Electrochemical Power Sources Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Supercapacitors [Hardcover]

Electrochemical Power Sources (EPS) provides in a concise way the operational features, major types, and applications of batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors
• Details the design, operational features, and applications of batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors
• Covers improvements of existing EPSs and the development of new kinds of EPS as the results of intense R&D work
• Provides outlook for future trends in fuel cells and batteries
• Covers the most typical battery types, fuel cells and supercapacitors; such as zinc-carbon batteries, alkaline manganese dioxide batteries, mercury-zinc cells, lead-acid batteries, cadmium storage batteries, silver-zinc batteries and modern lithium batteries

FOREWORD xv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xvii

PREFACE xix

SYMBOLS xxi

ABBREVATIONS xxiii

INTRODUCTION xxv

PART I BATTERIES WITH AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES 1

1 GENERAL ASPECTS 3

1.1 Definition 3

1.2 Current-Producing Chemical Reaction 3

1.3 Classification 5

1.4 Thermodynamic Aspects 6

1.5 Historical Development 8

1.6 Nomenclature 9

Reviews and Monographs 10

2 MAIN BATTERY TYPES 11

2.1 Electrochemical Systems 11

2.2 Leclanché (Zinc–Carbon) Batteries 12

2.3 The Zinc Electrode in Alkaline Solutions 14

2.4 Alkaline Manganese–Zinc Batteries 14

2.5 Lead Acid Batteries 17

2.6 Alkaline Nickel Storage Batteries 20

2.7 Silver–Zinc Batteries 23

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