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 batteriesLithium titanate-based lithium-ion batteriesRational material design and performance optimization of transition metal oxide-based lithium ion battery anodesEffects of graphene on the electrochemical properties of the electrode of lithium ion batteriesSilicon-based lithium-ion battery anodesMo-based anode materials for alkali metal ion batteriesLithium-sulfur batteriesGraphene in Lithium-Ion/Lithium-Sulfur BatteriesGraphene-ionic liquid supercapacitorsBattery electrodes based on carbon species and conducting polymersDoped graphene for electrochemical energy storage systemsProcessing of graphene oxide for enhanced electrical properties