Rechargeable Batteries

Part I Lithium-ion battery

- General concept and overview on LIB fundamental and history

- Three-dimensional framework and layer-structural cathodes (such as LiMn2O4, LiFePO4, LiCoO2, NCA, NMC etc.)

- Polyanion-type cathode (such as Li2FeSiO4, etc.)

- High voltage cathode

- High capacity cathode

- Graphite-based anode

- Alloy-based anode (such as Sn, Si, Ge etc)

- Metal oxide based anode (such as LTO, Nano NiO, CuO)

- Non-aqueous liquid electrolyte and additive

- Ionic liquid

- Gel polymer electrolyte and solid polymer electrolyte

- High voltage electrolyte

- Separator

- Electrode binder and electrode process

- Safety approaches and technologies (such as, safety components/systems, advanced testing techniques and protocols)

- Material preparation technologies (such as solid state reaction, sol-gel, hydrothermal, mechanical milling, nano-technologies)

- Material characterization technologies (such as for electrode structure, electrolyte electrochemical stability, and electrode-electrolyte interface etc.)

- Cell characterization technologies (at cell level, such as those for performance, aging/degradation, safety, etc)

- Battery pack and applications (focusing on electric and thermal managements, HEV/EV applications)

Part II Batteries beyond lithium-ion

- Lithium-air battery

- Lithium-sulfur battery

- Lithium battery based on conversion-type cathode (such as CoF3, FeF3 etc)

- Lithium battery based on organic cathode

- Sodium-ion battery

- Magnesium battery

- Flow battery

Dr. Zhengcheng Zhang: A chemist and a team lead at the Electrochemical Energy Storage Theme, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) of U.S. Department of Energy. He received Ph.D. degree in polymer chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2000. Prior to ANL, He spent seven years as a senior scientist in the academia and battery industry in his early career. Dr. Zhang¿s current research is focused on the technology innovation for energy storage devices including Li-metal, Li-ion and new battery chemistries beyond Li-ion for PHEV/EV applications. Dr. Zhang has authored and co-authored 60 scientific papers in the peer-review journals including Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Chemical Communications, Journal of Physical Chemistry and 30 patents/invention applications in the area of high voltage electrolyte, solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) passivation additives, and redox shuttle additives, thermally stable separator, UV curing cross-linked polymer binder, stabilized lithium metal powder anode and organic polymer cathode for lithium ion battery. A series of potential-tuneable redox shuttle additives has been scaled up for industrial validation due to its prolonged overcharge protection and contributed to a book chapter on this topic. His new technology of the silicon-based electrolyte has won the 2005 R&D 100 Award. His recent research in the energy storage is expanded to the high energy density organic cathode materials and batteries beyond Li-ion including Li-air battery and Li-sulfur battery. Dr. Zhang is well recognized in the field and has been invited to give talks at a number of national and international conferences/symposiums.Dr. Sheng S. Zhang: A research chemist in Electrochemistry Branch of U.S. Army Research Laboratory. He received Ph.D. in physical chemistry from University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, in 1993. After four years experiences in academy