Global lithium resources and sustainability issues / Patrice Christmann, Eric Gloaguen, Jean-François Labbé, Jérémie Mellerton, Patrice Piantone -- Fundamentals in electrochemistry and hydrometallurgy / Alexandre Chagnes -- Lithium production processes / Tam Tran, Van T. Luong -- Lithium battery technologies : from the electrodes to the batteries / Jolanta Światowska, Philippe Barboux -- Lithium battery technologies : electrolytes / Alexandre Chagnes -- Perspectives in lithium batteries / Philippe Poizot, Franck Dolhem, Joël Gaubicher, Stéven Renault -- Lithium batteries recycling / Christian Ekberg, Martina Petranikova -- Life cycle and sustainability / Daniel Belchí Lorente, Guillaume Mandill, Lenka Svecova, Pierre-Xavier Thivel, Peggy Zwolinski -- Conclusions
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Lithium Process Chemistry: Resources, Extraction, Batteries, and Recycling provides the first combined coverage of hydrometallurgy and electrochemistry of lithium-ion batteries. Recent advancements and challenges in lithium extraction, production, and recycling processes are presented by scientific experts from around the world. Coverage includes the fundamentals of hydrometallurgy and electrochemistry in relation to lithium and lithium-ion batteries, a summary of lithium battery technologies, and recent developments in high-energy density systems required in electric vehicles or portable electronic devices. -- from back cover