Understanding C-Rate: How Charge/Discharge Rate Affects Lithium Battery Capacity and Lifespan Published: April 2026 | Reading Time: ~13 minutes | Category: Battery Technology
Ask most engineers what the single most misunderstood specification on a battery datasheet is, and C-rate comes up more often than it should. It’s one of those concepts that looks deceptively simple — a number, a letter — until you’re staring at a capacity curve that doesn’t match your field data and tracing the discrepancy […]
