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A Ragone plot (Figure 7) compares the power and energy density of electrical energy storage devices. Electrolytic capacitors, based on an oxide dielectric, for example, arc associated with high-power densities... 

ECs are another promising electrical energy storage device with a higher energy density than electrical capacitors, and a better rate capability and cycling stability than LIBs [32]. Carbon-based electric double layer capacitors and metal oxide- or polymer-based pseudocapacitors are two main types of ECs. The charge-... 

Although the material of a battery separator is inert and does not influence electrical energy storage or output, its physical properties greatly influence the performance and safety of the battery. This is especially true for lithium-ion cells, and thus the battery manufacturers have started paying more attention to separators while designing the cells. The cells are designed in such a way that separators do not limit the performance, but if the separator properties are... 

In the context of this Symposium entitled Chemistry for Energy, the task set for the authors by the organizers was to draw a perspective on electrical energy storage — not only to summarize the state-of-the-art and indicate why performance is limited, but also to draw attention to chemical problems, by way of example, which might capture the participants attention. 

Polar polymers, such as ionomers, possess permanent dipole moments. Hence orientation polarization is produced in addition to the induced polarization when the polar polymers are placed in an electric field. Thus polar molecules are capable of storing more electric energy than nonpolar polymers, which are dependent almost entirely on induced dipoles for electric energy storage. 

US DOE (2007b), Technology and Applied R D Needs for Electrical Energy Storage, Resource Document for the Workshop on Basic Research Needs for Electrical Energy Storage, Office of Science, Washington, DC, 2-3 April. 

Molybdenum disulfide intercalation compounds have been considered for application in electrical energy storage superbatteries223-22S. ... 

Rufer A. EPFL. Electrical energy storage system with at least two energy sources having different... 

In a nonexhaustive way, this chapter shows that Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors are very important electrical energy storage systems, where the carbon material plays a central role in the performance. Lately, many types of carbons have been investigated more or less empirically in these cells. However, the works performed recently pay a special attention to find correlations with specific parameters of nanostructured carbons, which is rather difficult because of the highly disordered state of these materials. 

A more detailed description of different types of batteries and other electric energy storage systems for electric vehicles can be found in Sect. 5.3, while a description of the main characteristics and properties of fuel cells for automotive application is given here, starting from some basic concepts of electrochemistry and thermodynamic, and focusing the attention on the operative parameters to be regulated to obtain the best performance in the specific application. 

The main issues of hybrid propulsion systems are discussed in this chapter, drawing attention to basic characteristics of power train components and aspects of energy management within each hybrid configuration. The main characteristics of electric drives are described in Sect. 5.2, different types of electric energy storage systems are analyzed in Sect. 5.3 and Sect. 5.4, while different configurations of hybrid electric vehicles are discussed in Sect. 5.5, with particular reference to fuel cell propulsion systems (Sect. 5.5.4). 

Even with the current technology the lithium polymer batteries represent the state of the art in the field of electric energy storage systems, since they are characterized by very interesting values of the basic electrochemical parameters, as already reported in Table 1.8 in comparison with other batteries today available. 

In this section, the main characteristics of alternative electrical energy storage systems, such flywheels and super capacitors, are described, as these devices might play an important role in the development of vehicles powered by electric propulsion systems. 

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