Lithium-ion batteries – Current state of the art and anticipated developments
Journal article, 2020
Lithium-ion batteries are the state-of-the-art electrochemical energy storage technology for mobile electronic devices and electric vehicles. Accordingly, they have attracted a continuously increasing interest in academia and industry, which has led to a steady improvement in energy and power density, while the costs have decreased at even faster pace. Important questions, though, are, to which extent and how (fast) the performance can be further improved, and how the envisioned goal of truly sustainable energy storage can be realized. Herein, we combine a comprehensive review of important findings and developments in this field that have enabled their tremendous success with an overview of very recent trends concerning the active materials for the negative and positive electrode as well as the electrolyte. Moreover, we critically discuss current and anticipated electrode fabrication processes, as well as an essential prerequisite for “greener” batteries – the recycling. In each of these chapters, we eventually summarize important remaining challenges and propose potential directions for further improvement. Finally, we conclude this article with a brief summary of the performance metrics of commercial lithium-ion cells and a few thoughts towards the future development of this technology including several key performance indicators for the mid-term to long-term future.
Electrolyte
Processing
Anode
Cathode
Recycling
Lithium-ion battery
Author
Michel Armand
Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)
Peter Axmann
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Wurttembergstiftung (ZSW)
Dominic Bresser
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Helmholtz
Mark Copley
The University of Warwick
K. Edstrom
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Uppsala University
Christian Ekberg
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material
Dominique Guyomard
Nantes University
Bernard Lestriez
Nantes University
Petr Novák
Paul Scherrer Institut
Martina Petranikova
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Energy and Material
Willy Porcher
Grenoble Alpes University
Sigita Trabesinger
Paul Scherrer Institut
Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens
Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Wurttembergstiftung (ZSW)
Helmholtz
Heng Zhang
Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)
Journal of Power Sources
0378-7753 (ISSN)
Vol. 479 228708Subject Categories
Chemical Engineering
Energy Systems
DOI
10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228708