Advanced Battery Materials

This book details the latest R&D in electrochemical energy storage technologies for portable electronics and electric vehicle applications. During the past three decades, great progress has been made in R & D of various batteries in terms of energy density increase and cost reduction. One of the biggest challenges is increasing the energy density to achieve longer endurance time. In this book, recent research and development in advanced electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage devices is covered. Topics covered in this important book include: Carbon anode materials for sodium-ion batteries Lithium titanate-based lithium-ion batteries Rational material design and performance optimization of transition metal oxide-based lithium ion battery anodes Effects of graphene on the electrochemical properties of the electrode of lithium ion batteries Silicon-based lithium-ion battery anodes Mo-based anode materials for alkali metal ion batteries Lithium-sulfur batteries Graphene in Lithium-Ion/Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Graphene-ionic liquid supercapacitors Battery electrodes based on carbon species and conducting polymers Doped graphene for electrochemical energy storage systems Processing of graphene oxide for enhanced electrical properties

Preface xv 1 Carbon Anode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries 1 Hongshuai Hou and Xiaobo Ji 2 Lithium Titanate Based Lithium-Ion Batteries 87 Jiehua Liu, Xiangfeng Wei and Fancheng Meng 3 Rational Material Design and Performance Optimization of Transition Metal Oxide-Based Lithium Ion Battery Anodes 159 Qingshui Xie and Dong-Liang Peng 4 Effects of Graphene on the Electrochemical Properties of the Electrodes of Lithium Ion Batteries 209 Wenzhuo Shen and Shouwu Guo 5 Practically Relevant Research on Silicon Based Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes 261 Qing Ji, Yonggao Xia, Jin Zhu, Binjie Hu, Peter Müller- Buschbaum and Ya-Jun Cheng 6 Mo-Based Anode Materials for Alkali Metal Ion Batteries 307 Zhanwei Xu, Weiwei Guan, Yixing Zhao, Kai Yao, Juju He, Xinyue Liu and Xintong Duan 7 Comprehensively Understanding Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Current Status and Outlook 355 Xue Bai, Tao Li, Umair Gulzar, Remo Proietti Zaccaria, Claudio Capiglia and Yu-Jun Bai 8 Graphene in Lithium-Ion/Lithium-Sulfur Batteries 399 Guillermina L. LuqueMaría Laura Para, Emiliano N. Primo, M. Victoria Bracamonte, Manuel Otero, María del Carmen Rojas, J. Francisco, García Soriano, German Lener and Andrea Calderón 9 Graphene-Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors: Design, Fabrication and Applications 451 Minjie Shi, Xuefeng Song, Cheng Yang, Yuyu Tian, Kai Tao, Jijin Xu, Peng Zhang and Lian Gao 10 Development of Battery Electrodes Based on Carbon Species and Conducting Polymers 477 Shahbaz Khan and Abdul Majid 11 Doped Graphene for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems 511 Jie Yang, Zhenghui Pan, Yuegang Zhang and Yongcai Qiu 12 Processing of Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Electrical Properties 613 Bhargav Raval, S. K. Mahapatra and Indrani Banerjee References 635 Index 645