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The evolution of the voltage probability density function during the cycle is assessed using Kullback\u2013Leibler divergence (KLD) as a health indicator. It is studied for two battery chemistries (Lithium iron Phosphate (LFP) and Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC)). The batteries are subjected to cycles with a dynamic current profile derived from globally harmonised test cycles for light vehicles (WLTC). Spearman\u2019s correlation coefficients, above 86% for NMC cells and 74% for LFP cells, also indicate that this new health indicator is strongly correlated with conventional measurements of battery health (capacity or energy). The analysis also shows that the divergence not only closely follows the degradation trend even at high noise levels (SNR = 10 dB) but is also insensitive to noise levels higher than 30 dB.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e28020221","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,16]],"date-time":"2026-02-16T11:11:28Z","timestamp":1771240288000},"page":"221","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["State of Health Evaluation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using the Statistical Properties of the Voltage"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0648-6729","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abdelilah","family":"Hammou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"LUSAC Laboratory, University of Caen Normandy, 50130 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raffaele","family":"Petrone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LUSAC Laboratory, University of Caen Normandy, 50130 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4421-6175","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Demba","family":"Diallo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GeePs Laboratory, CentraleSupelec, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3224-8628","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claude","family":"Delpha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"L2S Laboratory, CentraleSupelec, CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4882-7360","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hamid","family":"Gualous","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LUSAC Laboratory, University of Caen Normandy, 50130 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ashraf, A., Ali, B., Alsunjury, M.S.A., Goren, H., Kilicoglu, H., Hardan, F., and Tricoli, P. 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