Black Diamond Structures

Why Black Diamond Structures

Testing that turns material potential into battery performance.

BDS combines battery-material expertise, purpose-built testing infrastructure, and application development support to help manufacturers move from a promising formulation to reliable, decision-ready data.

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Material → cell → battery One connected validation path

Built around your development program

More than test equipment. A battery team that understands the result.

We help our customers evaluate the battery’s current design, performance target, and failure challenge. We recommend the appropriate MOLECULAR REBAR® formulation and loading, support incorporation, then monitor electrical validation through structured testing, analysis, and reporting.

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Three testing platforms

From individual cells to complete batteries.

Programs are shaped around the chemistry, format, duty cycle, and decision the test needs to support.

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2V cell testing

High-throughput testing built around individual 2V cells, with the scale to evaluate hundreds of cells simultaneously and generate consistent comparative data.

  • Capacity and charge acceptance
  • Cycle-life and durability
  • Material and formulation comparisons
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12V battery testing

Full-battery validation that connects material-level improvements to the performance customers experience in complete lead-acid products.

  • Charge and discharge cycling
  • Capacity retention
  • Application-relevant duty profiles
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Lithium-ion testing

Electrode and cell evaluation for lithium-ion programs, supporting development from early material screening through pouch-cell performance validation.

  • High-rate charge and discharge
  • Cycle-life tracking
  • Pouch-cell and chemistry evaluation
BDS multi-channel battery testing equipment and temperature-controlled water bath
Purpose-built infrastructure Accurate. Repeatable. Scalable.

Equipment and capability

Configured to produce data you can act on.

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Multi-channel battery cyclers

Run repeatable charge and discharge programs across many cells while capturing voltage, current, capacity, and cycle behavior.

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Temperature-controlled water baths

Hold cells and batteries under stable thermal conditions for dependable comparisons and application-relevant testing.

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Scalable test fixtures

Support individual 2V cells, complete 12V batteries, and lithium-ion formats with organized, high-throughput connections.

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Data analysis and reporting

Turn large test datasets into clear comparisons, performance trends, failure insights, and practical next-step recommendations.

How BDS works with you

A practical path from question to production decision.

  1. 01 Define

    Understand the battery design, operating conditions, benchmark, and performance gap.

  2. 02 Formulate

    Select a chemistry-specific product and loading strategy for the target system.

  3. 03 Validate

    Run controlled cell or battery testing with repeatable protocols and robust data collection.

  4. 04 Interpret

    Analyze performance trends and translate the results into a clear technical recommendation.

  5. 05 Scale

    Support integration into the manufacturer’s process and continue validation toward commercialization.

Bring us the performance challenge

Let’s build the right validation program.

Tell us your battery chemistry, format, current baseline, and target. We’ll help define the most useful next test.

Discuss your test program → +1 (737) 471-0509