Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- A New Age in Engineering -- How This Book Is Organized -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- Chapter 1 High-Capacity Battery Technology -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- Lithium-Ion Battery Technology -- Present Status of Li-Ion Battery-Active Materials -- Next Generation Li-Ion Cathode and Anode Research and Development -- Lithium-Metal Battery Technology, Including Lithium-Sulfur and Solid-State Materials -- Sodium-Ion Battery Technology -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 2 Sourcing Lithium-Ion Batteries -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- Cell Types and Sourcing -- Global Landscape of Lithium-Ion Battery Raw Materials -- Why Source Selection Is Important -- Lithium Discovered -- Early Uses -- Where Do These Products Come from? -- Future Sources of Supply for Lithium -- Existing Sources of Lithium Supply -- Sourcing of Other Minerals -- Nickel -- Cobalt -- Deep Sea Harvesting -- Cost vs. Price - The Promise of New Entrants -- Contract Length and Leverage -- Capital Support -- Quality and Sourcing -- The Evolution of ESG in the Battery Supply Chain -- Technological Innovations in Sourcing and Supply Chain Management -- Supply Chain Complexity and Challenges -- Regulations and Standards for Ethical Sourcing -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 3 Battery Design -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- Cells -- Cell Formats -- Cell Chemistry -- Battery Pack -- Thermal Propagation -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 4 Vehicle and Infrastructure Integration -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- Introducing the EVSE and the Battery.

Electric Vehicle Types -- Battery Electric Vehicle -- Hybrid Electric Vehicle -- Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle -- Range-Extended Electric Vehicle -- How Infrastructure Drives Battery and Vehicle Design -- Other Infrastructure Considerations for EVs and Their Batteries -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 5 Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- End-of-Life Definition -- Value Chain Feedstock Types -- New Scrap Recycling -- Old Scrap Recycling -- Technical Methods -- Pyrometallurgy -- Hydrometallurgy -- Pretreatment and Harvesting -- Dry Shredding -- Hammer Milling -- Thermal Treatment -- Froth Floatation - Separation of Carbon from Metal Oxides -- Reprecipitation of Cathodes from Hydrometallurgical Processing -- Direct Recycling -- Battery Pretreatments -- Design and Recycling -- Materials -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 6 Electric Vehicle Batteries: Repurposing for Second Life -- Introduction -- What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- Repurposing and Second Life -- Second-Life Before Recycling -- Battery Degradation -- Pathways to Second Life -- Potential Uses of Second-Life Batteries -- Challenges in Second-Life Implementation -- Module Selection and Adequacy -- Extent of Reutilization -- State of the Market and Technology -- SOH and RUL Estimation -- Economic Viability and Price Limitations -- Safety -- Industry Standards -- Safety of Aged Cells -- Safety Hazards: Concerns and Misconceptions -- Diagnostics and Prognostics to Promote SLBs -- Estimation and Prognostics for Assessing the Pack for SL -- Chemistry-Specific Challenges: LFP -- Creating a Battery Reuse Network -- Policies and Financial Incentives -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 7 Designing New Engineering Teams and Practices -- Introduction.

What You Will Learn in This Chapter -- The Essentials of the Team -- Designing New Engineering Organizations -- Organizational Development Stages -- Types of Organizations -- Designing an Organization -- Challenges Associated with This Topic -- Engineering Practices to Follow -- Words to Know -- Further Reading -- References -- Job Listings -- Index -- EULA.