Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, 1 by Fokwa

Inorganic Battery Materials

Editors

Hailiang Wang

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

 

Boniface P.T. Fokwa

University of California, Riverside, CA, USA

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Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

Editorial Board

Editor‐in‐Chief

Robert A. Scott

University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Section Editors

Boniface P.T. Fokwa

University of California, Riverside, CA, USA

Timothy P. Hanusa

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Jason B. Love

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Rebecca L. Melen

Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

Albrecht Messerschmidt

Max‐Planck‐Institute für Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany

Robert A. Scott

University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Associate Editors

Yvain Nicolet

Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France

Tim Storr

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Holger Helten

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany


Editor‐in‐Chief Emeritus & Senior Advisors

Robert H. Crabtree

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

R. Bruce King

University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

International Advisory Board

David A. Atwood

University of Kentucky, KY, USA

Michael Bruce

Adelaide, Australia

Tristram Chivers

Calgary, Canada

Valeria Culotta

MD, USA

Mirek Cygler

Saskatchewan, Canada

Marcetta Darensbourg

TX, USA

Michel Ephritikhine

Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Robert Huber

Martinsried, Germany

Susumu Kitagawa

Kyoto, Japan

Charles M. Lukehart

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Leonard R. MacGillivray

IA, USA

Thomas Poulos

CA, USA

David Schubert

CO, USA

Edward I. Solomon

CA, USA

Katherine Thompson

Vancouver, Canada

T. Don Tilley

CA, USA

Karl E. Wieghardt

Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Vivian Yam

Hong Kong

Contributors

Hye Ryung Byon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
  • Lithium Oxygen Battery
Shaowei Chen South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
  • Structural Engineering of Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Jaephil Cho Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea
  • How to Maximize the Potential of Zn–Air Battery: Toward Acceptable Rechargeable Technology with or without Electricity
Francesco Ciucci Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
  • Modeling Solid State Batteries
Camden DeBruler Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
  • Redox‐Active Inorganic Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Kaoru Dokko Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
  • Lithium Oxygen Battery
Elizabeth H. Driscoll University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Na‐Ion Batteries: Positive Electrode Materials
Laura L. Driscoll University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Na‐Ion Batteries: Positive Electrode Materials
Bin Fan South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Structural Engineering of Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Bo Hu Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
  • Redox‐Active Inorganic Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Liangbing Hu University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • Solid‐State Electrolyte
Maowei Hu Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
  • Redox‐Active Inorganic Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Sooyeon Hwang Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
  • TEM Studies on Electrode Materials for Secondary Ion Batteries
Jang‐Soo Lee Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea
  • How to Maximize the Potential of Zn–Air Battery: Toward Acceptable Rechargeable Technology with or without Electricity
Feng Li University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
  • S Electrode Materials
Ligui Li South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Structural Engineering of Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Siyuan Li Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • Lithium Metal Anode
Xiaolin Li Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
  • Silicon‐Based Anodes for Advanced Lithium‐Ion Batteries
Feng Lin Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Surface Chemistry of Alkali‐Ion Battery Cathode Materials
T. Leo Liu Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
  • Redox‐Active Inorganic Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Yingying Lu Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • Lithium Metal Anode
Ziheng Lu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
  • Modeling Solid State Batteries
Jian Luo Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
  • Redox‐Active Inorganic Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Wei Luo Tongji University, Shanghai, China
  • Solid‐State Electrolyte
Laura C. Merrill University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
  • Multivalent Metallic Anodes for Rechargeable Batteries
Joohyuk Park Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea
  • How to Maximize the Potential of Zn–Air Battery: Toward Acceptable Rechargeable Technology with or without Electricity
Jelena Popovic Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Chemistry of Soft Matter Battery Electrolytes
Muhammad M. Rahman Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Surface Chemistry of Alkali‐Ion Battery Cathode Materials
Philip N. Ross Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium‐Based Batteries
Jennifer L. Schaefer University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
  • Multivalent Metallic Anodes for Rechargeable Batteries
Divya Sehrawat University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, Australia
  • Solid State and Materials Chemistry for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
  • Application of In Situ Electrochemical‐Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy for the Study of Rechargeable Batteries
Neeraj Sharma University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, Australia
  • Solid State and Materials Chemistry for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Feifei Shi Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
  • Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium‐Based Batteries
Peter R. Slater University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  • Na‐Ion Batteries: Positive Electrode Materials
Junhua Song Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
  • Silicon‐Based Anodes for Advanced Lithium‐Ion Batteries
Jennifer H. Stansby University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Sydney, Australia;
Australia Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, Australia
  • Solid State and Materials Chemistry for Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Dong Su Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
  • TEM Studies on Electrode Materials for Secondary Ion Batteries
Xiaowei Teng University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
  • Electrode and Electrolyte Interaction in Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage
Morgan L. Thomas Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
  • Lithium Oxygen Battery
Ting Hei Wan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
  • Modeling Solid State Batteries
Nan Wang South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Structural Engineering of Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Masayoshi Watanabe Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
  • Lithium Oxygen Battery
Raymond A. Wong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
  • Lithium Oxygen Battery
Wenda Wu Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
  • Redox‐Active Inorganic Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Zhaojun Xie Nankai University, Tianjin, China
  • Li–CO2 Batteries
Jixiang Yang Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • Lithium Metal Anode
Wanli Yang Advanced Light Source, E O Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Synchrotron‐Based Soft X‐Ray Spectroscopy for Battery Material Studies
Wentao Yao Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
  • Application of In Situ Electrochemical‐Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy for the Study of Rechargeable Batteries
Chuang Yu Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
  • Solid‐State Electrolyte
Jingping Yu South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Structural Engineering of Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Shuaibo Zeng South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Structural Engineering of Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Ji‐Guang Zhang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
  • Silicon‐Based Anodes for Advanced Lithium‐Ion Batteries
Jun Zhao South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
  • Structural Engineering of Cathode Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Zhen Zhou Nankai University, Tianjin, China
  • Li–CO2 Batteries

