This study introduces an innovative strategy for the selective leaching of lithium from spent Li-ion batteries. Based on thermodynamic assessments and exploiting waste eggshells as a source of calcium carbonate, an impressive 38% of lithium was disso...
LiNi1−x−yMnxCoyO2 materials are a typical class of layered cathode materials with excellent electrochemical performance in lithium-ion batteries. Molecular dynamics simulations are performed for LiNi1−x−yMnxCoyO2 materials with different transition m...
Li-rich layered oxide cathode materials have become one of the most promising cathode materials for high specific energy lithium-ion batteries owning to its high theoretical specific capacity, low cost, high operating voltage and environmental friend...
Li-rich Mn-based cathode materials are considered potential cathode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries due to their outstanding theoretical capacity and energy density. Nonetheless, challenges like oxygen loss, transition metal migra...
Li[Ni0.8Co0.15Al0.05]O2 (NCA) is a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries and has high power density and capacity. However, this material has disadvantages such as structural instability and short lifespan. To address these issues, herein, we exp...
This study reports an integrated device in which a lithium-ion battery (LIB) and Si solar cells are interconnected. The LIB is fabricated using the Li(Ni0.65Co0.15Mn0.20)O2 (NCM622) cathode and the Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) anode. The surface and shape morphol...
As the explosive growth of the electric vehicle market leads to an increase in spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), the disposal of LIBs has also made headlines. In this study, we synthesized the cathode active materials Li[Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3]O2 (NMC) an...
The development of solid electrolytes with high conductivity is one of the key factors in the creation of new power-generation sources. Lithium-ion solid electrolytes based on Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZ) with a garnet structure are in great demand for all-sol...
With the growing dependence on lithium-ion batteries, there is an urgent need to understand the potential developmental toxicity of LiPF6, a key component of these batteries. Although lithium’s toxicity is well-established, the biological toxic...
Graphite as a commercial anode for lithium-ion batteries has significant safety concerns owing to lithium dendrite growth at low operating voltages. Li4Ti5O12 is a potential candidate to replace graphite as the next-generation anode of lithium-ion ba...
The rapidly increasing demand for energy storage has been consistently driving the exploration of different materials for Li-ion batteries, where the olivine lithium-metal phosphates (LiMPO4) are considered one of the most potential candidates for ca...
Lithium chloride (LiCl) is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly salt abundant in the ocean. However, the insolubility of LiCl in conventional electrolyte solvents prevents the practical use of LiCl for lithium-ion batteries. Here, we report a...
Capacity degradation and voltage fade of Li2MnO3 during cycling are the limiting factors for its practical use as a high-capacity lithium-ion battery cathode. Here, the simulated amorphisation and recrystallisation (A + R) technique is used, for gene...
The lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is a promising energy storage technology for electronics, automobiles, and smart grids. Extensive research was conducted in the past to improve the prediction of the remaining capacity of the Li-ion battery. A robust...
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are complex energy storage devices with their performance behavior highly dependent on the operating conditions (i.e., temperature, load current, and state-of-charge (SOC)). Thus, in order to evaluate their techno-econo...
Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) is an alternative anode material to substitute commercial graphite for lithium-ion batteries due to its superior long cycle life, small volume change (zero strain), good thermal stability, and relatively high power. In this work, iodi...
High-voltage spinel (LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4; LNMO) has been a prospective cathode material that may exploit the maximal voltage of 5 V for lithium-ion batteries. However, the practical application has been hindered by the severe electrochemical instability o...
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have been competitive in Electric Vehicles (EVs) due to their high energy density and long lifetime. However, there are still issues, which have to be solved, related to the fast-charging capability of EVs. The pulsed c...
Safety issues concerning the use of large lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in electrified vehicles are discussed based on the abuse test results of Li-ion cells together with safety devices for cells. The presented abuse tests are: overcharge, short ci...
For advanced lithium-ion batteries, LiNixCoyMnzO2 (x + y + z = 1) (NCM) cathode materials containing a high nickel content have been attractive because of their high capacity. However, to solve severe problems such as cation mixing, oxygen evolution,...
The dual-ion “Saltwater Battery” based on aqueous electrolyte containing sodium ions and lithium ions is believed to be one of the safest and environmentally friendliest battery technologies. The anode consists of sodium titanium phosphate, whereas t...
Microgrids (MGs) are a valuable substitute for traditional generators. They can supply inexhaustible, sustainable, constant, and efficient energy with minimized losses and curtail network congestion. Nevertheless, the optimum contribution of renewabl...
Various high-performance anode and cathode materials, such as lithium carbonate, lithium titanate, cobalt oxides, silicon, graphite, germanium, and tin, have been widely investigated in an effort to enhance the energy density storage properties of li...
Extensive research on electrode materials has been sparked by the rising demand for high-energy-density rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Graphite is a crucial component of LIB anodes, as more than 90% of the commercialized cathodes are coup...
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been used as electrochemical energy storage devices in various fields, ranging from mobile phones to electric vehicles. LIBs are composed of a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte, and a binder. A...
