Les batteries lithium-ion sont présentement d’excellentes candidates pour le stockage électrochimique d’énergie du futur. Cela dit, les batteries lithium-métal pourraient présenter des propriétés électrochimiques encore plus avantageuses. Cependant, ces types de batteries présentent encore des inconvénients, notamment au niveau de leur sécurité. Un des responsables majeurs de ceux-ci est l’électrolyte liquide organique. Parmi les différentes voies exploitables pour améliorer la sécurité de ces technologies, les électrolytes solides polymères (SPE) sont largement étudiés. Classiquement, ces systèmes sont mis en forme en présence de solvants qui sont ensuite évaporés. Aussi, lorsque le processus d’évaporation de solvants est terminé, les échantillons sont habituellement réexposés à l’air ambient. Or, d’une part, malgré le séchage important d’un échantillon, il se peut qu’il reste du solvant de mise en forme résiduelle. D’autre part, l’eau atmosphérique peut s’infiltrer au sein de celui-ci. Cependant, ce ne sont pas des facteurs qui sont considérés dans la recherche présente dans le domaine. Bien que l’influence des solvants résiduels est parfois mentionnée, elle n’est jamais quantifiée de façon convenable, et cela reste un facteur mal compris et souvent omis. Dans cette étude, des échantillons de différents types de SPE ont été préparés selon des conditions standards, leur teneur en solvants résiduels a été contrôlée et analysée par différentes méthodes développées au cours de cette recherche. Pour la quantification de l’eau, un analyseur d’humidité spécifique a été utilisé, et il a été montré que l’eau résiduelle permet d’augmenter les conductivités ioniques des échantillons. Pour la quantification des solvants résiduels organiques, une méthode analytique employant la chromatographie gazeuse couplée à la spectrométrie de masse a été développée. Il a été observé que comme avec l’eau, les solvants résiduels augmentent la conductivité ionique des échantillons étudiés. Cette étude doit montrer aux chercheurs dans le domaine que le contrôle des solvants résiduels est un facteur primordial dans le développement des SPEs, et que c’est un paramètre qui doit être systématiquement évalué. / Lithium-ion batteries are today’s candidates for future long-term electrochemical storage of renewable energies. That said, lithium-metal batteries could offer even more appealing electrochemical properties. However, both types of batteries still suffer from certain technical difficulties such as safety. One of the culprits for their reduced safety is the use of an organic liquid electrolyte. Indeed, the latter is flammable and poses a risk, as numerous battery fire accidents have shown throughout the past years. Luckily, scientific research has been able to propose safer alternatives to liquid electrolytes applicable to lithium batteries by replacing the former by solid state electrolytes. Amongst these systems, solid polymer electrolytes (SPE) can be considered as a promising possibility to eliminating the safety issues. Conventionally, SPEs are prepared in a solvent that is evaporated at the end of the manufacturing. Additionally, atmospheric humidity can infiltrate these materials and alter their properties. However, residual solvent content is seldom mentioned, and even when it is, the specific experimental parameters are lacking which makes it a misunderstood and regularly omitted factor in battery performance evaluation. In this study, residual solvents are quantified in different SPE systems that are prepared according to standard and non-standard procedures. To do so, certain samples have had their solvent content artificially modified in order to control and analyse it. Firstly, water content is assessed using a specific moisture analyser. Secondly, an analytical method employing gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry has been developed to determine the residual SPE processing solvent. It has been concluded that, similarly to water, residual solvents also contribute to enhancing ionic conductivities of SPEs. Hopefully, this study will shed light on the importance of controlling residual solvent content in SPEs, and the necessity of systematically assessing that parameter.