Fundamental principles of battery design

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>With an increasing diversity of electrical energy sources, in particular with respect to the pool of renewable energies, and a growing complexity of electrical energy usage, the need for storage solutions to counterbalance the discrepancy of demand and offer is inevitable. In principle, a battery seems to be a simple device since it just requires three basic components – two electrodes and an electrolyte – in contact with each other. However, only the control of the interplay of these components as well as their dynamics, in particular the chemical reactions, can yield a high-performance system. Moreover, specific aspects such as production costs, weight, material composition and morphology, material criticality, and production conditions, among many others, need to be fulfilled at the same time. They present some of the countless challenges, which make battery design a long-lasting, effortful task. This chapter gives an introduction to the fundamental concepts of batteries. The principles are exemplified for the basic Daniell cell followed by a review of Nernst equation, electrified interface reactions, and ionic transport. The focus is addressed to crystalline materials. A comprehensive discussion of crystal chemical and crystal physical peculiarities reflects favourable and unfavourable local structural aspects from a crystallographic view as well as considerations with respect to electronic structure and bonding. A brief classification of battery types concludes the chapter.</jats:p>

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“…Figure shows the performance of common energy storage devices. [ 16 ] Typically, LIBs offer better energy storage performance than conventional batteries, while capacitors and combustion technologies offer higher power density than LIBs. As shown in Figure 1, most LIBs have a power density lower than 1000 W kg −1 , much lower than that for traditional fossil fuels (e.g., gasoline combustion ranging from 10 5 to 10 6 W kg −1 ; engine is not included).…”

“…As shown in Figure 1, most LIBs have a power density lower than 1000 W kg −1 , much lower than that for traditional fossil fuels (e.g., gasoline combustion ranging from 10 5 to 10 6 W kg −1 ; engine is not included). [ 16 ] Faster and higher‐power energy storage systems are needed for numer applications, and electrochemical capacitors (ECs) have partially filled this role. ECs can reach 10 000 W kg −1 [ 16 ] ; after however, they cannot take the place of the LIBs due to their low energy density, and thus, in certain applications (e.g., EVs, HEVs), an ECs‐LIB synergistic system is used to balance their disadvantages.…”

“…[ 16 ] Faster and higher‐power energy storage systems are needed for numer applications, and electrochemical capacitors (ECs) have partially filled this role. ECs can reach 10 000 W kg −1 [ 16 ] ; after however, they cannot take the place of the LIBs due to their low energy density, and thus, in certain applications (e.g., EVs, HEVs), an ECs‐LIB synergistic system is used to balance their disadvantages. As a result, efforts should be taken toward improving their performance, aiming to overcome the 1000 W kg −1 level and reach the 10 000 W kg −1 level to surpass ECs.…”