MelastaSLPBA842126HV

Measured at Batemo: the Melasta SLPBA842126HV delivers 236 Wh/kg energy density and sustains 122 W continuous power in a pouch cell.

Opened, measured and modelled at Batemo in Karlsruhe, Germany · 196 measured parameters per cell · not datasheet values

Available asModelReportData

Dimensions
127 x 42 x 9.9mm
Mass
120.0 g
Internal resistance
Insights only — measured at Batemo, available in Batemo Insights
Spread across a measured batch
Insights only — measured at Batemo, available in Batemo Insights
Melasta SLPBA842126HV: the physical cell next to its Batemo model
The measured cell and its physical model
Melasta SLPBA842126HV
236 Wh/kg · 2,125 W/kg
04,0008,0000250500power, W/kg →energy, Wh/kg →

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Show all 17 measured values — and 3 more behind the lock

ENERGY

Gravimetric energy (C/10)
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The energy exchanged during the C/10 discharge described under Capacity, divided by the cell’s mass or volume. Measured directly, not calculated from the nominal capacity. Full definition

236Wh/kg
Volumetric energy (C/10)
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The energy exchanged during the C/10 discharge described under Capacity, divided by the cell’s mass or volume. Measured directly, not calculated from the nominal capacity. Full definition

585Wh/L
Absolute energy (C/10)
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The energy exchanged during the C/10 discharge described under Capacity, in watt-hours. Measured directly, not calculated from the nominal capacity. Full definition

28.31Wh

POWER

Gravimetric power, peak
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The peak or continuous power above, divided by the cell’s mass or volume. Not a datasheet rating — the current behind it was measured on Batemo’s own test benches. Full definition

2,125W/kg
Gravimetric power, continuous
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The peak or continuous power above, divided by the cell’s mass or volume. Not a datasheet rating — the current behind it was measured on Batemo’s own test benches. Full definition

1,013W/kg
Volumetric power, peak
?

The peak or continuous power above, divided by the cell’s mass or volume. Not a datasheet rating — the current behind it was measured on Batemo’s own test benches. Full definition

5,269W/L
Volumetric power, continuous
?

The peak or continuous power above, divided by the cell’s mass or volume. Not a datasheet rating — the current behind it was measured on Batemo’s own test benches. Full definition

2,512W/L
Absolute power, peak
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Peak figures come from the highest current Batemo measured the cell to sustain briefly; continuous figures use the lower current it can sustain without interruption. Both stop at the same 2.5 V / 80 °C condition as the discharge measurements. Full definition

255.0W
Absolute power, continuous
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Peak figures come from the highest current Batemo measured the cell to sustain briefly; continuous figures use the lower current it can sustain without interruption. Both stop at the same 2.5 V / 80 °C condition as the discharge measurements. Full definition

121.6W

CURRENT

Absolute current, peak
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The highest constant discharge current Batemo measured the cell to sustain briefly, before the same 2.5 V / 80 °C stop condition applies. Full definition

68.0A
Absolute current, continuous
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The highest constant discharge current Batemo measured the cell to sustain continuously, before the same 2.5 V / 80 °C stop condition applies. Full definition

32.2A

PHYSICAL

Dimensions
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Measured on the physical cell at Batemo, in Karlsruhe, Germany — not taken from the manufacturer's drawing. Volume is derived from the measured capacity and its volumetric density, not measured with a caliper. Full definition

127 x 42 x 9.9mm
Mass
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Measured on the physical cell at Batemo, in Karlsruhe, Germany — not taken from the manufacturer's drawing. Volume is derived from the measured capacity and its volumetric density, not measured with a caliper. Full definition

120.0g
Volume
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Measured on the physical cell at Batemo, in Karlsruhe, Germany — not taken from the manufacturer's drawing. Volume is derived from the measured capacity and its volumetric density, not measured with a caliper. Full definition

48.4cm³
Format
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Measured on the physical cell at Batemo, in Karlsruhe, Germany — not taken from the manufacturer's drawing. Volume is derived from the measured capacity and its volumetric density, not measured with a caliper. Full definition

pouch

CELL

Absolute capacity, nominal
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Discharged from a full charge at a constant C/10 current and 25 °C, until the cell reaches 2.5 V or its surface reaches 80 °C. Nominal is the value from the datasheet; measured, gravimetric and volumetric are what Batemo recorded during that discharge. Full definition

6.95Ah
Absolute capacity, measured (C/10)
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Discharged from a full charge at a constant C/10 current and 25 °C, until the cell reaches 2.5 V or its surface reaches 80 °C. Nominal is the value from the datasheet; measured, gravimetric and volumetric are what Batemo recorded during that discharge. Full definition

7.27Ah
Mean voltage (C/10)
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The charge-averaged voltage across the same C/10 discharge — the exchanged energy divided by the exchanged charge, not a single number picked from a curve. It is a measured mean, not the nominal voltage printed on a datasheet. Full definition

3.89V

In Batemo Insights

Impedance spectrum (EIS)
Insights only — measured at Batemo, available in Batemo Insights
Heat generation and thermal properties
Insights only — measured at Batemo, available in Batemo Insights
Capacity loss after formation
Insights only — measured at Batemo, available in Batemo Insights

What this cell does when you actually load it.

