Scanning Probe Microscopy Facility for Operando Study of Redox Processes on Lithium ion Battery Electrodes

An Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is combined with a special designed glovebox system and coupled to a Galvanostat/Potentiostat to allow measurements on electrochemical properties for battery research. An open cell design with electrical contacts makes it possible to reach the electrode surface with the cantilever so as to perform measurements...

Inverter based generation for large industrial plants: Using PV and batteries to reduce emissions and cost of a LNG plant

Reducing the cost and CO2 emission for the power generation for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant by using inverter based generation is the main challenge posed in this thesis. Both factors can be decreased by using inverter based generation instead of the conventional gas powered power plant for generating the power for a islanded...

Perylene as Cathode for Magnesium Batteries: A feasibility study

Magnesium ion batteries (MIB) have attracted much attention from battery researchers around the globe. Magnesium is divalent in nature and offer a higher theoretical capacity than that of lithium. However, the magnesium research is still in the niche stage and the search continues for better electrolyte systems and for high voltage cathode...

Insight on polysulfides harness: COFs for Li-S batteries

Nine COF designs have been selected for their porosity, surface area and pore surface chemistry, synthesized or reproduced via a solvothermal method with different degrees of success in terms of crystallinity and porosity. Through various spectroscopy techniques (IR, Raman, XPS), together with imaging tools (SEM, TEM) and system specific...

Study on the effects of Doping Argyrodite with LiCl and LiF: in a Solid State Lithium Ion Battery

Solid state lithium ion batteries are generally safer than liquid electrolytes. Li6PS5Cl is a promising electrolyte with an instability in the active material and electrolyte interphase which causes an increase in impedance and capacity loss. <br/>Doping with stable salts of LiCl and LiF could affect the stability. It is found that doping LiCl...

Synthesis and characterisation of tin and antimony nano-compounds for lithium battery applications

The growing interest during the past decades for mobile devices, like laptops, cellular phones, MP3 players, etc., is impressive. moreover, the concerns about climate changes have increased the worldwide interest for electrical and hybrid vehicles and intermittent sustainable energies, like solar and wind energy. These development have...