Preface Fundamental Principles of Lithium Ion Batteries A. Selva Sharma, A. Prasath, E. Duraisamy, T. Maiyalagan, and P. Elumalai Issues and Challenges of Rechargeable Lithium Batteries O. Padmaraj, N. Satyanarayana, S. Austin Suthanthiraraj and C. Venkatesan Advances in Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries and their Systems for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles Shashank Arora and Weixiang Shen Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Nanostructured Electrode Materials Venkata Sai Avvaru, Mewin Vincent and Vinodkumar Etacheri Advanced High Voltage Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries J. Richards Joshua, T. Maiyalagan, N. Sivakumar and Y.S. Lee Nickel-based Cathode for Li-ion Batteries Matthew Li, Zhongwei Chen, Khalil Amine and Jun Lu Graphene-based Composites as Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries Cuiping Han, Shiqiang Zhao, Aurelia Wang, Huile Jin, Shun Wang, Zhong Lin Wang, Baohua Li, Junqin Li and Zhiqun Lin Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries A. Saxena, N. Gnanaseelan, S.K. Kamaraj and F. Caballero-Briones Processes and Technologies for the Recycling and Recovery of Spent Lithium Ion Batteries Zhi Sun, Weiguang Lv, Zhonghang Wang, Xiaohong Zheng, Hongbin Cao and Yi Zhang Batteries Charge Controller and Its Technological Challenges for Plug-in Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles C. Bharatiraja Index.