The table above gives you one capacity number. Below is what Melasta SLPBA842126HV does under load — measured on our own test bench, across many operating points and several ambient temperatures. Every cell in the library is measured under identical conditions, which is what makes them comparable at all. At 1C — the one rate measured on every cell — usable energy is 87% to 99% of what the same cell delivers at C/10.

All three panels below use the same 12 measured operating points, at 25 °C ambient.

energy

12 pts · 25 °C · lin

How much energy can it deliver?

The graph visualizes how much energy the cell can deliver when operated at different powers.

usable energy / Wh

15.020.025.030.00100200300

discharge power / W

At 25 °C ambient, Melasta SLPBA842126HV delivers 16.9 Wh at 313 W — down from 28.3 Wh at C/10 (2.7 W).

thermal

12 pts · 25 °C · lin

How hot does it get?

The greater the thermal losses, the more the cell heats up, resulting in higher depleted power.

max. surface temperature / °C

2040600100200300

discharge power / W

At 25 °C ambient, Melasta SLPBA842126HV's surface reaches 58.0 °C at 313 W — up from 26.4 °C at C/10 (2.7 W).

runtime

12 pts · 25 °C · log

How long can it deliver the power?

The more power the cell supplies, the shorter it can deliver the power.

runtime to cutoff / s (log)

100100010k100k0100200300

discharge power / W

At 25 °C ambient, Melasta SLPBA842126HV runs for 3 min at 313 W — down from 10 h 28 min at C/10 (2.7 W).

The top 3 challenges you face with this cell.

Every cell is a compromise. This cell's own measurements point to three challenges you will face with it. Each one shows the number behind it and where Batemo helps you solve it.

BMS development

Estimating the SOC

0–68.0A0–100% SOCup to 60°C

a BMS has to be right in every corner of this space

0

500

1000

W/kg

40 °C

25 °C

0 °C

−20 °C

hottest point

the challenge

This cell runs anywhere between 0 A and 68.0 A. How wrong is my state of charge across that span?

Every percent of estimation error is paid for twice: once as range nobody uses, once as margin nobody touches.

BMS development

Thermal analysis

Getting the heat out

about 43mW/cm²

of heat at typical operation — 6.1 W in total

heat out

140 cm² of surface

the challenge

I push 122 W through each cell of my module. The sensor sits on the case. How far is it from the hot spot?

A surface temperature is not the temperature that decides. What no sensor on a finished cell can show is the temperature inside it — and the gap between the two grows exactly where it matters.

Thermal analysis

System optimization

Getting more from the pack

3.892V mean

this cell at C/10 — each dot a load case of an example cell

0

20

40

60

Ah/kg

C/10

1C

4C

8C

12C

datasheet

cut-off voltage

the challenge

My load peaks at 68.0 A against 32.2 A continuous. Does the pack dip below cut-off, or does derating bite first?

An equivalent circuit fitted to a handful of measurements reproduces those points and drifts everywhere else — which is exactly where a system study goes.

System optimization

These three are the challenges this cell's own numbers raise. Which of them decides your product is something only your load profile can say — and that is the next question, not this one.

What the model of the Melasta SLPBA842126HV answers that the measurement cannot.

Batemo built a physics-based model of the Melasta SLPBA842126HV from the measurements above, then checked it against the full set of validation experiments — discharge, charge, pulses and profiles. Across all of them the model deviates from the measurement by 0.014 V in voltage and 0.7 K in surface temperature, in root mean square. These are deviations Batemo measured, not a tolerance Batemo promises.

“If you can show us another battery cell model that is more accurate, we will refund your money.”

BatemoOn every one of the 198 Batemo Cell Models in the library
Voltage
0.014V
0.4 % of the measured range
Temperature
0.7K
0.9 % of the measured range
Power
0.81W
0.5 % of the measured range
Energy
0.190Wh
1.2 % of the measured range

More on the Batemo Cell Model ›

Each value is the root mean square of the difference between measurement and simulation, across the full set of validation experiments for this cell — discharge, charge, pulses and profiles. A quarter of those experiments is known only to the party challenging the model, and not to Batemo. Model reference B0319.

How this cell sits in the field.

Nearest by measured specific energy and power — the two axes of the Ragone map above. Not by chemistry, and not a recommendation. Other numbers, like continuous current, can still differ a lot.

The two closest cells in the library

Same build · 20% apart

Ampace 9870A7-10Ah

pouch
  • Gravimetric energy245 Wh/kg+3.8%
  • Gravimetric power, peak2,548 W/kg+19.9%
  • Absolute current, continuous97.8 A+203.3%
  • Mass157 g+30.8%
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This cell at the center of a map of specific energy (horizontal) and specific peak power (vertical). Closest behaviour: BAK Battery INR2170-45D(B), 5.0% apart. Same build: Ampace 9870A7-10Ah, 20% apart.×1.50×0.67×1.50×0.67energy →power ↑10%25%

Ring percentages measure overall distance — energy and power combined. The ×-numbers on the dashed box measure just one axis: a point on that edge has that many times this cell's own specific energy or power.

  • This cell
  • Other cells, same build, in window

Closest behaviour · 5.0% apart

BAK Battery INR2170-45D(B)

21700
  • Gravimetric energy248 Wh/kg+5.0%
  • Gravimetric power, peak2,118 W/kg-0.4%
  • Absolute current, continuous29.1 A-9.7%
  • Mass67 g-44.2%
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