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Electrolytes for Rechargeable Batteries

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Introduction

The choice of the electrolyte is one of the most important tasks in designing a cell for a battery. The electrolyte electronically separates the electrodes from reacting directly in a chemical reaction, it transports electrochemically active species to/from the electrodes, and it is responsible for the Ohmic resistance of the cell that determines Joule’s heating and the loss in power and usable electrical energy. In several cell types, the electrolyte takes even its own part in the main electrochemical reactions of the cell. Then, the electrolyte is defined by the specific cell reaction. In other cases, only concentrations of the electrolyte components can be varied within a limited range. Even if the electrolyte does not take part in the main electrochemical reactions, it still has a strong impact on the performance of the cell. Its chemical and electrochemical properties including its conductivity, its liquid range limited by its freezing and boiling temperature, and the...

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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Münster Electrochemical Energy Technology (MEET), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), Münster, Germany

    Heiner Jakob Gores

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences, Esplanade 10, 85049, Ingolstadt, Germany

    Hans-Georg Schweiger & Woong-Ki Kim

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    Gerhard Kreysa

  2. Yokohama National University, Fac. Engineering, Yokohama, Japan

    Ken-ichiro Ota

  3. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Robert F. Savinell

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Gores, H.J., Schweiger, HG., Kim, WK. (2014). Electrolytes for Rechargeable Batteries. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_45

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