Rechargeable Organic Batteries: Materials, Mechanisms and Prospects

A must-have reference on sustainable organic energy storage systems

Organic electrode materials have the potential to overcome the intrinsic limitations of transition metal oxides as cathodes in rechargeable batteries. As promising alternatives to metal-based batteries, organic batteries are renewable, low-cost, and would enable a greener rechargeable world.

Rechargeable Organic Batteries is an up-to-date reference and guide to the next generation of sustainable organic electrodes. Focused exclusively on organic electrode materials for rechargeable batteries, this unique volume provides comprehensive coverage of the structures, advantages, properties, reaction mechanisms, and performance of various types of organic cathodes.

In-depth chapters examine carbonyl-, organosulfur-, radical-, and organometallic complexes, as well as polymer-based active materials for electrochemical energy storage (EES) technologies. Throughout the book, possible application cases and potential challenges are discussed in detail.

• Presents advanced characterization methods for verifying redox mechanisms of organic materials
• Examines recent advances in carbonyl-based small-molecule cathode materials in battery systems including lithium-ion, sodium-ion, and aqueous zinc-ion batteries
• Introduces organosulfide-inorganic composite cathodes with high electrical conductivity and fast reaction kinetics
• Outlines research progress on radical electrode materials, polymer-based organic cathode materials, and the development of all-organic batteries
• Summarizes the synthesis processes, redox mechanisms, and electrochemical performance of different kinds of organic anode materials for metal-ion batteries

Featuring a general introduction to organic batteries, including a discussion of their necessity and advantages, Rechargeable Organic Batteries is essential reading for electrochemists, materials scientists, organic chemists, physical chemists, and solid-state chemists working in the field.

Yongzhu Fu is a Professor of College of Chemistry at Zhengzhou University in China. Before joining Zhengzhou University in 2017, he was an Assistant Professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) (2014-2017), Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) (2011-2013), and a Research Scientist at Lynntech, Inc. (2008-2011) after he received Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from UT-Austin in 2007 and completed postdoctoral training at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2008. Dr. Fu’s current research efforts focus on the development of organosulfur cathode materials and functional applications of these materials. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed journal papers in scientific journals, such as Acc. Chem. Res., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Adv. Mater., Nat. Commun., which have been cited over 8800 times. He holds 1 U.S. patent on proton-conducting membranes and 3 pending U.S. patents on Li-S batteries.