Ebook: Batteries for Sustainability: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

Batteries that can store electricity from solar and wind generation farms are a key component of a sustainable energy strategy. Featuring 15 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book presents a wide range of battery types and components, from nanocarbons for supercapacitors to lead acid battery systems and technology. Worldwide experts provides a snapshot-in-time of the state-of-the art in battery-related R&D, with a particular focus on rechargeable batteries. Such batteries can store electrical energy generated by renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydropower installations with high efficiency and release it on demand. They are efficient, non-polluting, self-contained devices, and their components can be recovered and used to recreate battery systems.

Coverage also highlights the significant efforts currently underway to adapt battery technology to power cars, trucks and buses in order to eliminate pollution from petroleum combustion. Written for an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and industry experts, Batteries for Sustainability is an invaluable one-stop reference to this essential area of energy technology.

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Batteries that can store electricity from solar and wind generation farms are a key component of a sustainable energy strategy. Featuring 15 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book presents a wide range of battery types and components, from nanocarbons for supercapacitors to lead acid battery systems and technology. Worldwide experts provide a snapshot-in-time of the state-of-the art in battery-related R&D, with a particular focus on rechargeable batteries. Such batteries can store electrical energy generated by renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydropower installations with high efficiency and release it on demand. They are efficient, non-polluting, self-contained devices, and their components can be recovered and used to recreate battery systems.

Coverage also highlights the significant efforts currently underway to adapt battery technology to power cars, trucks and buses in order to eliminate pollution from petroleum combustion. Written for an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and industry experts, Batteries for Sustainability is an invaluable one-stop reference to this essential area of energy technology.

Provides an overview of electrochemical processes and devices

Features comprehensive coverage of battery types, materials, and applications

Assesses efficiency and pollution output for rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries

Presents authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

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Batteries that can store electricity from solar and wind generation farms are a key component of a sustainable energy strategy. Featuring 15 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book presents a wide range of battery types and components, from nanocarbons for supercapacitors to lead acid battery systems and technology. Worldwide experts provide a snapshot-in-time of the state-of-the art in battery-related R&D, with a particular focus on rechargeable batteries. Such batteries can store electrical energy generated by renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydropower installations with high efficiency and release it on demand. They are efficient, non-polluting, self-contained devices, and their components can be recovered and used to recreate battery systems.

Coverage also highlights the significant efforts currently underway to adapt battery technology to power cars, trucks and buses in order to eliminate pollution from petroleum combustion. Written for an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and industry experts, Batteries for Sustainability is an invaluable one-stop reference to this essential area of energy technology.

Provides an overview of electrochemical processes and devices

Features comprehensive coverage of battery types, materials, and applications

Assesses efficiency and pollution output for rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries

Presents authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Batteries, Introduction....Pages 1-4
Battery Cathodes....Pages 5-49
Battery Components, Active Materials for....Pages 51-92
Electrochemical Supercapacitors and Hybrid Systems....Pages 93-115
Lead Acid Battery Systems and Technology for Sustainable Energy ....Pages 117-134
Rechargeable Batteries, Separators for....Pages 135-194
Lithium Battery Electrolyte Stability and Performance from Molecular Modeling and Simulations....Pages 195-237
Lithium Ion Batteries, Electrochemical Reactions in....Pages 239-283
Lithium-Ion Batteries, Safety....Pages 285-318
Lithium-Ion Battery Systems and Technology....Pages 319-357
Medical Device Batteries....Pages 359-392
Nanocarbons for Supercapacitors....Pages 393-421
Nickel-Based Battery Systems....Pages 423-443
Olivine Phosphate Cathode Materials, Reactivity and Reaction Mechanisms....Pages 445-470
Silicon-Based Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries....Pages 471-504
Back Matter....Pages 505-513

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Batteries that can store electricity from solar and wind generation farms are a key component of a sustainable energy strategy. Featuring 15 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, this book presents a wide range of battery types and components, from nanocarbons for supercapacitors to lead acid battery systems and technology. Worldwide experts provide a snapshot-in-time of the state-of-the art in battery-related R&D, with a particular focus on rechargeable batteries. Such batteries can store electrical energy generated by renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydropower installations with high efficiency and release it on demand. They are efficient, non-polluting, self-contained devices, and their components can be recovered and used to recreate battery systems.

Coverage also highlights the significant efforts currently underway to adapt battery technology to power cars, trucks and buses in order to eliminate pollution from petroleum combustion. Written for an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and industry experts, Batteries for Sustainability is an invaluable one-stop reference to this essential area of energy technology.

Provides an overview of electrochemical processes and devices

Features comprehensive coverage of battery types, materials, and applications

Assesses efficiency and pollution output for rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries

Presents authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Batteries, Introduction....Pages 1-4
Battery Cathodes....Pages 5-49
Battery Components, Active Materials for....Pages 51-92
Electrochemical Supercapacitors and Hybrid Systems....Pages 93-115
Lead Acid Battery Systems and Technology for Sustainable Energy ....Pages 117-134
Rechargeable Batteries, Separators for....Pages 135-194
Lithium Battery Electrolyte Stability and Performance from Molecular Modeling and Simulations....Pages 195-237
Lithium Ion Batteries, Electrochemical Reactions in....Pages 239-283
Lithium-Ion Batteries, Safety....Pages 285-318
Lithium-Ion Battery Systems and Technology....Pages 319-357
Medical Device Batteries....Pages 359-392
Nanocarbons for Supercapacitors....Pages 393-421
Nickel-Based Battery Systems....Pages 423-443
Olivine Phosphate Cathode Materials, Reactivity and Reaction Mechanisms....Pages 445-470
Silicon-Based Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries....Pages 471-504
Back Matter....Pages 505-513
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