Overview
- Provides an overview of electrochemical processes and devices
- Features comprehensive coverage of battery types, materials, and applications
- Assesses efficiency and pollution output for rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries
- Presents authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
Keywords
- Batter Components Materials
- Batteries Sustainability
- Battery Cathodes
- Electrochemical Supercapacitors
- Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
- Lead Acid Batter Systems
- Lithium Battery Electrolyte Stability
- Lithium Ion Batteries
- Nanocarbons for Supercapacitors
- Nickel Based Battery Systems
- Olivine Phosphate Cathode Materials
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Silicon-based Anodes
About this book
Coverage also highlights the significant efforts currently underway to adapt battery technology to power cars, trucks and buses in order to eliminate pollution from petroleum combustion. Written for an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and industry experts, Batteries for Sustainability is an invaluable one-stop reference to this essential area of energy technology.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Batteries for Sustainability
Book Subtitle: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
Editors: Ralph J. Brodd
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5791-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5790-9Published: 11 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8977-2Published: 28 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5791-6Published: 12 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 514
Topics: Energy Storage, Energy Systems, Electrochemistry, Optical and Electronic Materials