2014-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2014 Volume 4: Recycling & Secondary Battery

Editors:Kongoli F
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2014
Pages:498 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-06-5
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Macroporous battery materials made from ionic liquids

    Frank Endres1;
    1CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany (Deutschland);
    Type of Paper: Invited
    Id Paper: 273
    Topic: 12

    Abstract:

    Despite quite a good power density of currently 1 - 3 kW/kg upon discharge, lithium ion batteries suffer of a low energy density of not more than 0,15 kWh/kg. This is a factor of 80 below the one of hydrocarbons, and even with "5 Volt cathode materials", the energy density will hardly exceed 0,3 kWh/kg. Especially for electric cars, there is a need of batteries with a higher energy density if the cruising range of a mass market electric car shall not be limited to only 100 - 200 km. In this context, new battery designs are needed. It will be shown in this lecture that zinc/air batteries with ionic liquid based electrolytes have few promising properties, especially as the dendritic growth of Zn can be avoided. Furthermore, it is shortly discussed that Al/air and Si/air batteries might be the batteries of the future as both elements are abundant and comparably cheap. The challenges for rechargeable Al/air and Si/air batteries will be shortly discussed.

    Keywords:

    battery materials, ionic liquid

    Cite this article as:

    Endres F. Macroporous battery materials made from ionic liquids. In: Kongoli F, editors. Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2014 Volume 4: Recycling & Secondary Battery. Volume 4. Montreal(Canada): FLOGEN Star Outreach. 2014. p. 441-442.