Lithium-Ion Batteries: Advanced Materials and Technologies
Features
- Presents a systematic focus on component materials and relevant technologies for lithium-ion batteries
- Covers a wide spectrum of key materials, including cathode and anode materials, electrolytes, and separators
- Discusses state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies for lithium-ion battery materials
- Provides numerical modeling and theoretical calculations for electrode materials and batteries
- Explores challenges facing current lithium-ion battery technology
Summary
Written by a group of top scientists and engineers in academic and industrial R&D, Lithium-Ion Batteries: Advanced Materials and Technologies gives a clear picture of the current status of these highly efficient batteries. Leading international specialists from universities, government laboratories, and the lithium-ion battery industry share their knowledge and insights on recent advances in the fundamental theories, experimental methods, and research achievements of lithium-ion battery technology.
Along with coverage of state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, the book focuses on the technical progress and challenges of cathode materials, anode materials, electrolytes, and separators. It also presents numerical modeling and theoretical calculations, discusses the design of safe and powerful lithium-ion batteries, and describes approaches for enhancing the performance of next-generation lithium-ion battery technology.
Due to their high energy density, high efficiency, superior rate capability, and long cycling life, lithium-ion batteries provide a solution to the increasing demands for both stationary and mobile power. With comprehensive and up-to-date information on lithium-ion battery principles, experimental research, numerical modeling, industrial manufacturing, and future prospects, this volume will help you not only select existing materials and technologies but also develop new ones to improve battery performance.
Table of Contents
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Material Challenges and Perspectives, Daiwon Choi, Wei Wang, and Zhenguo Yang
Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Zhumabay Bakenov and Izumi Taniguchi
Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Ricardo Alcántara, Pedro Lavela, Carlos Pérez, and José L. Tirado
Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Alexandra Lex-Balducci, Wesley Henderson, and Stefano Passerini
Separators for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Shriram Santhanagopalan and Zhengming (John) Zhang
First-Principles Methods in the Modeling of Lithium-Ion Battery Materials, John S. Tse and Jianjun Yang
A Multidimensional, Electrochemical-Thermal Coupled Lithium-Ion Battery Model, Gang Luo and Chao-Yang Wang
State-of-the-Art Production Technology of Cathode and Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Guoxian Liang and Dean D. MacNeil
Author Bio(s)
Editorial Reviews
This book is an excellent resource of up-to-date information on lithium ion battery (LIB) materials. The book content is well organized and covers most of the aspects of LIB materials. Each chapter is thoroughly prepared by internationally recognized experts in their respective fields. Most of the chapters include an overview of the development of specific components, and authors’ own research advances as well. This well-written and comprehensive book will attract a broad range of readers in both the scientific community and the public.
—Andy X. Sun, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
