Battery Technology
Fundamentals of Battery Electrochemistry, Systems and Applications
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 2025
560 pages
978-3-527-84805-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Fundamentals of Battery Electrochemistry, Systems and Applications
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Alexander Börger has been working in industry since 2008, focusing on the development and further development of batteries, and also holds lectureships in the field of electrochemical energy storage. After studying chemistry at the TU Dresden and the Universidad de Salamanca, Alexander Börger received his PhD in physical chemistry from the TU Braunschweig in 2006, followed by two years of postdoctoral research there.
Heinz Wenzl has been an honorary professor of battery systems at TU Clausthal-Zellerfeld since 2010. The physicist and industrial engineer earned his doctorate at the TU 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 office in 1993 to provide consulting services for batteries and energy technology.
Heinz Wenzl has been an honorary professor of battery systems at TU Clausthal-Zellerfeld since 2010. The physicist and industrial engineer earned his doctorate at the TU 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 office in 1993 to provide consulting services for batteries and energy technology.
Content
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Energy supply in general
1.2 Electrochemical and non-electrochemical energy storage technologies
1.3 Basic characteristics of batteries, similarities and differences
1.4 Bridging time
1.5 Comparison of battery technologies
1.6 Applications and classification of batteries in overall systems
2 ELECTROCHEMICAL BASICS
2.1 Basic electrochemical terms
2.2 Electrochemical thermodynamics
2.3 Electrochemical kinetics
2.4 Equivalent circuit diagrams
2.5 Secondary reactions
3 CHARGING AND DISCHARGING CELLS AND BATTERIES
3.1 Definitions of capacitance and internal resistance
3.2 Definition of charging and discharging batteries
3.3 Discharging and charging of electrodes of a cell
3.4 Series connection of electrode interactions of electrodes on each other
3.5 Discharging and charging electrodes in a cell
3.6 Effects of short-circuiting a cell in series connection
3.7 Fault propagation, parallel battery strings and others
4 DESIGN OF ELECTRODES, CELLS AND COMPLETE BATTERY SYSTEMS
4.1 Electrochemical requirements for the structure of active materials
4.2 Design of cells
4.3 Combined ion and electron conductivity of electrodes
4.4 Cell housing and battery systems
5 THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CELLS AND BATTERIES
5.1 Inhomogeneous heat capacity and anisotropic heat conduction
5.2 Heat source density
5.3 Heat exchange with the environment
5.4 Heat balance
5.5 Temperature effects
5.6 Determination of thermal parameters
6 AGING CHARACTERISTICS OF BATTERIES AND CELLS
6.1 Classification of aging processes
6.2 Service life
6.3 Limits of service life
6.4 Service life prediction methods
7 CONDITION DETERMINATION OF CELLS AND BATTERIES
7.1 Motivation
7.2 State of charge and depth of discharge
7.3 State of health and state of function
7.4 State of safety
8 BATTERY MODELS
8.1 Classification, use and limitations of models
8.2 Equivalent circuit models
8.3 Models with charge-state independent parameters: the Shepherd model
8.4 Models with charge-state dependent parameters
8.5 Sequence of simulations
8.6 Comparison of models
8.7 Modeling of larger systems
9 PARAMETER DETERMINATION
9.1 Definition
9.2 Determination by physicochemical methods
9.3 Quiescent voltage curve
9.4 Internal resistance determination with current or voltage pulses
9.5 Short circuit current
9.6 Parameterization for the Randles model from pulse loads (measurement in the time domain)
9.7 Parameterization by measurement of impedance spectrum (measurement in frequency domain)
9.8 Measurement of the AC internal resistance
9.9 Parameterization of the Randles model over all operating conditions
10 BATTERY ANALYSIS
10.1 Method overview
10.2 Evaluation of changes in electrical parameters
10.3 Electrochemical analysis methods
10.4 Chemical and spectroscopic methods - post-mortem analysis methods
10.5 In-situ analysis techniques
10.6 Summary
11 OVERVIEW OF BATTERY SYSTEMS
11.1 Physicochemical data and characteristics
11.2 Investment and operating costs
11.3 Market structure
11.4 Availability of information
11.5 Standardization density
12 LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
