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Alkali-ion Batteries
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Preface
Chapter 1 Carbon Nanofiber-Based Materials as Anode Materials
for Lithium-Ion Batteries
by Yunhua Yu, Yuan Liu and Xiaoping Yang
Chapter 2 Capacity Optimization Nanotechnologies for Enhanced
Energy Storage Systems
by Natasha Ross and Emmanuel I. Iwuoha
Chapter 3 Cathode Materials for Lithium Sulfur Batteries: Design,
Synthesis, and Electrochemical Performance
by Lianfeng Duan, Feifei Zhang and Limin Wang
Chapter 4 Metal Hydride-Based Materials as Negative Electrode
for All- Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
by Liang Zeng, Koji Kawahito and Takayuki Ichikawa
Chapter 5 Intercalation of Poly[Oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Oxalate]
into Vanadium Pentoxide Xerogel: Preparation, Characterization and
Conductivity Properties
by Evans A. Monyoncho, Rabin Bissessur, Douglas C. Dahn and Victoria
Trenton
Chapter 6 Highly Functionalized Lithium-Ion Battery
by Hiroki Nagai and Mitsunobu Sato
Chapter 7 Stress Analysis of Electrode Particles in Lithium-Ion
Batteries
by Yingjie Liu and Huiling Duan
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Chapter 8 High-Voltage Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries: Sodium–
Vanadium Fluorophosphates
by Paula Serras, Verónica Palomares and Teófilo Rojo
Chapter 9 Vanadium Pentoxide (V2O5) Electrode for Aqueous
Energy Storage: Understand Ionic Transport using Electrochemical, XRay,
and Computational Tools
by Daniel S. Charles and Xiaowei Teng
Preface
This book covers selected topics in different aspects of science and
technology of alkali-ion batteries written by experts from
international scientific community.
Through the 9 chapters, the reader will have access to the most
recent research and development findings on alkali-ion batteries
through original research studies and literature reviews.
This book covers inter-disciplinary aspects of alkali-ion batteries
including new progress on material chemistry, micro/nano structural
designs, computational and theoretical models and understanding of
structural changes during electrochemical processes of alkali-ion
batteries.
Chapter 1
Carbon Nanofiber-Based Materials as Anode Materials
for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Yunhua Yu, Yuan Liu and Xiaoping Yang
Additional information is available at the end of the chapter
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/63235
Abstract
Considerable efforts have been devoted to the research of high-performance and long-
lifespan lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for their applications in large-scale power units. As
one of the most important components in LIBs, anode plays an important role in
determining the overall performance of LIBs. Nowadays, graphite has been the most
successfully commercialized anode material. However, its limited theoretical capacity
(372 mA h g−1) and limited power density seems insufficient for the next-generation
LIBs. To overcome these problems, new materials with fundamentally higher capacity
and higher power density are urgently needed. Recently, there is an ever-increasing
interest in developing novel carbonaceous nanomaterials to replace graphite as the
anode materials for LIBs. Such materials have included carbon spheres, carbon
nanotubes, carbon nanofibers (CNFs), porous monoliths, and graphene. Among these
alternative forms of carbon, CNFs and its morphological-controlled derivatives (such
as porous or hollow CNFs) have attracted much attention due to their unique and
interesting properties such as one-dimensional (1D) nanostructure, good electronic
conductivity, and large surface areas. Moreover, these CNFs can be used to encapsu‐
late various second phases to form some functional composite, meeting further
requirements including higher energy density, higher power density or flexible
requirements, for the advanced LIB operation.
Electrospinning is considered as a simple, versatile, and cost-effective industry-viable
technology for preparing various CNFs and their composites in a continuous process,
with controllable morphology. Therefore, in this chapter, we have summarized some
recent progresses in electrospun nanofibrous carbon-based anode for LIBs, covering the
structure evolution from solid CNFs into morphology-designed CNFs, and then their
composites with various functional nanoparticles. We anticipate this paper can offer
some useful information for some researchers in the area of energy storage and
conversion and can inspire them.
Keywords: electrospinning, carbon-based nanofibers, anode, lithium-ion batteries,
nanomaterials
