Battery Technology: Fundamentals of Battery Electrochemistry, Systems and Applications

Understand the technology that will power our future with this comprehensive guide

Energy supply is perhaps the most challenging engineering problem and social and economic issue of the modern age. Energy storage technologies and in particular batteries are an important option to optimize energy supply systems both technically and economically. They help to drive down costs, make new products and services possible and can reduce emissions. Batteries are now key components for vehicles, portable products and the electricity supply system. Understanding batteries, in particular the two dominant battery technologies, lead-acid and lithium-ion, has therefore never been more essential to technological developments for these applications.

Battery Technology: Fundamentals of Battery Electrochemistry, Systems and Applications offers a comprehensive overview of how batteries work, why they are designed the way they are, the technically and economically most important systems and their applications. The book begins with background information on the electrochemistry, the structure of the materials and components and the properties of batteries. The book then moves to practical examples often using field data of battery usage. It can serve both as an introduction for engineering and science students and as a guide for those developing batteries and integrating batteries into energy systems.

Battery Technology readers will also find:

• A focused introduction to electrochemical and materials science aspects of battery research
• An author team with decades of combined experience in battery research and industry
• Clear structure enabling easy use

Battery Technology is ideal for materials scientists, software engineers developing battery management systems, design engineers for batteries, battery systems and the many auxiliary components required for safe and reliable operation of batteries.

Alexander Börger, PhD, has been working in industry since 2008, focusing on the development of batteries and their use in vehicles, and also lectured in the field of electrochemical energy storage at the Technical University of Brunswick in Germany. After studying chemistry at the Technical University Dresden and the Universidad de Salamanca, Alexander Börger received his PhD in physical chemistry from the Technical University Brunswick in 2006, followed by two years of postdoctoral research there.

Heinz Wenzl, PhD, has lectured in the field of battery technology at the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering and Energy Systems at Clausthal University of Technology in Germany where he headed the battery technology group and, since 2010, is an honorary professor of battery systems. The physicist and industrial engineer earned his doctorate at the Technical University Munich and, after working in various positions in industry, including at a manufacturer of many different battery systems, lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, silver-zinc, lithium-metal and battery-supported power supplies, set up his own engineering consultancy in 1993 to provide consulting services for batteries and energy technology.