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Rechargeable lithium ion batteries are widely used in portable consumer electronics such as cellphones, laptops, etc. These batteries are capable to provide high energy density with no memory effect and they have small self-discharge when they are not in use, which increases their potential for future electric vehicles. Investigators are attempting to improve the performance of these cells by focusing on the energy density, cost, safety, and durability. The energy density improves with high operation voltage and high capacity. Before any further development of high voltage materials, safe electrolytes with high ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical window, and high stability with both electrodes need to be developed. In this thesis a new strategy was investigated to develop electrolytes that can contribute to the further development of battery technology. The first study is focused on preparing a hybrid electrolyte, the combination of inorganic solid and organic liquid, for lithium based rechargeable batteries to illustrate the effect of electrode/electrolyte interfacing on electrochemical performance. This system behaves as a self-safety device at higher temperatures and provides better performance in comparison with the solid electrolyte cell, and it is also competitive with the pure liquid electrolyte cell. Then a multilayer electrolyte cell (MEC) was designed and developed as a new tool for investigating electrode/electrolyte interfacial reactions in a battery system. The MEC consists of two liquid electrolytes (L.E.) separated by a solid electrolyte (S.E.) which prevents electrolyte crossover while selectively transporting Li+ ions. The MEC successfully reproduced the performance of LiFePO4 comparable with that obtained from coin cells. In addition, the origin of capacity fading in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4full-cell (with graphite negative electrode) was studied using the MEC. The performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 MEC full-cell was superior to that of coin full-cell by eliminating the Mn dissolution problem on graphite negative electrode as evidenced by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis. The MEC can be a strong tool for identifying the electrochemical performances of future high voltage positive electrode materials and their electrode/electrolyte interfacial reactions. Finally, by employing the multilayer electrolyte concept, a new application will be introduced to recycle the lithium. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using water and the contents of waste Li-ion batteries for the electrodes in a Li-liquid battery system. Li metal was collected electrochemically from a waste Li-ion battery containing Li-ion source materials from the battery’s anode, cathode, and electrolyte, thereby recycling the Li contained in the waste battery at the room temperature.

Strukturella batterier är multifunktionella; de tillhandahåller lagring av elektrokemisk energi samtidigt som de bidrar med en lastbärande funktion. Tillsammans möjliggör detta att batteriet kan integreras i karossen hos ett elektriskt fordon eller apparat. Denna multifunktionalitet möjliggör således en avsevärd reducering i fordonets vikt. Kompositmaterialet är förstärkt av kolfiberelektroder, innesluten i en elektrolytstruktur. För att förverkliga detta koncept måste batteriets elektrolyt kunna motstå mekanisk belastning, samtidigt som den transporterar joner mellan batteriets elektroder. Denna studie syftar till att bygga vidare på konceptet av fas-separerade polymerelektrolyter, skapade från polymerisationsinducerad fasseparation via termisk härdning, vilket är en teknik utvecklad av Schneider et al. och Ihrner et al. Vidare undersöks effekten av att dels använda en elektrolytlösning baserad på EC:PC, men även att inkorporera tioler till polymernätverket. Tvärbindningsmolekylerna som användes i denna studie inkluderade trimetylolpropan tris(3-merkaptopropionat) (3TMP), pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-merkaptopropionat) (4PER), och dipentaerythritol hexakis-(3-merkaptopropionat) (6DPER). Dessa skiljer sig i antal funktionella tiolgrupper. Konduktivitet, termo-mekanisk prestanda och strukturberoende egenskaper undersöktes genom tre laborativa faser. Den första fasen behandlade inverkan på elektrolytsystemet av ändrat lösningsmedel, tiol-funktionalitet samt tiolgruppförhållandet gentemot allyl gruppen på den primära monomeren. Sampolymeren innehållandes 6DPER uppvisade bäst multifunktionalitet, varpå denna utvecklades vidare i fas två där en optimal sammansättning fastställdes som bestod utav 45 viktprocent jonlösning. I den slutliga fasen konstruerades en halv-cell baserat på den tidigare optimerade