Abstract
Facing the challenge from a fast growth in global primary energy consumption during the last two decades, energy conversion and storage with high efficiency and sustainability is demanded. This chapter intends to discuss the broad picture of world energy utilization, and introduce various types of energy storage technologies, their advantages/disadvantages, research at the present stage and sustainability for the future. Specifically, this chapter will introduce the basic working principles of crucial electrochemical energy storage devices (e.g., primary batteries, rechargeable batteries, pseudocapacitors and fuel cells), and key components/materials for these devices.
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- EDLC:
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Electrical double-layer capacitor
- SMES:
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Superconducting magnetic energy storage
- NEC:
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Nippon Electric Company
- DC:
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Direct current
- EES:
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Electrochemical energy storage
- TES:
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Thermal energy storage
- NiCd:
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Nickel-cadmium
- NiMH:
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Nickel-metal hydride
- SHE:
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Standard hydrogen electrode
- VB:
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Valence band
- CB:
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Conduction band
- LUMO:
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Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
- HOMO:
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Highest occupied molecular orbital
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Xin, S., Gao, H., Li, Y., Guo, YG. (2019). Introduction to Electrochemical Energy Storage. In: Nanostructures and Nanomaterials for Batteries. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6233-0_1
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