Silicon Anode Systems for Lithium-Ion Batteries is an introduction to silicon anodes as an alternative to traditional graphite-based anodes. The book provides a comprehensive overview including abundance, system voltage, and capacity. It provides key insights into the basic challenges faced by the materials system such as new configurations and concepts for overcoming the expansion and contraction related problems. This book has been written for the practitioner, researcher or developer of commercial technologies.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Background and Introduction 1. Introduction to silicon anode systems for lithium-ion batteries 2. Recent Advances in Silicon Materials for Li ion Batteries: Novel Processing, Alternative Raw Materials and Practical Considerations
Part II: Mechanical Properties 3. A Computational Study on the Effects of Mechanical Constraint on the Performance of Si Nanosheets as Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries 4. Mechanical Properties of Silicon-Based Electrodes 5. The Effect of the Insertion of an Elastic Buffer Layer on the Stability of a Si Thin Film Patterned Li-Ion Anode
Part III: Electrolytes and SEI Issues 6. The SEI Layer and Its Impact on Si-Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries 7. Active/Inactive Phases, Binders and the Impact of Electrolytes
Part IV: Achieving High Performance 8. Performance-Degradation Modeling in Silicon Anodes 9. Nanostructured 3D Electrode Architectures of Silicon for High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries 10. The Processing and Properties of Silicon Anode Materials for High Capacity and Performance
Part V: Applications and Future Directions 11. Silicon as anode material for high energy lithium-ion batteries 12. Batteries for Integrated Power and CubeSats: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
Authors
Prashant N. Kumta Edward R. Weidlein Chair Professor, University of Pittsburgh, United States.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.
Aloysius F. Hepp Chief Technologist, Nanotech Innovations LLC and a Science Advisory Board Member, CoreWater Technologies, Inc., Oberlin, OH, USA.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.
Moni K. Datta Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Moni K. Datta is an Assistant Professor at the Bioengineering Department of the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA. Oleg I. Velikokhatnyi Assistant Professor, Bioengineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, USA.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.