elektrolytkompositionen; den uppmätta kapaciteten visar tydlig förbättring jämfört med tidigare forskning. Resultatet som erhölls i denna studie bidrar till förståendet av strukturella batteri-elektrolyter samt den forskning som en dag kan komma att förverkliga strukturella batterier och dess tillämpningskrav. / Structural batteries are multifunctional; providing electrochemical energy storage synergistically with a load-bearing function that enables their integration into the body panels of electric devices and vehicles. Thus, massless energy can be achieved. As a composite material, it is composed of reinforcing carbon fibre electrodes embedded in an electrolyte matrix. To realize this concept, the electrolyte must simultaneously transfer mechanical load and transport ions between electrodes. The following study builds on a phase-separated polymer electrolyte, created using polymerization-induced phase separation via thermal curing, formulated by Schneider et al. and Ihrner et al.. The impact of the incorporation of thiols for copolymerization and as cross-linking agents for the polymer network was researched along with use of an EC:PC-based solvent. The three thiols studied were: trimethylolpropane tris(3-mercaptopropionate) (3TMP), pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) (4PER), and dipentaerythritol hexakis-(3-mercaptopropionate) (6DPER). These differed in regard to the amount of thiol functional groups present. Ionic conductivity, thermo-mechanical performance and structure-property relationships were studied across 3 laboratory phases. The first phase concerned the effect of thiol-functionality, the thiol functional group ratio relative to the allyl group present in the primary monomer, and the solvent interaction. 6DPER was concluded to be the most promising cross-linking agent. During the second phase, the effect of electrolyte content was evaluated with an optimum of 45 weight% determined. The third phase concluded the study, wherein a half-cell was assembled with the optimized electrolyte formulation showing improved capacity relative to previous studies. The results developed here contribute to the understanding of structural battery electrolyte systems and their continued research to meet application demands.

Growth of dendrites, limited coulombic efficiency (CE), and the lack of high-voltage electrolytes restrict the commercialization of zinc batteries and capacitors. These issues are resolved by a new electrolyte, based on the zinc(II)–betaine complex [Zn(bet)2][NTf2]2. Solutions in acetonitrile (AN) avoid dendrite formation. A Zn||Zn cell operates stably over 10 110 h (5055 cycles) at 0.2 mA cm−2 or 110 h at 50 mA cm−2, and has an area capacity of 113 mAh cm−2 at 80% depth of discharge. A zinc–graphite battery performs at 2.6 V with a midpoint discharge-voltage of 2.4 V. The capacity-retention at 3 A g−1 (150 C) is 97% after 1000 cycles and 68% after 10 000 cycles. The charge/discharge time is about 24 s at 3.0 A g−1 with an energy density of 49 Wh kg−1 at a power density of 6864 W kg−1 based on the cathode. A zinc||activated-carbon ion-capacitor (coin cell) exhibits an operating-voltage window of 2.5 V, an energy density of 96 Wh kg−1 with a power density of 610 W kg−1 at 0.5 A g−1. At 12 A g−1, 36 Wh kg−1, and 13 600 W kg−1 are achieved with 90% capacity-retention and an average CE of 96% over 10 000 cycles. Quantum-chemical methods and vibrational spectroscopy reveal [Zn(bet)2(AN)2]2+ as the dominant complex in the electrolyte.

L’existence de concurrence dans l’industrie aérospatiale obligé à une évolution continue des technologies en lien avec une diminution des coûts de lancement et une fiabilité accrue. Ceci passe, entre autre, par l’amélioration des moyens de protection des charges utiles. Le but de cette thèse est de vérifier l’applicabilité des systèmes hétérogènes lyophobes (association d’un matériau nanoporeux et d’un liquide non-mouillant) dans l’amortissement des vibrations pour le confort de celles-ci. L’intrusion de liquide dans des SHL demande une énergie mécanique importante sous forme de pression. En fonction des propriétés du couple solide/liquide cette énergie peut être partiellement dissipée. Cette dissipation, de l’ordre de quelques dizaines de joules par gramme de matériau est bien supérieure à celle des systèmes conventionnels (élastomères, amortisseurs visqueux…) et montre une grande stabilité vis-à-vis de la fréquence, d’où leur intérêt dans l’amortissement des vibrations. Bien que l’eau soit déjà