The invention relates to a 
geometric method for evaluating capacity recession of a 
lithium ion battery. The 
geometric method for evaluating capacity recession of the 
lithium ion battery comprises the steps that (1) geometrical characteristic values under different working conditions are extracted, wherein the number of the geometrical characteristic values is four, and the four geometrical characteristic values are the duration of continuous charging during constant-
voltage charging, the maximum curvature 
radius of a current characteristic curve at the constant-
voltage charging stage, the area under the condition of the constant-
voltage charging current characteristic curve, and the maximum gradient of a 
discharge voltage characteristic curve at the early stage; (2) an intrinsic manifold based on the Laplace characteristic mapping method is established, namely the four geometrical characteristic values obtained in the first step are used as input of the Laplace characteristic mapping method to construct a low-dimensional manifold, namely the intrinsic manifold, embedded into a high-dimensional space; (3) a geodesic line on the manifold is used for geometric evaluation of the capacity of the battery. The 
geometric method for evaluating capacity recession of the 
lithium ion battery has the advantages that essential recession or the health state of the battery can be determined effectively, studying of a complicated 
electrochemistry mechanism is not needed, a complicated 
electrochemistry model does not need to be established, and the method can be realized easily.