Lithium Batteries: Advanced Technologies and Applications

• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 377
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Explains the current state of the science and points the way to technological advances

First developed in the late 1980s, lithium-ion batteries now power everything from tablet computers to power tools to electric cars. Despite tremendous progress in the last two decades in the engineering and manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, they are currently unable to meet the energy and power demands of many new and emerging devices. This book sets the stage for the development of a new generation of higher-energy density, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries by advancing battery chemistry and identifying new electrode and electrolyte materials.

The first chapter of Lithium Batteries sets the foundation for the rest of the book with a brief account of the history of lithium-ion battery development. Next, the book covers such topics as:

• Advanced organic and ionic liquid electrolytes for battery applications
• Advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
• Metal fluorosulphates capable of doubling the energy density of lithium-ion batteries
• Efforts to develop lithium-air batteries
• Alternative anode rechargeable batteries such as magnesium and sodium anode systems

Each of the sixteen chapters has been contributed by one or more leading experts in electrochemistry and lithium battery technology. Their contributions are based on the latest published findings as well as their own firsthand laboratory experience. Figures throughout the book help readers understand the concepts underlying the latest efforts to advance the science of batteries and develop new materials. Readers will also find a bibliography at the end of each chapter to facilitate further research into individual topics.

Lithium Batteries provides electrochemistry students and researchers with a snapshot of current efforts to improve battery performance as well as the tools needed to advance their own research efforts.Content:
Chapter 1 Electrochemical Cells: Basics (pages 1–19): Hubert Gasteiger, Katharina Krischer and Bruno Scrosati
Chapter 2 Lithium Batteries: from early stages to the future (pages 21–38): Bruno Scrosati
Chapter 3 Additives in Organic Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries (pages 39–70): Susanne Wilken, Patrik Johansson and Per Jacobsson
Chapter 4 Electrolytes for Lithium?Ion Batteries with High?Voltage Cathodes (pages 71–87): Mengqing Xu, Swapnil Dalavi and Brett L. Lucht
Chapter 5 Core–Shell Structure Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries (pages 89–105): Seung?Taek Myung, Amine Khalil and Yang?Kook Sun
Chapter 6 Problems and Expectancy in Lithium Battery Technologies (pages 107–125): K. Kanamura
Chapter 7 Fluorine?Based Polyanionic Compounds for High?Voltage Electrode Materials (pages 127–160): P. Barpanda and J.?M. Tarascon
Chapter 8 Lithium–Air and Other Batteries Beyond Lithium?Ion Batteries (pages 161–190): K. M. Abraham
Chapter 9 Aqueous Lithium–Air Systems (pages 191–215): Owen Crowther and Mark Salomon
Chapter 10 Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium–Air Batteries (pages 217–232): Nobuyuki Imanishi and Osamu Yamamoto
Chapter 11 Kinetics of the Oxygen Electrode in Lithium–Air Cells (pages 233–264): Michele Piana, Nikolaos Tsiouvaras and Juan Herranz
Chapter 12 Lithium?ion Batteries and Supercapacitors for Use in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (pages 265–275): Catia Arbizzani, Libero Damen, Mariachiara Lazzari, Francesca Soavi and Marina Mastragostino
Chapter 13 Li4Ti5O12 for High?Power, Long?Life, and Safe Lithium?Ion Batteries (pages 277–290): Zonghai Chen, I. Belharouak, Yang?Kook Sun and Khalil Amine
Chapter 14 Safe Lithiium Rechargeable Batteries Based on Ionic Liquids (pages 291–326): A. Guerfi, A. Vijh and K. Zaghib
Chapter 15 Electrolytic Solutions for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries (pages 327–347): Y. Gofer, N. Pour and D. Aurbach
Chapter 16 Rechargeable Sodium and Sodium?Ion Batteries (pages 349–367): K. M. Abraham