Series Preface

The success of the Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry (EIC), pioneered by Bruce King, the founding Editor in Chief, led to the 2012 integration of articles from the Handbook of Metalloproteins to create the newly launched Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (EIBC). This has been accompanied by a significant expansion of our Editorial Advisory Board with international representation in all areas of inorganic chemistry. It was under Bruce's successor, Bob Crabtree, that it was recognized that not everyone would necessarily need access to the full extent of EIBC. All EIBC articles are online and are searchable, but we still recognized value in more concise thematic volumes targeted to a specific area of interest. This idea encouraged us to produce a series of EIC (now EIBC) Books, focusing on topics of current interest. These will continue to appear on an approximately annual basis and will feature the leading scholars in their fields, often being guest coedited by one of these leaders. Like the Encyclopedia, we hope that EIBC Books continue to provide both the starting research student and the confirmed research worker a critical distillation of the leading concepts and provide a structured entry into the fields covered.

The EIBC Books are referred to as spin‐on books, recognizing that all the articles in these thematic volumes are destined to become part of the online content of EIBC, usually forming a new category of articles in the EIBC topical structure. We find that this provides multiple routes to find the latest summaries of current research.

I fully recognize that this latest transformation of EIBC is built on the efforts of my predecessors, Bruce King and Bob Crabtree, my fellow editors, as well as the Wiley personnel, and, most particularly, the numerous authors of EIBC articles. It is the dedication and commitment of all these people that are responsible for the creation and production of this series and the “parent” EIBC.

Robert A. Scott

University of Georgia

Department of Chemistry

August 2019

Volume Preface

Rechargeable batteries, converting between chemical energy and electrical energy, are not only a currently dominant power source for portable electronics, cordless tools, electrochemical energy storage, and electric vehicles but are also closely related to the future of humanity's efficient and balanced energy consumption. The exponential growth of energy demand in our modern society has made rechargeable batteries one of the essential ingredients to satisfy our quest for more and more energy. Equally important is the fact that rechargeable batteries are playing a crucial role in climate change by helping to advance green energy technologies such as solar and wind. Consequently, it is urgent to build better batteries by making them more energy intensive, faster, more durable, safer, and cheaper. While incremental improvements of available batteries are being successfully pursued in the industry by design or architecture modifications, exploring and understanding new chemistries and materials will be necessary to address these challenges. This has stimulated extensive research on designing, synthesizing, and characterizing inorganic materials (broadly defined) for many battery technologies.

Inorganic Battery Materials, a newly added volume to The Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, is the product of excellent contributions from prominent experts from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Selective overviews and critical perspectives are provided for battery technologies from the state‐of‐the‐art lithium ion battery chemistry to more energy‐aggressive chemistries involving lithium metal, sulfur, and oxygen; abundant metals including sodium, magnesium, calcium, and aluminum; aqueous battery chemistry; redox flow battery chemistry; solid state battery chemistry; and environmentally beneficial carbon dioxide battery chemistry. In addition to battery materials, extensive discussion is also dedicated to the development and employment of advanced structural characterization techniques, including synchrotron‐based X‐ray spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, to understand the structure–property correlations and working/failing mechanisms.

We would like to thank the editorial staff at Wiley for their expert guidance and assistance throughout the entire project. It could not have been completed without their steadfast help.

Hailiang Wang

Yale University,

New Haven, CT, USA

Boniface P.T. Fokwa

University of California,

Riverside, CA, USA

August 2019

Part 1
Chemistry of Li‐Ion Battery Materials