Abstract:
The main idea of my research is promotion and enhancement of lithium based
batteries. One of the objectives of my research was to produce nano-wired copper
particles for their possible application in a thermos-responsive polymer switching
(TRPS) material, with nano-wired copper particles as the conductive filler, and
polyethylene as the base matrix in order to improve the safety parameter of lithium
based batteries. At normal operating temperatures the material will exhibit a high
electrical conductivity but under circumstances of extreme temperature that may lead
to thermal runaway, the material resistance will increase several folds with in a
second, thus, saving the battery form thermal runaway and explosion. Furthermore,
modification and cyclic voltammetry testing of MOF based cathode materials was
performed to propose an optimized cathode material for lithium air batteries.
Moreover, I have also worked on the grid to wheel energy efficiency comparison of a
fuel cell vehicle with a battery electric vehicle to state the fact that why battery
electric vehicles makes more sense in a renewable energy future.
