Battery health prognosis using Physics-informed neural network with Quantum Feature mapping

arXiv cs.LG / 4/14/2026

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Key Points

  • The paper proposes QPINN, a physics-informed neural network that improves battery State of Health (SOH) prognosis by addressing poor generalizability of standard neural models across chemistries and operating conditions.
  • QPINN uses Quantum Feature Mapping to project raw sensor data into a high-dimensional Hilbert space (via a Nyström method) to capture subtle, nonlinear degradation signatures.
  • It combines these quantum-enhanced features with physics-informed constraints to better reflect the underlying degradation dynamics rather than learning them purely from data.
  • Experiments report an average SOH estimation accuracy of 99.46% across multiple datasets, with up to 65% MAPE and 62% RMSE reductions versus state-of-the-art baselines.
  • Validation on a large multi-chemistry dataset (310,705 samples from 387 cells) shows strong adaptability, including cross-chemistry transfer without requiring target-domain SOH labels.

Abstract

Accurate battery health prognosis using State of Health (SOH) estimation is essential for the reliability of multi-scale battery energy storage, yet existing methods are limited in generalizability across diverse battery chemistries and operating conditions. The inability of standard neural networks to capture the complex, high-dimensional physics of battery degradation is a major contributor to these limitations. To address this, a physics-informed neural network with the Quantum Feature Mapping(QFM) technique (QPINN) is proposed. QPINN projects raw battery sensor data into a high-dimensional Hilbert space, creating a highly expressive feature set that effectively captures subtle, non-linear degradation patterns using Nystr\"om method. These quantum-enhanced features are then processed by a physics-informed network that enforces physical constraints. The proposed method achieves an average SOH estimation accuracy of 99.46\% across different datasets, substantially outperforming state-of-the-art baselines, with reductions in MAPE and RMSE of up to 65\% and 62\%, respectively. This method was validated on a large-scale, multi-chemistry dataset of 310,705 samples from 387 cells, and further showed notable adaptability in cross-validation settings, successfully transferring from one chemistry to another without relying on target-domain SOH labels.