Jürgen Besenhard

TL;DR: In this article, the performance and safety of rechargeable batteries depend strongly on the materials used and future trends, such as alternative materials for achieving higher specific charges are discussed, and a review of the insertion materials suitable for negative and positive insertion electrodes is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the dramatic effect of the morphology of the metallic host matrix on the performance of the lithium-alloy anodes and show that two component host matrices with ultrasmall (submicro- or nanoscale) particle size show an impressive cycling performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, an impressive improvement of the cycling performance of Li-alloy anodes in rechargeable organic electrolyte lithium batteries can be achieved by replacing compact or large particle size metallic host matrices M (e.g. Sn or Sb) with small particle size (micro- or nano-scale) multiphase metallic host materials like SnSnSbn or SnSnAgn.

TL;DR: In this article, the performance and safety of rechargeable batteries depend strongly on the materials used and future trends, such as alternative materials for achieving higher specific charges are discussed, and a review of the insertion materials suitable for negative and positive insertion electrodes is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the beneficial effect of some inorganic electrolyte additives like CO2, N2O, CO, CO-complexes and polysulfides Sx2− on self-discharge and cycling behavior of metallic lithium electrodes as well as of carbon-lithium intercalation electrodes is demonstrated in propylene carbonate (PC) electrolytes.