Capacitor-Based Active Cell Balancing and Balancer Design for Battery Management Systems
By: Daniel Marcin and Milan Lacko
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Language: English
Page range: 3 - 12
Submitted on: Jan 10, 2025
Accepted on: Oct 31, 2025
Published on: Jun 17, 2026
Published by: Technical University of Košice
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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