Safety Enhancement, Energy Analysis and Capacity Improvement of Lithium Based Batteries /

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.