très largement étudié dans le cadre de la recherche sur les SHL, elle ne peut être utilisée que pour des températures comprises entre 0 et 100°C (à pression atmosphérique). Dans le but d’élargir cette gamme de températures jusqu’à -50°C, des mélanges ont été utilisés. L’ajout d’électrolytes dans l’eau permet de baisser la température de solidification du liquide. L’étude des solutions d’électrolytes a permis de mettre en évidence deux phénomènes différents menant à des augmentations de pressions d’intrusion et d’extrusion dans les SHL. Dans les matériaux microporeux (comme les ZIF-8 étudiés dans ce travail), un phénomène d’exclusion totale des ions de la matrice poreuse peut être observé. Cet effet est accompagné de l’apparition d’un terme de pression osmotique menant aux augmentations importantes de pressions d’intrusion et d’extrusion mises en évidence. Dans le cas où les ions peuvent pénétrer les pores, les variations de pressions d’intrusion et d’extrusion sont beaucoup plus faibles et ont été attribuées à des changements dans les propriétés de surface du liquide. Les matériaux mésoporeux (comme les MCM-41 étudiés au cours de ce travail) semblent se comporter de cette manière quels que soient les ions considérés. L’extension de la gamme d’application des SHL vers les hautes températures a été faite grâce à l’utilisation du Galinstan, alliage de gallium, d’indium et d’étain, non-toxique et liquide entre -20 et 1300°C environ. Ce liquide, associé à des verres mésoporeux rendus chimiquement inertes, a permis l’obtention de cycles de dissipation d’énergie reproductibles. Enfin, une étude numérique d’un amortisseur SHL simplifié dans un système mécanique a été menée. La variété des comportements a mis en évidence la complexité de ces systèmes qui nécessitent un dimensionnement très précis. Si cette condition est vérifiée, les amortisseurs SHL s’avèrent très efficaces et adaptables du fait de la grande variété des couples solide/liquide utilisables. / Competition in aerospace industry forces to follow a constant evolution of technologies linked to launching costs decreasing and reliability increasing. An improvement of payload protection systems is a way to achieve these conditions. The main issue of this PhD thesis is to verify the applicability of lyophobic heterogeneous systems (association of a nanoporous material and a non- wetting liquid) in vibrations damping for payload comfort. Intrusion of liquid in LH S requires a high mechanical energy in the form of p res sure. Depending on solid/liquid couple properties this energy can be partly dissipated. This dissipation, of the order of ten joules per gram of material, is far higher than classical systems (elastomeric ones, viscous dampers...) and shows a relative stability regarding to frequency variations. These properties explain their interest in vibrations damping applications. Although water is a very common liquid which is very studied in the research field of LHS, it can only be used in the 0 to 100˚C temperatures range (under atmospheric pressure). In order to broaden this temperatures range to -50˚C, electrolytes have been used. Adding electrolytes to water permits to decrease the liquid melting temperature. The study of electrolyte solutions has highlighted two different phenomena leading to intrusion and extrusion pressures increasing in LHS. In microporous materials (such as ZIF-8 studied here), a total exclusion phenomenon of ions from porous matrix can be observed. This effect leads to the appearance of an osmotic pressure term which explains high increasing of both intrusion and extrusion pressures. If ions can penetrate pores, intrusion and extrusion pressures increasing are smaller and have been explained by liquid surface properties changes. Mesoporous materials (such as MCM-41 studied here) seem to show this last behaviour whatever ion is. Increasing of LHS application range to high temperatures has been made using Galinstan, gallium, indium and tin alloy, which is non-toxic and stays liquid between approximately -20 and 1300˚C. This liquid, associated with chemically inert mesoporous glasses, permits to obtain reproducible energy dissipation cycles. Finally, a numerical study of a simplified LHS damper in a mechanical system has been done. The behaviours variety has brought to light the complexity of such a system which needs a very accurate design. If this condition is verified, LHS dampers can be very effective and adaptable thanks to the numerous solid/liquid couples which can be used.

