Lithium-related batteries: advances and challenges

Lithium-Related Batteries: Advances and Challenges serves as a comprehensive treatment of advanced microscopic properties of lithium- and sodium-based batteries. It focuses on the development of the quasiparticle framework and the successful syntheses of cathode/electrolyte/anode materials in these batteries. • Highlights Li-ion batteries and Na-ion batteries, as well as lithium sulfur-, aluminum-, and iron-related batteries.• Describes advanced battery materials and their fundamental properties.• Addresses challenges to improving battery performance.• Develops theoretical predictions and experimental observations under a unified quasi-particle framework.• Targets core issues like stability and efficiencies. This book will appeal to researchers and advanced students working in battery development, including those in the fields of materials, chemical, and energy engineering.

1. Introduction 2. Small Polaron-Li-Ion Complex Diffusion in the Cathodes of Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries 3. Enrichment of Optical Excitations of LiFeO2 4. Positive Electrode Stability in Higher Voltage Region 5. Layered Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries (SIBs): Synthesis, Structure, and Characterization 6. Essential Geometric and Electronic Properties in Stage-n FeCl3-Graphite Intercalation Compounds 7. Studying the Anisotropic Lithiation Mechanisms of Silicon Anode in Li-Ion Batteries Using Molecular Dynamic Simulations 8. Optical Properties of Monolayer and Lithium-Intercalated HfX2 (X = S, Se, or Te) for Lithium-Ion Batteries 9. Mn-Based Oxide Nanocomposite with Reduced Graphene Oxide as Anode Material in Li-Ion Battery 10. In-situ Synthesis of Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries 11. Rich Quasiparticle Properties of Li2S Electrolyte in Lithium-Sulfur Battery 12. Diversified Quasiparticle Phenomena of P2S5: Electrolyte in Lithium-Sulfur Battery 13. Cathode/Electrolyte Interface in High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries: A First-Principles Study 14. Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces in Sodium-Ion Battery: Roles, Structure, and Properties 15. Concluding Remarks 16. Open Issues and Challenges 17. Problems.