & Lamb, J. (2017). Modeling Ignition and Cascading Thermal Runaway Behavior in Lithium-Ion Battery Systems [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1513576

Lamb, J., Torres-Castro, L., Steele, L.A.M., Grosso, C., Quintana, G., Stanley, J., Ferreira, S.R., & Hewson, J.C. (2017). Electrochemical Abuse Testing [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1510399

Spoerke, E.D., Small, L.J., Percival, S.J., Lamb, J., Clem, P., Ingersoll, D., Bhavaraju, S., & Eccleston, A. (2017). Materials Chemistry to Advance Na-Batteries [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1477936

Spoerke, E.D., Small, L.J., Percival, S.J., Lamb, J., Clem, P., Ingersoll, D., Bhavaraju, S., & Eccleston, A. (2017). Sodium-Based Batteries: Toward Meeting Next Generation Challenges in Grid-Scale Energy Storage [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1477935

Ferreira, S.R., Hewson, J.C., Lamb, J., Barkholtz, H., Lafleur, A., Muna, A.B., & Conover, D. (2017). The DOE OE Energy Storage Systems Safety Roadmap Fostering Confidence in the Safety and Reliability of ESS [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1481470

Torres-Castro, L., Lamb, J., Steele, L.A.M., Quintana, G., Grosso, C., & Stanley, J. (2017). Comparison of Propagation Mitigation Techniques and Strategies [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1474219

Barkholtz, H., Ivanov, S., Langendorf, J.L., Lamb, J., Chalamala, B.R., & Ferreira, S.R. (2017). Multi-scale Thermal Stability Study of Lithium-ion Batteries as a Function of Chemistry and State of Cahrge [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1471646

Barkholtz, H., Ivanov, S., Langendorf, J.L., Lamb, J., Chalamala, B.R., & Ferreira, S.R. (2017). Multi-scale Thermal Stability Study of Lithium-ion Batteries as a Function of Chemistry and State of Charge [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1471648

Barkholtz, H., Muna, A.B., Sena, E.A., Lafleur, A., Hewson, J.C., Lamb, J., Langendorf, J.L., Chalamala, B.R., & Ferreira, S.R. (2017). Estimating Lithium-ion Battery Fire Behavior from ARC Data Using CFAST Fire Model [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1471649

Lamb, J., Steele, L.A.M., Stanley, J., Torres-Castro, L., Grosso, C., & Quintana, G. (2017). Development of a propagating battery failure test [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1471812

Lamb, J. (2017). PSTG Overview slides [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1464897

Lamb, J. (2017). Understanding Battery Safety through Abuse Testing [Presentation]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1468721