Objectives: To assess the expression of the symptoms of jaw muscle pain and its association with alterations in biochemistry, other symptoms and the carriage of staphylococci. Methods: Three different study populations were assessed. The first was selected and examined by the author and consisted of 43 pain and 41 age and sex matched controls. The second was a study of CFS patients who were blinded to the author and the author subsequently examined the associations between jaw muscle symptom reporting and the standardised biochemistry measures. The third study was also blinded to the author but included an investigation of staphylococci and certain cytokine and biochemistry measures. Results: The three studies clearly establish an association between the carriage of toxicogenic coagulase negative staphylococci and the expression of jaw muscle pain in both males and females. These associations were homogeneous and were found whether the patients were selected on the basis of having jaw muscle pain or selected from within a population of patients selected on the basis of having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The studies associated the changes with variations in biochemistry and these were in turn associated with symptom expression within the jaw muscle pain patients. These biochemical alterations included the dysregulation of immune cell counts, cytokines, electrolyte and protein metabolism. These symptoms and biochemical changes were associated with pain severity and illness duration and staphylococcal toxin production. From the data a model was developed which shows the mechanisms involved in the development of chronic pain in the jaw muscles. Conclusions: The carriage of toxicogenic coagulase-negative staphylococci were found to be associated with the expression of jaw muscle pain and the alterations in biochemistry associated with these symptoms.

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) have attracted considerable scientific and industrial interest during the past decade as an economically feasible alternative to conventional photovoltaic devices. DSCs have the potential to be as efficient as silicon solar cells, but at a fraction of the cost of silicon solar cells. The unique advantage of DSC compared to conventional solar cells is that the light absorption, electron transport and hole transport are handled by different components which reduces the chance of recombination. In the present work, to facilitate DSC with good energy conversion efficiency, its performance have been evaluated as a function of titania layer morphology, redox couple concentration and the catalytic layer on the counter electrode. The results that are obtained in the present investigations have been organized as follows Chapter 1 gives a brief exposure to DSC technology. Special emphasize has been on the structure and individual components of the DSC. Chapter 2 describes various experimental techniques that are employed to fabricate and characterize DSCs under study. Chapter 3 presents a systematic study of the characteristics of DSC made of three different types of electrodes namely: TiO2 nanotubes (TNT) which have excellent electron transport properties, TiO2 microspheres (TMS) which possess high surface area and light scattering ability and TiO2 nano particles (TNP) possessing high surface area. The electronic, morphological, optical and surface properties of individual electrodes are studied. The highest efficiency of 8.03% is obtained for DSCs prepared with TMS electrodes. A higher value of effective diffusion coefficient (Deff) and diffusion length (Ln) of electrons as obtained by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analysis confirms a high charge collection efficiency in microsphere based cell. Chapter 4 gives a detailed study of DSCs fabricated with a tri-layer photo anode with TNTs as light scattering layer. The tri-layer structure has given an enhanced efficiency of 7.15% which is 16% higher than TNP based cell and 40% higher than TNT based cells. Chapter 5 deals with the investigations on the effect of concentration of redox couple on the photovoltaic properties of DSC for different ratios of [I2] to [LiI] (1:2, 1:5 and 1:10) with five viii concentrations of I2 namely 0.01 M, 0.03 M, 0.05 M, 0.08 M and 0.1M in acetonitrile. It is found that the open circuit potential (Voc) decreases with increase in the ratio of redox couple whereas short circuit current density (Jsc) and fill factor (FF) increase. The reason for the decline in Voc is the higher recombination between electrons in the conduction band of TiO2 and the I3- ions present in the electrolyte, induced by the absorptive Li+ ions. In addition using EIS it is found that the τ improves with the increase in [LiI] at a particular [I2], whereas at a fixed [I2]/ [LiI] ratio the increase in [I2] is found to reduce the τ and Deff due to the enhanced recombination. Chapter 6 describes the application of carbon based counter electrode (CE) materials for DSCs. Two counter electrode materials have been investigated namely (1) Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) synthesized by pyrolysis method and (2) Platinum decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Pt/MWCNT) prepared by chemical reduction of platinum precursors. Using Pt/MWCNT composite electrode the DSC achieved an energy conversion efficiency of 6.5 %. From the analysis on symmetric cells, it is found that electro catalytic activity of Pt/MWCNT CE is similar to that of platinum CE, though the platinum loading is very less for the former. This is attributed to the effective utilization of catalyst owing to high surface area arising from the increased surface roughness. Chapter 7 discusses the application of titanium foil in place of glass substrate for the photo anode. The titanium foil offers fabrication of flexible DSC. The performance of DSC with TMS layers and aligned titania nanotube arrays (TNA) prepared by anodization method is studied. Compared to TMS based cell, TNA has given a better efficiency at a lower thickness. Chapter 8 presents the scheme used to seal DSCs and its stability analysis. We have employed the usual hot melt sealing for edge whereas hole sealing is carried out with tooth pick and a UV curable adhesive. The degradation in efficiency is found to be 20% for low efficiency cells whereas, for high efficiency cells it is found to be 45% after 45 days. The leakage of highly volatile acetonitrile through the edge and hole is found to be responsible for the reduction in the performance of the device. Hence a high temperature sealing method is proposed to fabricate stable cells. Chapter 9 gives summary and conclusions of the present work

Objectives: To assess the expression of the symptoms of jaw muscle pain and its association with alterations in biochemistry, other symptoms and the carriage of staphylococci. Methods: Three different study populations were assessed. The first was selected and examined by the author and consisted of 43 pain and 41 age and sex matched controls. The second was a study of CFS patients who were blinded to the author and the author subsequently examined the associations between jaw muscle symptom reporting and the standardised biochemistry measures. The third study was also blinded to the author but included an investigation of staphylococci and certain cytokine and biochemistry measures. Results: The three studies clearly establish an association between the carriage of toxicogenic coagulase negative staphylococci and the expression of jaw muscle pain in both males and females. These associations were homogeneous and were found whether the patients were selected on the basis of having jaw muscle pain or selected from within a population of patients selected on the basis of having Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The studies associated the changes with variations in biochemistry and these were in turn associated with symptom expression within the jaw muscle pain patients. These biochemical alterations included the dysregulation of immune cell counts, cytokines, electrolyte and protein metabolism. These symptoms and biochemical changes were associated with pain severity and illness duration and staphylococcal toxin production. From the data a model was developed which shows the mechanisms involved in the development of chronic pain in the jaw muscles. Conclusions: The carriage of toxicogenic coagulase-negative staphylococci were found to be associated with the expression of jaw muscle pain and the alterations in biochemistry associated with these symptoms.

Η διπλωματική εργασία που ακολουθεί, παρουσιάζει τη μελέτη και μοντελοποιήση ενός αυτόνομου υβριδικού συστήματος. Το αυτόνομο σύστημα που εξετάζεται είναι ένα υβριδικό σύστημα ηλεκτροπαραγωγής που αποτελείται από ένα φωτοβολταϊκό πάρκο, μία ανεμογεννήτρια, μία μονάδα υδρογόνου και δύο γεννήτριες βιομάζας και φυσικού αερίου. Για την μοντελοποίηση του συστήματος χρησιμοποιείται το πρόγραμμα σχεδιάσης και προσομοίωσης ηλεκτρικών συστημάτων PSCAD. Στην εργασία αυτή το ενδιαφέρον εστιάζεται στη συμπεριφορά του συστήματος στη μόνιμη κατάσταση λειτουργίας και στη συμπεριφορά σε κάποια μεταβατικά φαινόμενα. Τα μεταβατικά φαινόμενα που εξετάζονται είναι τα εξής: - Βραχυκύκλωμα των τριών φάσεων ως προς γη στο ζυγό της σύγχρονης γεννήτριας φυσικού αερίου - Συμπεριφορά συστήματος σε απότομη αποσύνδεση της ανεμογεννήτριας - Συμπεριφορά συστήματος σε διακοπή παροχής ρεύματος στην μονάδα υδρογόνου από το Φ/Β πάρκο Στο Κεφάλαιο 1 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στο