New nanomaterials for light weight lithium batteries

Technological improvements, allowing to manipulate and investigate the properties of nanomaterials, are nowadays changing the approach to the energy storage and power supply vision. Modem nanoscale techniques led the market in the realization of nanostructured inorganic and organic materials increasing the efficiency of different devices, like lithium batteries, one of the most promising energy storage elements, obtaining everyday higher values of capacity, cyclability and environmental resistance. Each part of the battery, the anode, the cathode and the electrolyte, are here-described analyzing the nanomaterials used for their realization. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.