Contains:
Part one - batteries with aqueous electrolytes, chapter 1: general concepts, chapter 2: main types of batteries, chapter 3: battery operation, chapter 4: various types of batteries, chapter 5: design and technology, chapter 6: battery applications, chapter 7: operational issues, chapter 8: batteries with aqueous electrolyte, part two - batteries with non-aqueous electrolytes, chapter 9: various types of electrolytes, chapter 10: insertion compounds, chapter 11: first type lithium batteries, chapter 12: lithium-ion batteries, chapter 13: lithium-ion batteries: what's next?, chapter 14: solid-state batteries, chapter 15: salt-tethered electrolyte batteries, chapter 16: general characteristics, part three - fuel cells, chapter 17: development of fuel cells, chapter 18: proton exchange membrane fuel cells, chapter 19: direct fuel cells with gas, liquid, or solid reactants, chapter 20: carbonate fuel cells, chapter 21: solid oxide fuel cells, chapter 22: other types of fuel cells, chapter 23: alkaline fuel cells, chapter 24: fuel cell applications, chapter 25: a perspective on fuel cells, part four - supercapacitors, chapter 26: introduction to electrolytic capacitors, chapter 27: carbon electrode electrochemical capacitors, chapter 28: pseudocapacitors and supercapacitors, chapter 29: hybrid (asymmetric) supercapacitors, chapter 30: comparison with other electrochemical devices - characteristics of commercial supercapacitors, chapter 31: prospects of electrochemical supercapacitors, chapter 32: electrochemical features of energy conversion.