Solar Lattice

Concept

Nickel manganese cobalt

ID
concept:nmc
IRI
https://solarlattice.org/kb/concept/nmc
Status
active
Also known as
NMC, NiMnCo
Category
Storage
Concept kind
technology

NMC stands for nickel manganese cobalt, a lithium battery chemistry. Some equipment documentation writes it as NiMnCo. Battery training material puts NMC next to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) as one of the main chemical makeups of lithium batteries used in solar storage. Storage safety reports list it alongside other lithium chemistries, such as nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA) and lithium manganese oxide (LMO). Watch the abbreviation: in IEEE generating-unit definitions, NMC means net maximum capacity, not the battery chemistry.

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c1 verified · fact Lithium-ion battery

Training material lists NMC as one of the chemical makeups of lithium batteries.

verified by: review-workflowverified on: 2026-10-24

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c2 drafted · lead Lithium iron phosphate

LFP is listed next to NMC as another lithium battery chemistry.

review note: support check: partial - LFP is listed alongside NMC as another chemistry, but a stated relation beyond co-listing is only implied.

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