For the past decade the lithium-ion battery has had great success in powering many of our rechargeable energy needs. It’s ability to hold more energy than other conventional batteries is what has kept it at the top of the battery pyramid for more than a decade. However, to create a more sustainable future, scientists and engineers have continued to search for a battery technology that could one...

A cooperative behavior of Zn(2+) and Li(+) to conduct charges in a Zn-LiFePO4 battery is disclosed. When Li(+) dissolves into the electrolyte, Zn(2+) would deposit, and vice versa. In light of this cooperative behavior, the battery can be viewed as a super hybrid system, which combines the strong points of Zn-air battery, lithium-ion battery and redox-flow cell.

With the massive application of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in portable devices and electric vehicles, supplying active materials with high performances then recycling their waste are two core issues for development LIBs. Herein, a novel strategy is proposed to recycle spent LIB (SLIB) graphite reform it as valuable anode material SLIB has been carbon-coated using glucose (OSG@C). We systemati...

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are favored in hybrid-electric vehicles and electric vehicles for their outstanding power characteristics. In this paper the energy loss due to electrical contact resistance (ECR) at the interface of electrodes and currentcollector bars in Li-ion battery assemblies is investigated for the first time. ECR is a direct result of contact surface imperfections and acts...

Li-ion cell thermal-runaway failures can occur due to poor cell or battery-pack design (electrochemical or mechanical), manufacturing flaws, external abuse, and poor charger or system design. Fortunately, a procedure for detecting future failures shows promise. Internal cell faults continue to lead to thermal runaway failures in Li-ion battery packs used in the field. Though these events are ra...

Battery technology is an enabling technology for electric vehicles (EVs), and improving its safety and reliability while reducing its cost will benefit its application to EVs. In this paper, a method on the design and analysis of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack from the reliability perspective is presented. The analysis is based on the degradation of the battery pack, which is related to the ...

As an alternative to pure lithium-ion, Li+, systems, a hybrid magnesium, Mg2+, and Li+ battery can potentially combine the high capacity, high voltage, and fast Li+ intercalation of Li-ion battery cathodes and the high capacity, low cost, and dendrite-free Mg metal anodes. Herein, we report on the use of two-dimensional titanium carbide, Ti3C2Tx (MXene), as a cathode in hybrid Mg2+/Li+ batterie...

In recent years, interest in using lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries as power sources for a wide range of devices (particularly portable devices) has grown significantly. There is thus a real need to understand at a fundamental level a wide range of battery performance criteria (energy density, power density, safety, durability, cost). Our working group considered how to model the fundamental elec...

Eriksson, T. 2001. LiMn2O4 as a Li-Ion Battery Cathode. From Bulk to Electrolyte Interface. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 651. 53 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5100-4. LiMn2O4 is ideal as a high-capacity Li-ion battery cathode material by virtue of its low toxicity, low cost, and the high natural abundance ...

Battery-powered electric cars (BEVs) play a key role in future mobility scenarios. However, little is known about the environmental impacts of the production, use and disposal of the lithium ion (Li-ion) battery. This makes it difficult to compare the environmental impacts of BEVs with those of internal combustion engine cars (ICEVs). Consequently, a detailed lifecycle inventory of a Li-ion bat...