Dynamic Information-Density Pulse Charging (DIDPC): A Falsifiable, Pilot-First Adaptive Protocol for Lithium Plating Mitigation

An experimental design, not a result. DIDPC isolates the value of closing the loop on micro-pulse amplitude and duty cycle, compared with fixed-parameter pulsing and classical CC/CV charging, at single-cell BMS level. The design is built to fail early if its weakest assumption is wrong. A mandatory pilot first tests whether a high-frequency impedance feature detects lithium plating against a time-resolved reference (Q1), whether it does so early enough to act on (Q2), and whether the control timing itself changes plating (Q3). Only a pilot that passes all three pre-registered thresholds authorises the main campaign. The main campaign matches arms on delivered charge, fixes its primary endpoint (cumulative irreversible capacity loss by high-precision coulometry) and sample-size rule in advance, and reports one of four outcomes: superior, non-inferior, worse or inconclusive. A "worse" result is never reported as "inconclusive". No data. No performance claims. Laboratories interested in a joint pilot are welcome to get in touch; a failed pilot is a valid and publishable result.