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High-Performance Metal-Chalcogen Batteries

A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (13 January 2023) | Viewed by 8040

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Long Zhang

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: metal anodes; aqueous batteries; metal-sulfur batteries; machine learning
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Prof. Dr. Xingxing Gu

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Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials, College of Environment and Resources, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, China
Interests: material science; lithium battery; environmental science; analytical chemistry
Prof. Dr. Lei Dong

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
Interests: ion-battery; 2D materials; ion-sieving and desalination

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have become attractive candidates for the next generation of energy storage in the past few decades, owing to their ultrahigh theoretical energy density as well as the low cost and eco-friendliness of sulfur. Inspired by the achievements of LSBs, more metal-chalcogen batteries (MCBs) that are also based on multi-electron redox reactions have sprung up. In MCBs, the metal anode can be an alkali metal, such as lithium (Li), sodium (Na), or potassium (K); the cathode material can be a chalcogen, such as sulfur (S), selenium (Se), or tellurium (Te). Therefore, there are many types of MCBs, including LSBs, lithium-selenium batteries (LiSeBs), lithium-tellurium batteries (LiTeBs), sodium-sulfur batteries (SSBs), sodium-selenium batteries (SSeBs), potassium-sulfur batteries (PSBs), potassium-selenium batteries (PSeBs), and so on. We know that the challenges encountered in the development of LSBs are mainly the shuttle effects of reaction intermediates (lithium polysulfides), the sluggish kinetics of multistep and multiphase reaction behaviors, and the dendrite formation and interfacial corrosion of Li metal anodes. These issues also exist in MCBs. Solving these problems in better ways is the key to promoting the commercial application of MCBs.

This Special Issue will present the current status of MCBs, propose strategies to solve the above problems, explore the internal mechanism of improving the performance of MCBs, and ultimately provide a direction to guide the further application and development of MCBs.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

  • High-performance metal-chalcogen batteries;
  • Chalcogen cathodes;
  • Metal anodes;
  • Electrolytes;
  • Separators;
  • New materials;
  • Advanced characterizations;
  • Machine learning;
  • Theoretical calculations;
  • Mechanism studies;
  • Full batteries.

Dr. Long Zhang
Prof. Dr. Xingxing Gu
Prof. Dr. Lei Dong
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Batteries is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • metal-chalcogen batteries
  • lithium-sulfur batteries
  • lithium-selenium batteries
  • lithium tellurium batteries
  • sodium-sulfur batteries
  • sodium-selenium batteries
  • potassium-sulfur batteries
  • potassium-selenium batteries
  • chalcogen cathodes
  • metal anodes
  • electrolytes
  • separators
  • new materials
  • advanced characterizations
  • machine learning
  • theoretical calculations
  • mechanism studies
  • full batteries

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High-Performance Metal–Chalcogen Batteries
by Long Zhang
Batteries 2023, 9(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9010035 - 4 Jan 2023
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The rapid proliferation in the market for smart devices, electric vehicles, and power grids over the past decade has substantially increased the demand for commercial lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) [...] Full article
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Melamine-Sacrificed Pyrolytic Synthesis of Spiderweb-like Nanocages Encapsulated with Catalytic Co Atoms as Cathode for Advanced Li-S Batteries
by Han Wang, Sidra Jamil, Wenwen Tang, Jing Zhao, Hui Liu, Shujuan Bao, Yijun Liu and Maowen Xu
Batteries 2022, 8(10), 161; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8100161 - 6 Oct 2022
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Due to the high theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g−1 of sulfur, lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries can reach a high energy density of 2600 Wh kg−1, which has shown fascinating potential in recent decades. Herein, we report the spiderweb-like nanocage (Co/Mel) [...] Read more.
Due to the high theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g−1 of sulfur, lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries can reach a high energy density of 2600 Wh kg−1, which has shown fascinating potential in recent decades. Herein, we report the spiderweb-like nanocage (Co/Mel) as a novel sulfur host with a melamine-sacrificed pyrolysis method. The incorporation of embedded cobalt nanoparticles (Co NPs) in the tips of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can catalyze polysulfide transformation kinetics. In addition, the nanocages form a conductive three-dimensional spiderweb-like network that facilitates electrolytic penetration and electronic/ionic transportation. Moreover, the porous internal nano-cavities not only improve sulfur loading levels but also provide buffer space for volume expansion during charging and discharging. As a result, the hollow Co/Mel polyhedra with a high content of sulfur (75.5 wt%) displays outstanding electrochemical performance with an initial discharge-specific capacity of 1425.2 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C and a low decay rate of only 0.028% after 1000 cycles at 1 C. Full article
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