Lithium-ion battery technology
Li-Ion Batteries : a Key Component for Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energies

Li-ion battery operation is based on Li⁺ ion intercalation/de-intercalation reactions that take place simultaneously at high potential in the positive electrode material and at low potential in the negative electrode material (figure 1). Within a crystallized material, the intercalation of a Li⁺ ion consists in transporting (by diffusion) the latter within the material to a vacant site present in the crystalline structure. This intercalation is accompanied by charge compensation in the host structure by...