Nano-structured lithium-ion battery-supercapacitor hybrids with intergrown electrodes.

在对化石燃料消费影响的担忧日益加剧的推动下，可再生能源正处于历史高位。因此，世界各地的实验室正在进行令人兴奋的研究，以生产能源生产和减少消耗的新技术。我们自己的研究项目侧重于开发储能设备，即锂电池。**本提案介绍了我们的旗舰产品：具有互穿电极的3D电池。目标是改变电池的构造方式，A)最大限度地减少不能在电池中存储电荷的“自重”（电流收集器，碳添加剂等）和B)减少高功率运行时的能量损失。为此，我们必须摒弃固态正极材料和碳/聚合物粘结剂/活性材料复合电极，自20世纪80年代锂离子电池问世以来，它们一直是锂离子电池的标志。相反，电荷将存储在与导电聚合物相连的氧化还原分子中。除了提供一种可以穿透多孔阳极的材料外，这种范式转变还有几个优点，例如使用现代分子合成定制氧化还原过程的前所未有的能力。因此，我们的研究项目提供了一个跨学科和多样化的HQP培训环境，涵盖有机、聚合物和固态化学、材料表征、电化学和计算机建模。**因为电池提供了一种独特的能力来储存来自风能和太阳能等可再生能源的能量，目标设备和训练有素的HQP将在改善加拿大环境方面处于有利地位。此外，目标3D电池作为高功率设备，特别适用于汽车、电梯、起重机等的能量回收。因此，该提案推动加拿大经济发展的潜力来自于3D电池技术的生产、应用，以及训练有素的HQP，这将有助于支持加拿大工业竞标高度膨胀和利润丰厚的锂电池市场。* * * * * *

Renewable energy, driven by growing concerns about the impact of fossil-fuel consumption, is at an all time high. As such, exciting research is being conducted in laboratories around the world to produce new technologies for energy generation and consumption reduction. Our own research program focuses on the development of devices for energy storage i.e. lithium batteries. ** This proposal presents our flagship: the 3D battery with interpenetrating electrodes. The objective is to transform how batteries are constructed, to A) minimize the "dead weight" that does not store charge in the battery (the current collector, carbon additives etc.) and B) reduce the energy loss during high power operation. To this end we must do away with the solid-state cathode material AND the carbon/polymer binder/active material composite electrode that has been the hallmark of lithium-ion batteries since their inception in the 1980ies. The charge will instead be stored in redox molecules linked to conducting polymers. This paradigm shift has several advantages in addition to providing a material that can interpenetrate the porous anode, such as an unprecedented ability to tailor the redox process using modern molecular synthesis. Our research program therefore provides an interdisciplinary and diversified HQP training environment covering organic, polymeric and solid-state chemistry, material characterization, electrochemistry, and computer modeling.** Because batteries offer a unique ability to store energy from renewable sources like wind and solar, the targeted devices and the trained HQP will be in a strong position to improve Canada's environment. Further, the targeted 3D batteries as high power devices are uniquely suited for energy recovery in cars, elevators, cranes etc. As such, this proposals potential for driving economic development in Canada comes from producing 3D battery technology,their application, and the trained HQP's that will help support Canadian industry's bid for the highly expansive and lucrative lithium battery market.** ****