Towards eco-friendly batteries: concepts for lithium and sodium ion batteries

Toigo, Christina Verena (2022) Towards eco-friendly batteries: concepts for lithium and sodium ion batteries, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Chimica, 34 Ciclo. DOI 10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/10067.
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Abstract

Several possibilities are arising aiming the development of “greener”, more sustainable energy storage systems. One point is the completely water-based processing of battery electrodes, thus being able to renounce the use of toxic solvents in the preparation process. Despite its advantage of lower cost and eco-friendlyness, there is the need of similar mechanical and electrochemichal behavior for boosting this preparation mode. Another point – accompanying the water-based processing - is the replacement of solvent-based polymer binders by water-based ones. These binders can be based on fluorinated, crude-oil based polymers on the one side, but also on naturally abundant and economic friendly biopolymers. The most common anode materials, graphite and lithium titanate (LTO), have been subjected a water-based preparation route with different binder systems. LTO is a promising anode material for lithium ion batteries (LIBs), as it shows excellent safety characteristics, does not form a significant SEI and its volume change upon intercalation of lithium ions is negligible. Unfortunately, this material suffers from a rather low electric conductivity - that is why an intensive study on improved current collector surfaces for LTO electrodes was performed. In order to go one step ahead towards sustainable energy storage, anode and cathode active materials for a sodium ion battery were synthesized. Anode active material resulted in a successful product which was then subjected to further electrochemical tests. In this PhD work the development of “greener” energy storage possibilities is tested under several aspects. The ecological impact of raw materials and required battery components is examined in detail.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Toigo, Christina Verena
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Co-supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Ciclo
34
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Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Sustainable battery, lithium titanium oxide, sodium alginae, biopolymer, rheology, flow behavior
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DOI
10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/10067
Data di discussione
24 Marzo 2022
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