Lithium batteries science and technology is an up to date and comprehensive compendium on advanced power sources and energy related topics each chapter is a detailed and thorough treatment of its subject this volume includes several tutorials and contributes to an understanding of the many fields that impact the development of lithium batteries recent advances on various components are included and numerous examples of innovation are presented extensive references are given at the end . Lithium batteries science and technology is an up to date and comprehensive compendium on advanced power sources and energy related topics each chapter is a detailed and thorough treatment of its subject this volume includes several tutorials and contributes to an understanding of the many fields that impact the development of lithium batteries recent advances on various components are included and numerous examples of innovation are presented extensive references are given at the end . After an exposition of fundamentals of lithium batteries it includes experimental techniques used to characterize electrode materials and a comprehensive analysis of the structural physical and chemical properties necessary to insure quality control in production the different properties specific to each component of the batteries are discussed in order to offer manufacturers the capability to choose which kind of battery should be used which compromise between power and energy density