Φ/Β σύστημα. Στο Κεφαλαιο 2 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στην αιολική ενέργεια. Στο Κεφάλαιο 3 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στο υδρογόνο. Στο Κεφάλαιο 4 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στην βιομάζα. Στο Κεφάλαιο 5 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στο φυσικό αέριο. Στο Κεφάλαιο 6 γίνεται μία γενικότερη αναφορά στις σύγχρονες μηχανές και στο μαθηματικό τους υπόβαθρο. Στο Κεφάλαιο 7 περιγράφεται η δομή και τα στοιχεία που αποτελούν το αυτόνομο υβριδικό δίκτυο ηλεκτροπαραγωγής στο περιβάλλον του προγράμμματος μοντελοποιήσης, του PSCAD και παρουσιάζονται τα μοντέλα που απαρτίζουν το συνολικό σύστημα. Στο Κεφάλαιο 8 εξετάζεται η συμπεριφορά του συστήματος στη μόνιμη κατάσταση λειτουργίας. Στο Κεφάλαιο 9 εξετάζεται η συμπεριφορά του συστήματος στα τρία μεταβατικά φαινόμενα που έχουν προαναφερθεί, στο βραχυκύκλωμα των τριών φάσεων ως προς γη στο ζυγό της σύγχρονης γεννήτριας φυσικού αερίου, στην απότομη αποσύνδεση της ανεμογεννήτριας και στην διακόπη παροχής ρεύματος στην μονάδα υδρογόνου. / The thesis that follows, presents the study and the modelling of an autonomous hybrid system. The autonomous system that is examined is an electricity generating hybrid system that constists of a photovoltaic system, a wind generator, a hydrogen unit, a biomass generator and a natural gas generator. For the modelling of the system a designing and simulation program is used known as PSCAD. The main course of the current subject is the behavior of the system in the permanent situation of operation and the behavior of it in certain transient states. The transient states that are examined are the following: - Short-circuit of the three phases as for the ground on the natural gas generator bus. - Behavior of system in abrupt detachment of wind generator. - Behavior of system in abrupt detachment of the hydrogen unit. In Chapter 1 follows a theoretical analysis of the PV system. In Chapter 2 follows a theoretical analysis of the wind generator. In Chapter 3 follows a theoretical analysis of the hydrogen unit. In Chapter 4 follows a theoretical analysis of the biomass. In Chapter 5 follows a theoretical analysis of the natural gas. In Chapter 6 follows a theoretical and mathematical analysis of the synchronous machines. In Chapter 7 we describe the structure and the elements that constitute the autonomous hybrid system of electric generation in the environment of PSCAD. Also, the models that compose the total system are shown. In Chapter 8 is examined the reaction of system in the permanent situation of operation. In Chapter 9 is examined the reaction of system in the three transient states that have been mentioned before.

Cette thèse se positionne dans le domaine des batteries lithium-ion. Elle a pourobjectif de mieux comprendre le fonctionnement de l’électrode négative de graphiteen étudiant le processus de formation du film de passivation, couramment appeléSEI (Solid Electrolyte Interface) créé à l’interface avec l’électrolyte. Ce travail nousa conduit à proposer des modèles pouvant expliquer comment se forme la SEI et àidentifier les phénomènes qui entrent en jeu dans le fonctionnement de la batterie.La SEI résulte de la réaction entre l’électrode de graphite, les ions lithium et les moléculesorganiques de l’électrolyte qui survient lors du premier processus d’insertion.Elle est principalement composée des produits de décomposition de l’électrolyte etles ions lithium consommés ne sont plus échangeables. Elle est donc responsable dela capacité irréversible observée lors du premier cycle de formation, correspondantà la différence de capacité entre le processus d’insertion et le processus de désinsertion.Il est donc essentiel de mieux comprendre les paramètres qui l’influencentpour pouvoir ainsi la contrôler et limiter la perte irréversible de capacité. Les performancesen capacité de l’élément lithium-ion sont directement liées à cette valeurde capacité irréversible, elle doit être limitée afin de maximiser la quantité d’ionslithium échangée entre l’électrode négative et l’électrode positive. La stabilité dela SEI conditionne ensuite le comportement en cyclage de l’électrode au cours dutemps.Dans ce mémoire de thèse, nous avons choisi de caractériser le comportement del’électrode de graphite en faisant varier la nature de l’électrolyte et la taille desparticules de graphite tout en restant le plus proche possible du fonctionnementd’une vraie batterie. Au travers des techniques de caractérisations électrochimiques(cyclage galvanostatique, spectroscopie d’impédance) associées à des techniques decaractérisation de surface (spectroscopie de photoélectrons X, microscopie électroniqueà balayage), les résultats obtenus ont permis de proposer un nouveau modèlede