Designing Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion and Post-Lithium Batteries

Every electrochemical source of electric current is composed of two electrodes with an electrolyte in between. Since storage capacity depends predominantly on the composition and design of the electrodes, most research and development efforts have been focused on them. Considerably less attention has been paid to the electrolyte, a battery’s basic component. This book fills this gap and shines more light on the role of electrolytes in modern batteries. Today, limitations in lithium-ion batteries result from non-optimal properties of commercial electrolytes as well as scientific and engineering challenges related to novel electrolytes for improved lithium-ion as well as future post-lithium batteries.

New strategies in designing salts and solutions for new generation of electrolytes L. Niedzicki & M. Kasprzyk X-ray crystallography in developing new electrolyte systems based on heterocyclic anions M. Dranka & J. Zachara Overview of polymer and solid electrolytes towards all solid state batteries M. Marzantowicz & M. Struzik Electrolytes for sodium and sodium-ion batteries M. Marcinek & A. Bitner-Michalska Electrolytes for magnesium batteries J. Plocharski Towards aluminium, zinc and calcium batteries M. Siekierski & M. Piszcz Electrolytes for metal air batteries M. Siekierski & G. Zukowska Electrolytes for lithium sulphur batteries M. Marczewski

Wladyslaw Wieczorek is professor of chemistry (chemical technology) at the Warsaw University of Technology. Janusz Plocharski graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, in 1974 and then became a member of the research and teaching staff of the faculty.