Lithium Metal Anodes and Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu, and Wesley A. Henderson
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Lithium Metal Anodes and Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries Ji-Guang Zhang, Wu Xu, and Wesley A. Henderson Springer, 2017 194 pages, $99.99 (e-book $79.99) ISBN 978-3-319-44053-8
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ithium metal is light (with a density of 0.534 g/cm3), has a specific capacity of 3860 mAh per gram, and has the highest electroactivity with redox potential of –3.04 against the standard hydrogen electrode. It should be the ideal anode material for rechargeable batteries. So what is stopping it? This book analyzes two barriers to the commercial development of rechargeable batteries with lithium-metal anodes: growth of lithium dendrites and low Coulombic efficiency of lithium cycling in the battery. At one time, the problems were considered insurmountable, and interest shifted to compromise candidates: disordered carbon and then to the present-day ordered graphite anode. Is there a second coming for lithiummetal anodes? This book provides a structured response to this question. A
brief introductory chapter on rechargeable batteries sets the stage for the use of lithium-metal anodes. The chapter introduces tree-like structures—with the generic name of dendrites—growing on the anode during charge/discharge cycles. These form internal short circuits, causing capacity loss. Chapter 2 describes seven techniques used to characterize the surface morphology and chemistry of dendrites. Micrographs and schematics contribute to the lucid description of test methods and failure mechanisms of the lithium anode. The chapter also discusses the important role of the solid-electrolyte interface. Theoretical models, including recent ones emphasizing interfacial elastic strength, are described. Chapter 3 discusses factors affecting Coulombic efficiency and dendrite growth, since most
Modern Thermodynamics Arieh Ben-Naim and Diego Casadei World Scientific, 2016 372 pages, $95.00 (softcover $48.00) ISBN 978-981-3200-75-3
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his is not the fi rst book entitled Modern Thermodynamics, but it is certainly a book from a very uncommon viewpoint for thermodynamics: the information theory proposed by Claude E. Shannon in 1948 (Bell Syst. Tech. J. 27 (3), 379). Ben-Naim and Casadei have written this book presenting their systematic research on the link between information theory and thermodynamic entropy.
The book is divided into two sections: Fundamentals and Applications. Eight chapters cover the fundamentals, and four chapters cover specific applications. The first two chapters provide a brief historical development of thermodynamics and information theory. Perhaps the most interesting subsection is The Basic Idea of Information Theory, which is presented using a question game to find an unknown subject, person, or
of them are common to both. The chapter also discusses various electrolytes and the influence of solvents, lithium salts, additives, and electrolyte concentration. Chapter 4 considers the application of lithium-metal anodes mainly in lithium-sulfur and lithium-air batteries. The chapter also covers rechargeable batteries where a lithium-metal a
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