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Energy Storage

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Robert A. Huggins

    1. Dept. Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

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  • Covers the fundamentals of energy storage
  • Describes various forms of energy including hydrogen storage, thermal energy and batteries
  • Provides comprehensive coverage on current applications
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-12

  3. General Concepts

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    Pages 13-19

  4. Thermal Energy Storage

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    Pages 21-27

  5. Reversible Chemical Reactions

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    Pages 29-48

  6. Energy Storage in Organic Fuels

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    Pages 49-54

  7. Mechanical Energy Storage

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    Pages 55-68

  8. Electromagnetic Energy Storage

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    Pages 69-93

  9. Hydrogen Storage

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    Pages 95-117

  10. Introduction to Electrochemical Energy Storage

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    Pages 119-143

  11. Principles Determining the Voltages and Capacities of Electrochemical Cells

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    Pages 145-160

  12. Binary Electrodes Under Equilibrium or Near-Equilibrium Conditions

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    Pages 161-179

  13. Ternary Electrodes Under Equilibrium or Near-Equilibrium Conditions

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    Pages 181-206

  14. Insertion Reaction Electrodes

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    Pages 207-227

  15. Electrode Reactions that Deviate from Complete Equilibrium

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    Pages 229-235

  16. Lead-Acid Batteries

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    Pages 237-250

  17. Negative Electrodes in Other Rechargeable Aqueous Systems

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    Pages 251-266

  18. Positive Electrodes in Other Aqueous Systems

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    Pages 267-289

  19. Negative Electrodes in Lithium Systems

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    Pages 291-317

  20. Positive Electrodes in Lithium Systems

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    Pages 319-353
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Introduction Energy is necessary for a number of reasons, the most basic and obvious involve the preparation of food and the provision of heat to make life comfortable, or at least, bearable. Subsequently, a wide range of technological uses of energy have emerged and been developed, so that the availability of energy has become a central issue in society. The easiest way to acquire useful energy is to simply ?nd it as wood or a hydrocarbon fossil fuel in nature. But it has often been found to be advantageous to convert what is simply available in nature into more useful forms, and the processing and conversion of raw materials, especially petrochemicals have become a very large industry. Wood Wood has been used to provide heat for a great many years. In some cases, it can be acquired as needed by foraging, or cutting, followed by simple collection. When it is abundant there is relatively little need for it to be stored. However, many societies have found it desirable to collect more wood than is immediately needed during warm periods during the year, and to store it up for use in the winter, when the needs are greater, or its collection is not so convenient. One can still see this in some locations, such as the more remote communities in the Alps, for example. One might think of this as the oldest and simplest example of energy storage.

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  • Dept. Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Robert A. Huggins

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