Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Materials, Challenges and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780323919340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Ram Gupta; Tuan Anh Nguyen; Huaihe Song

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PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES  1. Introduction to electrochemical energy storage technologies 2. A recent development in Li-S batteries 3. Chemistry and operation of Li-S batteries 4. High-performance Lithium-Sulfur batteries: Role of nanotechnology and nanoengineering 5. Mathematical modeling of Li-S batteries 6. Nanomaterials for advanced Li-S batteries: An introduction 7. Nanocomposites for binder-free Li-S electrodes   8. Separators for Li-S batteries 9. Progress and Perspective of separators towards high-performance lithium sulfur batteries 10. Electrolytes for Li-S batteries

PART 2: NANOMATERIALS AND NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SULFUR CATHODES 11. Porous carbon-sulfur composite cathodes 12. Recent advancement on nanocomposites of carbon / sulfur electrodes for lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries 13. Advances in nanomaterials for sulfurized carbon cathodes 14. Graphene-sulfur composite cathodes 15. Nanocomposites of graphene-sulfur as cathode materials and separators for Li-S batteries 16. Graphene-sulfur nanohybrids for cathodes in Li-S batteries  17. Metal-organic framework-based cathode materials in Li-S batteries 18. MXene-based sulfur composite cathodes 19. Polymeric nanocomposites for Li-S batteries  20. Design of nanostructured sulfur cathodes for high-performance lithium-sulfur battery 21. Nanostructured additives and binders for sulfur cathodes

PART 3: LITHIUM METAL ANODES: MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY 22. Metallic Li anode: An introduction 23. Advanced carbon-based nanostructured framework for Li anodes 24. Carbon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

PART 4: APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 25. Li-S batteries for marine applications 26. Two-dimensional layered materials for flexible electronics and batteries 27. Sustainability in Li-S batteries 28. Recyclability and recycling technologies for lithium-sulfur batteries 29. Recyclability, circular economy, and environmental aspects of Lithium-sulfur batteries

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Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. He is the Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta's research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants. Tuan Anh Nguyen is Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. His research focuses on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology for corrosion and materials integrity in transportation systems. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and advanced nanomaterials. Huaihe Song is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, College of Materials and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China. He has 28 years of experience in the field of carbon materials research. His research area is in the preparation of advanced carbon materials and their applications, including pitch-based carbon materials (mesophase pitch and mesocarbon microbeads), carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon-encapsulated metal nanomaterials, and onion-like carbons), carbon-based materials for energy storage (lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors), and mesoporous carbons (ordered mesoporous carbons and carbon aerogels). Dr. Ghulam Yasin is an Academic Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Study, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Dr. Yasin has published over 150 scientific contributions in the form of Research Articles, Reviews, Book Chapters, and Editorials in various areas of Science & Engineering. He has more than 4100 citations and an h-index of 36. He is the Editor of over 20 books and has been honoured with many awards and accolades, most recently receiving the Research Fund for International Scientists (FRIS) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Dr. Yasin is serving as Associate Editor, Section Editor, Guest Editor, and editorial board member for several international journals. Dr. Yasin's expertise covers the design and development of hybrid devices/technologies of carbon nanostructures and advanced nanomaterials for energy-related and various functional applications for real-world impact.