The Circulus research project was carried out at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) (funding no. 03ETE035A). The joint project “Robust, Economical, Silicon-rich, Lightweight, and Thermally Efficient battery packs” (RESiLiTE) is being carried out as part of the European Union's Horizon funding program (funding no. 101202433). The authors would like to thank the funding agencies and all those involved for their support and cooperation in the projects.