Advanced battery materials

Electrochemical energy storage has played important roles in energy storage technologies for portable electronics and electric vehicle applications. During the past three decades, great progress has been made in research and development of various batteries, in terms of energy density increase and cost reduction. However, the energy density has to be further increased to achieve long endurance time. In this book, recent research and development in advanced electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage devices are showcased, including lithium ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries and metal-air batteries, sodium ion batteries and supercapacitors. The materials involve transition metal oxides, sulfides, Si-based material as well as graphene and graphene composites.
The contributors to the volume are battery scientists and engineers with excellent academic records and expertise. Each chapter is relatively independent of the others, with a structure which is easy for readers quickly find topics of interest. I hope that this book will be helpful for scientists and engineers working in the field of energy storage, especially the graduate students.