New Trends in Intercalation Compounds for Energy Storage (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

Recent advances in electrochemistry and materials science have opened the way to the evolution of entirely new types of energy storage systems: rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, electrochroms, hydrogen containers, etc., all of which have greatly improved electrical performance and other desirable characteristics. This book encompasses all the disciplines linked in the progress from fundamentals to applications, from description and modelling of different materials to technological use, from general diagnostics to methods related to technological control and operation of intercalation compounds. Designing devices with higher specific energy and power will require a more profound understanding of material properties and performance. This book covers the status of materials and advanced activities based on the development of new substances for energy storage. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Intercalation Compounds for Energy Storage....Pages 1-8 Lithium Intercalation Compounds. The Reliability of the Rigid-Band Model....Pages 9-26 Overview of Carbon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries....Pages 27-38 Electronic Structure of Various Forms of Solid State Carbons. Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 39-62 From Intercalation Compounds to Inserted Clusters Li in Carbon Superanodes for Secondary Batteries....Pages 63-75 Lithium NMR in Lithium-Carbon Solid State Compounds....Pages 77-93 Critical Review of H/Carbon Literature and Ab Initio Research for a Chemical Site between Two Coronenes....Pages 95-100 Carbon-Based Negative Electrodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries Obtained from Residua of the Petroleum Industry....Pages 101-108 Hydrogen in Metals....Pages 109-143 Effects of Composition in La/Ni-Based Intermetallic Compounds Used as Negative Electrodes in Ni-MH Batteries....Pages 145-155 Lithium Insertion Compounds for Energy Storage....Pages 157-175 Chemical and Structural Stabilities of Layered Oxide Cathodes....Pages 177-192 In Situ Preparation of Composite Electrodes: Antimony Alloys and Compounds....Pages 193-200 On the Use of In-Situ Generated Tin-Based Composite Materials in Lithium-Ion Cells....Pages 201-208 Physical Chemistry of Lithium Intercalation Compounds....Pages 209-233 Lattice Dynamics of Manganese Oxides and Their Intercalated Compounds....Pages 235-252 Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Of Intercalation in Disordered Compounds....Pages 253-268 Modified Host Lattices for Li Intercalation with Improved Electrochemical Properties....Pages 269-288 Surface Science Investigations of Intercalation Reactions with Layered Metal Dichalcogenides....Pages 289-354 Conductive Polymers and Hybrid Materials as Insertion Electrodes for Energy Storage Applications....Pages 355-376 An Electrochemical Point of View on the Intercalation Compounds....Pages 377-392 Manganese Dioxides Promising Cathode Materials for Lithium Batteries....Pages 393-403 Impedance of Diffusion of Inserted Ions Simple and Advanced Models....Pages 405-412 Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy for Probing Ion/Network Interactions in Solids....Pages 413-420 Cations Mobility and Water Adsorption in Zeolites....Pages 421-428 Strategies to Improve the Cycling Performance of Lithium Storage Alloys....Pages 429-432 Nanoscaled Containers For Hydrogen....Pages 433-438 Nanocrystalline Materials For Lithium Batteries....Pages 439-446 Study of Fluorinated Graphite Intercalation Compounds....Pages 447-454 Insertion of Rare -Earth Metals Into AgI-Based Compounds. First Evidence of Disordering and Strong Modification of β- and γ-AgI Crystal Structures....Pages 455-462 Structural Characterization of Mg Treated LiCoO 2 Intercalation Compounds....Pages 463-468 Electronic Structure of Oxygen in Delitiated Litmo 2 Studied by Electron Energy-Loss Spectrometry....Pages 469-474 Short-Range Co/Mn Ordering and Electrochemical Intercalation of Li into Li[Mn 2-y Co y ]O 4 SPINELS, 0