Advances in Batteries for Medium and Large-Scale Energy Storage

Table of contents

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