An artificial neural network (ANN) based multi-frequency electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique is proposed to estimate the static state of charge (SOC) of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery in this paper. The proposed ANN-based multi-frequency...
The automotive industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the modern economy. Growing customer expectations, implementing solutions related to electromobility, and increasingly stringent legal restrictions in the field of environmental protect...
In this work, we continued our systematic investigations on synthesis, structural studies, and electrochemical behavior of Ni-rich materials Li[NixCoyMnz]O2 (x + y + z = 1; x ≥ 0.8) for advanced lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). We focused, herein, on Li...
The State of Charge (SOC) estimation is a significant issue for safe performance and the lifespan of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. In this paper, a Robust Adaptive Online Long Short-Term Memory (RoLSTM) method is proposed to extract SOC estimation...
Batteries have been extensively used in many applications; however, very little is explored regarding the possible environmental impacts for their whole life cycle, even though a lot of studies have been carried out for augmenting performance in many...
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with high power, high capacity, and support for fast charging are increasingly favored by consumers. As a commercial electrode material for power batteries, LiFePO4 was limited from further wide application due to its low...
The demand for batteries for energy storage is growing with the rapid increase in photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy installation as well as electric vehicle (EV), hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Electrochemi...
The paper deals with a techno-economic comparison between utility-scale diabatic compressed air energy storage (D-CAES) systems equipped with artificial storage and Battery Energy Storage (BES) systems based on consolidated technologies, such as Sodi...
This study aims to investigate the effect of Na doping on the structure, electrical, and electrochemical properties of lithium-rich cathode material. Pristine Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2 (LNMC) and Na-doped Li1.17Na0.03Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2 (Na-LNMC) la...
Ni-rich cathode LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2 (NCM, x ≥ 0.5) materials are promising cathodes for lithium-ion batteries due to their high energy density and low cost. However, several issues, such as their complex preparation and electrochemical instability have...
In this work, the high yield of MWNTs was prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, followed by annealing at 2000–2800 °C, and the effects of high annealing temperature on metal impurities and defects in multi-walled carbon nanotu...
Intrinsically low ion conductivity and unstable cathode electrolyte interface are two important factors affecting the performances of LiCoPO4 cathode material. Herein, a series of LiCo1-1.5xYxPO4@C (x = 0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03) cathode material is synthe...
The long-term stability of energy-storage devices for green energy has received significant attention. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) based on materials such as metal oxides, Si, Sb, and Sn have shown superior energy density and stability owing to thei...
Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, LFP), an olivine–type cathode material, represents a highly suitable cathode option for lithium–ion batteries that is widely applied in electric vehicles and renewable energy storage systems. This work emp...
In this study, the importance of the preparation technique of Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) anode on its performance in a lithium-ion capacitor (LIC) application was investigated. These desired characteristics include energy density, rate capability, and cycle lif...
In this work, LiFePO4/C composite were synthesized via a green route by using Iron (III) oxide (Fe2O3) nanoparticles, Lithium carbonate (Li2CO3), glucose powder and phosphoric acid (H3PO4) solution as raw materials. The reaction principles for the sy...
This paper reports an “all in one” procedure to produce mesoporous, micro-spherical LiFePO4 composed of agglomerated crystalline nanoparticles. Each nanoparticle is individually coated with a thin glucose-derived carbon layer. The main advantage of...
Accurate modeling and performance analysis of brushless DC (BLDC) motors are essential for high-efficiency control in modern drive systems. In this article, a BLDC motor was modeled using system identification techniques. In addition, experimental da...
Recently, the application of LiFePO4 (LFP) batteries in electric vehicles has attracted extensive attention from researchers. This work presents a composite of LFP particles trapped in reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets obtained through the high...
Li3V2(PO4)3−xBrx/carbon (x = 0.08, 0.14, 0.20, and 0.26) composites as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries were prepared through partially substituting PO43− with Br−, via a rheological phase reaction method. The crystal structure and morphol...
The widespread use of electric vehicles is nowadays limited by the “range anxiety” of the customers. The drivers’ main concerns are related to the kilometric range of the vehicle and to the charging time. An optimized fast-charge profile can help to...
LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 (LNCMO) cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) were prepared by the hydrothermal synthesis of precursors and high-temperature calcination. The effect of precursor hydrothermal synthesis temperature on the microstructur...
This work focuses on the synthesis of LiFePO4–PANI hybrid materials and studies their electrochemical properties (capacity, cyclability and rate capability) for use in lithium ion batteries. PANI synthesis and optimization was carried out by ch...
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries undergo complex electrochemical and mechanical degradation. This complexity is pronounced in applications such as electric vehicles, where highly demanding cycles of operation and varying environmental conditions lead t...
In this study, a dual-phase Li4Ti5O12-TiO2 microrod was successfully prepared using a modified hydrothermal method and calcination process. The stoichiometry of LiOH as precursor was varied at mol ratio of 0.9, 1.1, and 1.3, to obtain the appropriate...
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