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Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and/or electric vehicles (EVs) as sustainable mobility rapidly penetrate into a new market. Cruising ranges of PHVs and EVs strongly depend on the energy density of batteries. In this paper, we briefly introduce our achievements of metal air batteries as one of the innovative batteries with high energy density.

It may be possible to simplify the structure and control systems of a lithium-ion battery by replacing the conventional liquid electrolyte with a solid electrolyte, resulting in higher energy density. However, power performance is a development issue of batteries using a solid electrolyte. To increase battery power performance, in addition to lithium ionic conductivity within the bulk of the electrolyte, it is also necessary to boost the lithium ionic conductivity at the interface between the electrode active material and the electrolyte, and to boost electron and lithium ionic conductivity within the cathode and anode active material. This research studied the mechanism of resistance reduction by electrode surface modification. Subsequently, this research attempted to improve electron conductivity by simultaneously introducing oxygen vacancies and carrying out nitrogen substitution in the crystalline structure of the Li4Ti5O12 anode active material.