To analyze the connection and volume of the different materials for the designed battery structure, choose Battery and Analyze Battery from the pull-down menus in the BatteryDict section.

Click Edit to open the options dialog.

First, define the Result File Name (*.gdr) and the Tangential Boundary Conditions.

Periodic or Symmetric boundary conditions can be selected. For periodic boundary conditions the structure is assumed to repeat periodically in y- and z-direction and for symmetric boundary conditions, the structure is mirrored in y- and z-direction.

Boundary conditions are applied while identifying connected and unconnected material, since this depends on the continuation of the material in y- and z-direction. For a charging simulation, it can be chosen independent of the value selected here. Connected and unconnected material is identified again during charging simulation dependent on the boundary conditions selected then.

Check the Anode Binder # is Porous or/and Cathode Binder # is Porous boxes for the binders (or other conductive additives) that are porous material with micropores that are filled with electrolyte and not resolved in the electrode structure.

Click Analyze in the BatteryDict section to start the analysis. When it is finished, the Result Viewer opens. The results are explained in the Results topic.