Currently, I am doing a cyclic study (charge-rest-discharge-rest) of a LFP cell. During the study, I have observed that the amount of energy pushed to the cell or drawn from the cell is reducing during each cycle. The energy has reduced by up to 50% as compared to 1st cycle. However, it is important to note that there is no degradation in the cell capacity during this study.
I have even increased the rest time to 1 hr (after charging and discharging) but continued to observe similar behavior.
Has anyone seen such kind of behavior during their study on LFP cells? If yes, what could be the reason behind this and how to avoid this? Thank you.