Electrochemical energy density

Li-ion cells are widely understood to have higher energy content than other rechargeable batteries, but this perception is generally focused only on their higher electrochemical energy density. While that perception is correct, the heat release associated with the exothermic reactions of all of a cell s contents must also be... 

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Main electrode features, which determine the energy density of an electrochemical storage cell, are the volumetric or specific capacity, i.e., the electric charge that electrodes can store per unit volume or weight, respectively, and the electrochemical potential they produce. Considering thermodynamic reasons, lithium, as being the most electropositive (-3.04 V vs. SHE) metal, is exceptional for use as... 

Aprotic polar solvents such as those listed in Table 8.1 are widely used in electrochemistry. In solutions with such solvents the alkali metals are stable and will not dissolve under hydrogen evolution (by discharge of the proton donors) as they do in water or other protic solvents. These solvents hnd use in new types of electrochemical power sources (batteries), with hthium electrodes having high energy density. 

Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and electrochemical capacitors (ECs) are two important energy storage devices that can complement each other. LIBs work slowly but provide high energy density whereas ECs offer high power density, but suffer from lower energy density [30],... 

Fuel cells using directly liquid fuels are advantageous in this aspect. Methanol, formaldehyde (water solution), formic acid (water solution) and hydrazine are among fuels relatively easy to oxidize electrochemically. Alcohol and hydrocarbon with larger molecular weight are much harder to oxidize completely to C02- Other qualifications to be considered are price, availability, safety, energy density and ease of handling. 

It has been known for some time that lithium can be intercalated between the carbon layers in graphite by chemical reaction at a high temperature. Mori et al. (1989) have reported that lithium can be electrochemically intercalated into carbon formed by thermal decomposition to form LiCg. Sony has used the carbon from the thermal decomposition of polymers such as furfuryl alcohol resin. In Fig. 11.23, the discharge curve for a cylindrical cell with the dimensions (f) 20 mm x 50 mm is shown, where the current is 0.2 A. The energy density for a cutoff voltage of 3.7 V is 219 W h 1 which is about two times higher than that of Ni-Cd cells. The capacity loss with cycle number is only 30% after 1200 cycles. This is not a lithium battery in the spirit of those described in Section 11.2. 

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