Brief History of Early Lithium-Battery Development

Abstract

Lithium batteries are electrochemical devices that are widely used as power sources. This history of their development focuses on the original development of lithium-ion batteries. In particular, we highlight the contributions of Professor Michel Armand related to the electrodes and electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries.

Sulfide and Oxide Inorganic Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Batteries: A Review

“…Although solid-state electrolytes can be used for all these different applications, we focused mainly on electrolytes for all-solid-state Li batteries. Recently, Reddy et al [8] summarized the early history of Li batteries. In brief, a Li battery consists of a cathode (positive electrode), an electrolyte (Li ionic conductor), a separator, and an anode (negative electrode).…”

Metal–organic framework-based materials: advances, exploits, and challenges in promoting post Li-ion battery technologies

“…The contribution of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology to the technical development and betterment of mankind has been highly appreciated and celebrated with the award of the Nobel prize to the Li-ion battery technology developers John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino in the year 2019. 1 The compact structure of Li-ion batteries has contributed a lot towards revolutionizing electronic gadgets while inculcating properties such as compactness, efficiency, flexibility, mobility, and better gravimetric and volumetric capacities. 2,3 Nevertheless, after four decades of intense research and advancement, Li-ion battery technology has reached saturation but the demand for higher energy density is still prevailing.…”

Effect of Reducing Agent on Solution Synthesis of Li3V2(PO4)3 Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

“…Among the cathode materials, vanadium-based oxides are one of the important electrode materials that are studied due to their variable V 3+,4+,5+ oxidation state. Early work on a vanadium-based oxide, Li x V 2 O 5 , was conducted in 1979 by Dickeson et al [ 3 ], and further details on the early history of lithium batteries have been summarized by Reddy et al [ 4 ]. More recently, various studies has been carried out on vanadium-based cathodes with different crystal structures: triclinic [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ], tetragonal [ 11 ], and orthorhombic [ 12 , 13 ].…”