A variety of transport-reaction processes occurring on local scale during charge and discharge of insertion electrodes have been identified and studied in great detail. Based on this, we created a general empirical model that attempts to connect the state-of-the-art knowledge about nano-scale phenomena with the macroscopic electrochemical output of an insertion electrode. We verified the generality of the model not only by explaining the typical cell output but, in particular, by explaining various peculiar electrode characteristics such as i) the non-linearity of current voltage curves, ii) the so-called memory effect, iii) the apparent enhancement of kinetics using glassy particle surface decoration, iv) the variable slope of the Warburg diffusion tail during cell operation etc. Additionally, the model was be validated by showing new phenomena that have been unknown so far but are predicted by the model.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 6171930Leader of the project is very active as interviewee in multiple TV and web broadcasts as well as in public articles aimed at interpreting advanced technologies to a broader audience. In this particular interview he interpreted the context of electrified vehicles, which nearly entirely rely on batteries, within the context of the future mobility thus contributing to awareness raising of electromobility.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
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