12.1 Introduction and economic significance
12.2 Electrochemistry
12.3 Other electrochemical reactions
12.4 Active materials
12.5 Electrolyte
12.6 Current collectors, grids
12.7 Manufacturing process and other components for the production of cells or blocks
12.8 Current inhomogeneity
12.9 Acid layering
12.10 Design and design differences in various applications
12.11 Power output and internal resistance
12.12 Charging and charging characteristics
12.13 Aging effects
12.14 Corrosion of the positive grid, positive head lead, negative terminals and intercell connectors
12.15 Corrosion of the intercell connectors
12.16 Operating strategies and design implications for lead-acid batteries
12.1
1.1 Energy supply in general
1.2 Electrochemical and non-electrochemical energy storage technologies
1.3 Basic characteristics of batteries, similarities and differences
1.4 Bridging time
1.5 Comparison of battery technologies
1.6 Applications and classification of batteries in overall systems
2 ELECTROCHEMICAL BASICS
2.1 Basic electrochemical terms
2.2 Electrochemical thermodynamics
2.3 Electrochemical kinetics
2.4 Equivalent circuit diagrams
2.5 Secondary reactions
3 CHARGING AND DISCHARGING CELLS AND BATTERIES
3.1 Definitions of capacitance and internal resistance
3.2 Definition of charging and discharging batteries
3.3 Discharging and charging of electrodes of a cell
3.4 Series connection of electrode interactions of electrodes on each other
3.5 Discharging and charging electrodes in a cell
3.6 Effects of short-circuiting a cell in series connection
3.7 Fault propagation, parallel battery strings and others
4 DESIGN OF ELECTRODES, CELLS AND COMPLETE BATTERY SYSTEMS
4.1 Electrochemical requirements for the structure of active materials
4.2 Design of cells
4.3 Combined ion and electron conductivity of electrodes
4.4 Cell housing and battery systems
5 THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CELLS AND BATTERIES
5.1 Inhomogeneous heat capacity and anisotropic heat conduction
5.2 Heat source density
5.3 Heat exchange with the environment
5.4 Heat balance
5.5 Temperature effects
5.6 Determination of thermal parameters
6 AGING CHARACTERISTICS OF BATTERIES AND CELLS
6.1 Classification of aging processes
6.2 Service life
6.3 Limits of service life
6.4 Service life prediction methods
7 CONDITION DETERMINATION OF CELLS AND BATTERIES
7.1 Motivation
7.2 State of charge and depth of discharge
7.3 State of health and state of function
7.4 State of safety
8 BATTERY MODELS
8.1 Classification, use and limitations of models
8.2 Equivalent circuit models
8.3 Models with charge-state independent parameters: the Shepherd model
8.4 Models with charge-state dependent parameters
8.5 Sequence of simulations
8.6 Comparison of models
8.7 Modeling of larger systems
9 PARAMETER DETERMINATION
9.1 Definition
9.2 Determination by physicochemical methods
9.3 Quiescent voltage curve
9.4 Internal resistance determination with current or voltage pulses
9.5 Short circuit current
9.6 Parameterization for the Randles model from pulse loads (measurement in the time domain)
9.7 Parameterization by measurement of impedance spectrum (measurement in frequency domain)
9.8 Measurement of the AC internal resistance
9.9 Parameterization of the Randles model over all operating conditions
10 BATTERY ANALYSIS
10.1 Method overview
10.2 Evaluation of changes in electrical parameters
10.3 Electrochemical analysis methods
10.4 Chemical and spectroscopic methods - post-mortem analysis methods
10.5 In-situ analysis techniques
10.6 Summary
11 OVERVIEW OF BATTERY SYSTEMS
11.1 Physicochemical data and characteristics
11.2 Investment and operating costs
11.3 Market structure
11.4 Availability of information
11.5 Standardization density
12 LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
12.1 Introduction and economic significance
12.2 Electrochemistry
12.3 Other electrochemical reactions
12.4 Active materials
12.5 Electrolyte
12.6 Current collectors, grids
12.7 Manufacturing process and other components for the production of cells or blocks
12.8 Current inhomogeneity
12.9 Acid layering
12.10 Design and design differences in various applications
12.11 Power output and internal resistance
12.12 Charging and charging characteristics
12.13 Aging effects
12.14 Corrosion of the positive grid, positive head lead, negative terminals and intercell connectors
12.15 Corrosion of the intercell connectors
12.16 Operating strategies and design implications for lead-acid batteries
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