Lithium Batteries: Science and Technology is an up-to-date and comprehensive compendium on advanced power sources and energy related topics. Each chapter is a detailed and thorough treatment of its subject. The volume includes several tutorials and contributes to an understanding of the many fields that impact the development of lithium batteries.
Conclusive summary and perspective Lithium-ion batteries are considered to remain the battery technology of choice for the near-to mid-term future and it is anticipated that significant to substantial further improvement is possible.
This means that during the charging and discharging process, the lithium ions move back and forth between the two electrodes of the battery, which is why the working principle of a lithium-ion battery is called the rocking chair principle. A battery typically consists of two electrodes, namely, anode and cathode.
Lithium-ion batteries work on the rocking chair principle. Here, the conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy takes place with the help of redox reactions. Typically, a lithium-ion battery consists of two or more electrically connected electrochemical cells.
There is a steady increase in the demand for lithium-ion batteries for all portable electronic devices (almost 100% of cell phones and notebook PCs), and in addition, the Li-ion system also started penetrating more and more in other arenas like power tools, energy storage systems (ESS) , and so on.
In fact, compared to other emerging battery technologies, lithium-ion batteries have the great advantage of being commercialized already, allowing for at least a rough estimation of what might be possible at the cell level when reporting the performance of new cell components in lab-scale devices.
Lead-acid batteries rely primarily on lead and sulfuric acid to function and are one of the oldest batteries in existence. At its heart, the battery contains two types of plates: a lead dioxide (PbO2) plate, which serves as the positive plate, and a …