Battery electrodes comprise a mixture of active material particles, conductive carbon and
binder additives deposited onto a current collector. Although this basic design has persisted …

There is a growing demand for energy storage, for intermittent renewable energy such as
solar and wind power, for transportation, and for the myriad portable electronic devices. By …

Electrochemical ion insertion involves coupled ion–electron transfer reactions, transport of
guest species and redox of the host. The hosts are typically anisotropic solids with 2D …

Lithium-ion batteries have become the focus of research interest, thanks to their numerous
benefits for vehicle applications. One main limitation of these technologies resides in the …

Nanostructured materials are advantageous in offering huge surface to volume ratios,
favorable transport properties, altered physical properties, and confinement effects resulting …

For more than 20 years, most of the technological achievements for the realization of
positive electrodes for practical rechargeable Li battery systems have been devoted to …

The electrochemical properties and performances of lithium-ion batteries are primarily
governed by their constituent electrode materials, whose intrinsic thermodynamic and kinetic …

Rechargeable batteries can effectively store electrical energy as chemical energy, and
release it when needed, providing a good choice for applications in electric vehicles (EVs) …

Introduction The ability to achieve high cycling rates in a lithium-ion battery is limited by the
Li transport within the electrolyte; the transport of Li ions and electrons within the electrodes; …

Advances in the fields of catalysis and electrochemical energy conversion often involve
nanoparticles, which can have kinetics surprisingly different from the bulk material. Classical …