formation de la SEI.Pour l’électrolyte, nous avons choisi de ne regarder que l’effet du solvant (le carbonatede propylène) et de l’additif (le carbonate de vinylène). Ces deux composésentrent dans la composition des électrolytes utilisés dans les éléments lithium-ioncommerciaux. Pour l’électrode de graphite, le choix des particules s’avère primordialpuisque chaque type de particules possède une chimie de surface spécifique (plans223basaux ou plans prismatiques) susceptible de réagir différemment vis-à-vis de l’électrolyte.Deux particules de graphite, de taille et de morphologie différentes, ont étéétudiées. Elles sont utilisées séparément en tant que matière active dans les électrodesnégatives des batteries lithium-ion. Notre spécificité est d’avoir préparé desélectrodes constituées par un mélange de ces deux particules et de les avoir ensuitecaractérisées en formation. L’application de conditions de fonctionnement différentescomme le régime de cyclage et la température d’essai ont mis en évidence les valeursidéales conduisant à minimiser la dégradation de l’électrolyte et à optimiser laqualité du film.Nous avons abouti, au travers de l’ensemble des méthodes de caractérisations misesen oeuvre, à une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes de formation du film depassivation permettant ainsi d’améliorer cette étape essentielle à la pérennité desperformances de l’électrode dans le temps. Ce travail a donc un réel impact auniveau industriel. Le modèle de formation proposé apporte un éclairage nouveau auprocessus de formation et peut permettre également d’aider en amont à la fabricationdes particules de graphite. / This work relates to the lithium ion battery field. The purpose of this study is tobetter understand the behavior of graphite electrodes by focusing on the formationof a passive layer named Solid Electolyte Interface (SEI) which is formed at thegraphite/electrolyte interface. This work has led us to put forward models whichcan explain the SEI formation and identify the reactions which take place in alithium ion battery.The SEI results from reactions between graphite electrode, lithium ions and organicmolecules from the electrolyte during the first charge of the lithium ion battery. It ismainly composed of decomposition products from the electrolyte. Consumed lithiumions can no longer be used in the next cycle. The SEI is therefore responsible for theirreversible capacity during the first formation cycle which is the charge loss betweenthe intercalation process and the deintercalation process. It is necessary to betterunderstand the impact of the formation conditions and other parameters in orderto control and limit the irreversible charge loss. Lithium ion battery performancesdepend on this irreversible capacity, this value has to be reduced in order to maximizethe amount of exchanged lithium ions between negative and positive electrodes. TheSEI stability will determine the electrode behavior upon cycling.In this thesis, we chose to study the graphite behavior by testing several electrolytecompositions and graphite particle sizes in electrochemical cells similar to areal battery. Electrochemical techniques (galvanostatic cycling and electrochemicalimpedance spectroscopy) and surface analyses (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,scanning electron microscopy) will be combined. These results helped us to developa new model of the SEI formation.For the electrolyte, we chose to study the effect of the solvent (propylene carbonate)and the additive (vinylene carbonate). Both components are commonly used inthe electrolyte for commercial lithium ion batteries. For the graphite electrode, thechoice of graphite particles is essential because each graphite family has its ownsurface chemistry (basal and prismatic surfaces) which can react in many wayswith the electrolyte. Two graphite particles, with specific sizes and morphologiesare studied. They are separately used as active materials for negative electrodes inlithium ion batteries. Our unique approach is to prepare graphite electrodes basedon a mix of both particles with various compositions and then test the electrode225performances. After testing several formation conditions such as the cycling rateand the temperature, we found the ideal formation conditions for minimizing theelectrolyte decomposition and optimizing the film quality.Finally, based on all the characterization methods, we came to a better understandingof the film formation process. In this way, we have improved this essentialpreliminary step which can now lead to more durable cycling performances overtime. This study can have a major impact on the industrial level. The formationmodel cast a new light on the formation process and can therefore help to makeefficient graphite electrodes.