This Third Edition gives you new, fully-detailed information on Lithium Ion and Propulsion and Industrial Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries, and portable fuel cells -- including small fuel cells (less than 1000 Watts) which are potentially competitive with battery sytems.

Comprehensive, coherent, and completely up-to-date, the Handbook of Batteries brings you vital data and equations instantly accessible for a wide range of applications, the Handbook has more authoritative information than any other source on the characteristics, properties, and performance of every major battery type.

Features:

• Brings you up to speed on todays cutting edge battery technologies, materials and methods
• Helps you predict battery performance under all operating conditions
• Simplifies the selection of the most suitable batteries for a wide range of applications
• Applies leading-edge technologies, materials, and methods in new designs and products
• Includes new information on Lithium Ion and Large Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, and portable fuel cells
• and much more!

This definitive guide from top international experts provides the best technical guidance you can find on designing winning products and selecting the most appropriate batteries for particular applications. Handbook of Batteries 3rd Edition covers the field from the tiniest batteries yet devised for life-critical applications to the large batteries required for electric and hybrid electric vehicles.

Contents

Part 1: Principles of Operation

1. Basic Concepts
   
2. Electrochemical Principles and Reactions
   
3. Factors Affecting Battery Performance
   
4. Battery Standardization
   
5. Battery Design
   
6. Selection and Application of Batteries

Part 2: Primary Batteries

7. Primary Batteries--Introduction
   
8. Zinc-Carbon Batteries (Leclanche and Zinc Chloride Cell Systems)
   
9. Magnesium and Aluminum Batteries
   
10. Alkaline-Manganese Dioxide Batteries
    
11. Mercuric Oxide Batteries
    
12. Silver Oxide Batteries
    
13. Zinc/Air Batteries--Button Configuration
    
14. Lithium Batteries
    
15. Solid-Electrolyte Batteries

Part 3: Reserve Batteries

16. Reserve Batteries--Introduction
    
17. Magnesium Water-Activated Batteries
    
18. Zinc/Silver Oxide Reserve Batteries
    
19. Spin-Dependent Reserve Batteriies
    
20. Ambient-Temperature Lithium Anode Reserve Batteries
    
21. Thermal Batteries

Part 4: Secondary Batteries

22. Secondary Batteries--Introduction
    
23. Lead-Acid Batteries
    
24. Valve Regulated Lead-Acid Batteries
    
25. Iron Electrode Batteries
    
26. Industrial and Aerospace Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
    
27. Venter Sintered-Plate Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
    
28. Portable Sealed Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
    
29. Portable Sealed Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries
    
30. Propulsion and Industrial Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries
    
31. Nickel-Zinc Batteries
    
32. Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries
    
33. Silver Oxide Batteries
    
34. Rechargeable Lithium Batteries (Ambient Temperature)
    
35. Lithium-Ion Batteries
    
36. Rechargeable Zinc/Alkaline/Manganese Dioxide Batteries

Part 5: Advanced Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Emerging Applications

37. Advanced Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Emerging Applications
    
38. Metal/Air Batteries
    
39. Zinc/Bromine Batteries
    
40. Sodium-Beta Batteries
    
41. Lithium/Iron Sulfide Batteries

Part 6: Portable Fuel Cells

42. Portable Fuel Cells - Introduction
    
43. Small Fuel Cells (Less Than 1000 Watts)

Part 7: Appendices

• Definitions
  
• Standard Reduction Potentials
  
• Electrochemical Equivalents of Battery Materials
  
• Standard Symbols and Constants
  
• Conversion Factors
  
• Bibliography
  
• Battery Manufacturers and R&D Organizations

Index

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