The Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries estimation is very important for the intelligent Battery Management System (BMS). With the arrival of the era of big data, data mining technology is becoming more and more mature, and the Li-ion batteries RUL estimation based on data-driven prognostics is more accurate. However, the Support Vector Machine (SVM) applying to predic...

Graphite has long been the most used commercial anode material in Li-ion batteries. However, it has a limited Li intercalation capacity of 372 mAh g , which cannot meet the increasing energy demand for Li-ion batteries. Here, we propose massive artificial graphite as a host material for the controlled deposition and stripping of Li metal within the internal space of the particles and demonstrat...

Citation: Aihara Y, Ito S, Omoda R, Yamada T, Fujiki S, Watanabe T, Park Y and Doo S (2016) The Electrochemical Characteristics and Applicability of an Amorphous Sulfide-Based Solid Ion Conductor for the Next-Generation Solid-State Lithium Secondary Batteries. Front. Energy Res. 4:18. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2016.00018 The electrochemical characteristics and applicability of an amorphous sulfide-Bas...

Pure single-crystalline Na1.1V3O7.9 nanobelts are successfully synthesized for the first time via a facile yet effective strategy. When used as cathode materials for Na-ion batteries, the novel nanobelts exhibit excellent electrochemical performance. Given the ease and effectiveness of the synthesis route as well as the very promising electrochemical performance, the results obtained may be ext...

We report direct visualization of electrochemical lithiation and delithiation of Au anodes in a commercial LiPF6/EC/DEC electrolyte for lithium ion batteries using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The inhomogeneous lithiation, lithium metal dendritic growth, electrolyte decomposition, and solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) formation are observed in situ. These results shed lights on strat...

Rechargeable lithium batteries have ushered the wireless revolution over last two decades and are now matured to enable green automobiles. However, the growing concern on scarcity and large-scale applications of lithium resources have steered effort to realize sustainable sodium-ion batteries, Na and Fe being abundant and low-cost charge carrier and redox centre, respectively. However, their pe...

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are now widely implemented as the power or energy source for everything from portable electronics to electric vehicles. The electrochemical charge storage in the batteries is intimately related to their material properties. This chapter gives an overview of the methods for characterizing battery materials, both ex situ and in situ in practical cells. An important ...

Recently, heteroatom-doped carbon materials BCx, BCxN and CxN have been suggested the potential applications as anode materials in Li ion batteries, because these compounds consist of layered structure [1-3]. In particular, boron-doped carbon materials have been experimentally and theoretically investigated from different points of view, not only from fundamental scientific aspects, such as ele...

Recently, sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have been given intense attention because they are the most promising alternative to lithium ion batteries for application in renewable power stations and smart grid, owing to their low cost, their abundant natural resources, and the similar chemistry of sodium and lithium. Elemental phosphorus (P) is the most promising anode materials for SIBs with the hig...

Although lithium ion batteries have gained commercial success owing to their high energy density, they lack suitable electrodes capable of rapid charging and discharging to enable a high power density critical for broad applications. Here, we demonstrate a simple bottom-up approach toward single crystalline vanadium oxide (VO2) ribbons with graphene layers. The unique structure of VO2-graphene ...