
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Advances in High-Energy Density Batteries
- 1st Edition - June 17, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Prashant N. Kumta, Aloysius F. Hepp, Moni K. Datta, Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 6 7 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 1 6 9 - 2
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries provide an alternative to lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and are showing promise for providing much higher energy densities. Systems utilizing Li-S… Read more
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- Provides insight into the basic challenges faced by the materials system
- Discusses additives and suppressants to prevent dissolution of electrolyes
- Includes a review of the safety limitations associated with this technology
- Incorporates a historical perspective into the development of lithium-sulfur batteries
Mechanical and Chemical Engineers.
1. Introduction to the lithium-sulfur system: technology and electric vehicle applications
Tobias Glossmann, Abhishek Raj, Tea Pajan, and Elizaveta Buch
2. Solid electrolytes for lithium-sulfur batteries
Eleni Temeche and Richard Laine
3. Applications of metal-organic frameworks for lithium-sulfur batteries
Si-Cheng Wan and Fu-Sheng Ke
4. Multiscale modeling of physicochemical interactions in lithium-sulfur battery electrodes
Partha P. Mukherjee, Zhixiao Liu, Feng Hao, and Bairav S. Vishnugopi
5. Reliable HPLC-MS method for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of dissolved polysulfide ions during the operation of lithium-sulfur batteries
Dong Zheng, Tianyao Ding, and Deyang Qu
6. Modeling of electrode, electrolyte as well as interfaces related to lithium-sulfur batteries
Venkat Srinivasan and Aashutosh Mistry
7. Recent progress in fundamental understanding of selenium-doped sulfur cathodes during charging and discharging with various electrolytes
Gui-Liang Xu, Chen Zhao, Tianshou Zhao and Khalil Amine
8. Suppression of lithium dendrite growth in lithium-sulfur batteries
XiaoLong Xu and Hao Wang
9. The role of advanced host materials and binders for improving lithium-sulfur battery performance
Shahid Hussain, Naseem Akhtar, Muhammad Sufyan Javed, and Awais Ahmad
10. Future of lithium-sulfur batteries: the criticality of solid electrolytes
Patrick Bonner and John Muldoon
11. New approaches to high energy density cathode and anode architectures for lithium-sulfur batteries
Moni K. Datta, Ramalinga Kuruba, Prasada Rao Talakonda, Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi, and Prashant N. Kumta
12. A solid-state approach to a lithium-sulfur battery
Muhammad Khurram Tufail, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Shahid Hussain, Tayyaba Najam, and Muhammad Kashif Aslam
13. State estimation methodologies for lithium-sulfur battery management systems
Faten Ayadi, Daniel J. Auger, Abbas Fotouhi, and Neda Shateri
14. Batteries for aeronautics and space exploration: recent developments and future prospects
Aloysius F. Hepp, Prashant N. Kumta, Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi, and Moni K. Datta
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 17, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Prashant N. Kumta
Prashant N. Kumta holds the Edward R. Weidlein Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor with Tenure at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering and School of Dental Medicine, and is also a Professor in the Departments of BioEngineering, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and Oral and Craniofacial Sciences. His research focuses on lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, electrolysis, and metallic biomaterials.
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Aloysius F. Hepp
Aloysius F. Hepp is Chief Technologist at Nanotech Innovations and an independent consultant based in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a PhD in Inorganic Photochemistry in 1983 from MIT and retired in December 2016 from the Photovoltaic & Electrochemical Systems Branch of the NASA Glenn Research Center (Cleveland). He was a visiting fellow at Harvard University from 1992–3. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement medal in 1997. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Albany and Cleveland State University. Dr. Hepp has co-authored nearly 200 publications (including six patents) focused on processing of thin film and nanomaterials for I–III–VI solar cells, Li-ion batteries, integrated power devices and flight experiments, and precursors and spray pyrolysis deposition of sulfides and carbon nanotubes. He has co-edited twelve books on advanced materials processing, energy conversion and electronics, biomimicry, and aerospace technologies. He is Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (MSSP) and is currently the chair of the International Advisory Board of MSSP, as well as serving on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Mater. Sci. and Engin. B and Heliyon. He has recently been appointed as Series Editor for the Vacuum and Thin-Film Deposition Technologies series and the Aerospace Fundamentals, Applications, and Exploration series.
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Moni K. Datta
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Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi
Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi is an Assistant Professor in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. His research includes first-principles and semi-empirical approaches applied to alternative energy sources (rechargeable Li-ion batteries, hydrogen storage materials, fuel cells, water electrolysis) and biodegradable magnesium-based alloys for orthopedic and craniofacial applications.