Ceramic Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Batteries

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Solid State Physics, Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical

• Author: Masashi Kotobuki, Shufeng Song, Chao Chen
• ISBN: 9789813233904
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication: May 30, 2018
• Imprint: WSPC
• Language: English

All-solid-state batteries have gained much attention as the next-generation batteries. This book is about various Li ion ceramic electrolytes and their applications to all-solid-state battery. It contains a wide range of topics from history of ceramic electrolytes and ion conduction mechanisms to recent research achievements. Here oxide-type and sulfide-type ceramic electrolytes are described in detail. Additionally, their applications to all-solid-state batteries, including Li-air battery and Li-S battery, are reviewed.

Consisting of fundamentals and advanced technology, this book would be suitable for beginners in the research of ceramic electrolytes; it can also be used by scientists and research engineers for more advanced development.

Contents:

• Introduction

• Li Battery

• History of Solid Electrolyte

• Ion Conduction in Ceramics:

  • Structural Fundamental of Ion Conductive Ceramics
  • Ion Conduction Inside the Crystal
  • Ion Conduction at the Interface
  • Strategies for Lithium Conductivity Enhancement

• Crystalline Li-ion Conductive Ceramics:

  • Oxide Li-ion Conductive Ceramics
  • Sulfide Li-ion Conductive Ceramics

• Amorphous/Glass and Glass-Ceramics Li-ion Conductive Ceramics:

  • Amorphous/Glass Li-ion Conductor
  • Glass-Ceramic Li-ion Conductor

• Application in All-Solid-State Battery:

  • Thin-Film Battery
  • Bulk-Type All-Solid-State Battery
  • Li-S Battery
  • Li-Air Battery

• Summary

Readership: Graduate students, young researchers and research engineers studying ceramic electrolytes.
Key Features:

• Provides a comprehensive description of ionic conduction mechanism in ceramics
• Describes structures, Li ion conduction paths and other properties of various kinds of ceramic electrolytes in detail
• Reviews recent progress of all-solid-state battery including Li-S and Li-air batteries