Advances in Batteries for Medium and Large-Scale Energy Storage. Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy

Table of Contents

• List of contributors
• Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
• Part One: Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Electrochemical cells for medium- and large-scale energy storage: fundamentals
    • Abstract
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 Potential and capacity of an electrochemical cell
    • 1.3 Electrochemical fundamentals in practical electrochemical cells
  • Chapter 2: Economics of batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Small-scale project
    • 2.3 Large-scale project
    • 2.4 Conclusions
• Part Two: Lead, nickel, sodium, and lithium-based batteries
  • Chapter 3: Lead-acid batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Electrochemistry of the lead-acid battery
    • 3.3 Pb-acid battery designs
    • 3.4 Aging effects and failure mechanisms
    • 3.5 Advanced lead-acid batteries
    • 3.6 Applications of lead-acid batteries in medium- and long-term energy storage
    • 3.7 Summary and future trends
  • Chapter 4: Nickel-based batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Basic battery chemistry
    • 4.3 Battery development and applications
    • 4.4 Future trends
    • 4.5 Sources of further information and advice
  • Chapter 5: Molten salt batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Sodium-?-alumina batteries (NBBs)
    • 5.3 Challenges and future trends
  • Chapter 6: Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for medium- and large-scale energy storage: current cell materials and components
    • Abstract
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Chemistry of lithium-ion batteries: anodes
    • 6.3 Chemistry of LIBs: cathodes
    • 6.4 Chemistry of LIBs: electrolytes
    • 6.5 Chemistry of LIBs: inert components
    • 6.6 Lithium-aluminum/iron-sulfide (LiAl-FeS(2)) batteries
    • 6.7 Sources of further information and advice
  • Chapter 7: Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for medium- and large-scale energy storage: emerging cell materials and components
    • Abstract
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Anodes
    • 7.3 Cathodes
    • 7.4 Electrolytes
    • 7.5 Inert components
    • 7.6 Sources of further information and advice
• Part Three: Other types of batteries
  • Chapter 8: Zinc-based flow batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 8.1 Introduction
    • 8.2 Zinc-bromine flow batteries
    • 8.3 Zinc-cerium flow batteries
    • 8.4 Zinc-air flow batteries
    • 8.5 Other zinc-based flow batteries
  • Chapter 9: Polysulfide-bromine flow batteries (PBBs) for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 9.1 Introduction
    • 9.2 PBBs: principles and technologies
    • 9.3 Electrolyte solution and its chemistry
    • 9.4 Electrode materials
    • 9.5 Ion-conductive membrane separators for PBBs
    • 9.6 PBB applications and performance
    • 9.7 Summary and future trends
  • Chapter 10: Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRBs) for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 10.1 Introduction
    • 10.2 Cell reactions, general features, and operating principles
    • 10.3 Cell materials
    • 10.4 Electrolyte preparation and optimization
    • 10.5 Cell and battery performance
    • 10.6 State-of-charge (SOC) monitoring and flow rate control
    • 10.7 Field trials, demonstrations, and commercialization
    • 10.8 Other VRB chemistries
    • 10.9 Modeling and simulations
    • 10.10 Cost considerations
    • 10.11 Conclusions
  • Chapter 11: Lithium-air batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 11.1 Introduction
    • 11.2 Lithium ion batteries
    • 11.3 Lithium oxygen battery
    • 11.4 Li-SES anode
    • 11.5 LiPON thin film and its application to the Li battery
    • 11.6 Carbon materials as cathode in Li-O2 battery
    • 11.7 Fluorinated ether as an additive for the lithium oxygen battery
    • 11.8 Summary
    • Notes
  • Chapter 12: Zinc-air and other types of metal-air batteries
    • Abstract
    • 12.1 Introduction
    • 12.2 Challenges in zinc-air cell chemistry
    • 12.3 Advances in zinc-air batteries
    • 12.4 Future trends in zinc-air batteries
    • 12.5 Other metal-air batteries
  • Chapter 13: Aluminum-ion batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • Acknowledgments
    • 13.1 Introduction
    • 13.2 Al-ion battery chemistry
    • 13.3 Conclusions
• Part Four: Design issues and applications
  • Chapter 14: Advances in membrane and stack design of redox flow batteries (RFBs) for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 14.1 Introduction
    • 14.2 Membranes used in redox flow batteries
    • 14.3 Membrane evaluation in vanadium redox flow batteries
    • 14.4 Research and development on membranes for redox flow battery applications
    • 14.5 Chemical stability of membranes
    • 14.6 Conclusion
  • Chapter 15: Modeling the design of batteries for medium- and large-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 15.1 Introduction
    • 15.2 The main components of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs)
    • 15.3 The use of density functional theory (DFT) to analyze LIB materials
    • 15.4 Structure-property relationships of electrode materials
    • 15.5 Structure-property relationships of polyanionic compounds used in LIBs
    • 15.6 Analyzing electron density and structure modification in LIB materials
    • 15.7 Structure-property relationships in organic-based electrode materials for LIBs
    • 15.8 Modeling specific power and rate capability: ionic and electronic conductivity
    • 15.9 Modeling intercalation or conversion reactions in LIB materials
    • 15.10 Modeling solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation
    • 15.11 Modeling microstructural properties in LIB materials
    • 15.12 Modeling thermomechanical stresses in LIB materials
    • 15.13 Multiscale modeling of LIB performance
    • 15.14 Modeling emerging battery technologies: lithium-air batteries (LABs), all solid-state LIBs, and redox flow batteries
    • 15.15 Conclusions
  • Chapter 16: Batteries for remote area power (RAP) supply systems
    • Abstract
    • 16.1 Introduction
    • 16.2 Components of a RAPS system
    • 16.3 Existing battery systems for RAPS
    • 16.4 Future considerations
    • 16.5 Concluding remarks
  • Chapter 17: Applications of batteries for grid-scale energy storage
    • Abstract
    • 17.1 Introduction
    • 17.2 Storage and electricity grids
    • 17.3 The need for storage
    • 17.4 Battery technologies
    • 17.5 The effect of battery storage on the system
    • 17.6 Location of storage
    • 17.7 Regulatory and economic issues
    • 17.8 Sources of further information and advice
• Index

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