Batteries, Volume 11, Issue 12

The exponential growth of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in electric vehicles and energy storage systems has amplified the urgent need for sustainable recycling strategies. Conventional pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical methods for LIB recycling...

In lithium-ion battery electrodes, repeated lithium insertion and extraction generate compositional gradients and volumetric changes that produce evolving stress fields and eigenstrains, accelerating mechanical degradation. While existing diffusion-i...

In the current industry standard of batch processing electrode slurry, manual cleaning processes pose significant challenges due to their labor intensive nature. The long-term objective is to expand the existing mixing process to create an intelligen...

Rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are promising candidates for sustainable energy storage owing to their high theoretical energy density, safety, and environmental compatibility. However, their practical application is hindered by sluggish...

Improving electronic and ionic transport and the structural stability of electrode materials is essential for the development of advanced lithium-ion batteries. Despite its great potential as a high-power anode, Ti₂Nb₁₀O₂₉ (TNO) still underperforms d...

The increasing adoption of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy systems has heightened the demand for efficient Battery Thermal Management Systems (BTMS). Effective thermal regulation is critical to prevent p...

This review critically examines photoresponsive supercapacitors based on TiO₂/graphene hybrids, with a particular focus on their emerging dual role as energy-storage devices and environmental sensors. We first provide a concise overview of the electr...

Accurately predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of lithium-ion batteries is critical for anticipating battery failure and enabling effective health management. However, existing RUL prediction methods often suffer from several limitations, incl...

Nowadays, spent batteries are considered a secondary and potential resource to meet the growing demand for lithium, a critical element widely used in the manufacturing of electric vehicles. Therefore, this work presents a hydrometallurgical method fo...

Factory announcements for battery production are increasing in number as European demand for battery cells grows. Using a Monte Carlo simulation (108 projects as of October 2025) with risk factors for individual projects, the predicted theoretical pr...

Li-Argyrodite-type Li₆PS₅Cl solid electrolyte is one of the most extensively investigated and promising materials in the field of all-solid-state batteries. However, its interfacial stability against lithium metal anodes remains challenging. Herein,...

With the rapid development of new energy technologies, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become one of the core technologies in modern energy storage and electric mobility [...]

Thick (900–1500 µm), crack-free lithium manganese oxide (LMO) electrodes with a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer electrolyte were prepared using an innovated slurry casting method. The selectivity and intercalation capacity of...

The operating temperature of lithium batteries directly affects their charge–discharge performance. This study is based on the LF50K prismatic power battery. The battery’s thermal model and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) control e...

Fractional-order models (FOMs) have been recognized as superior tools for capturing the complex electrochemical dynamics of lithium-ion batteries, outperforming integer-order models in accuracy, robustness, and adaptability. Parameter identification...

The well-balanced combination of high energy density and competitive cycle performance has established lithium-ion batteries as the technology of choice for Electric Vehicles (EVs) energy storage. Nevertheless, battery degradation continues to pose c...

This review investigates how cell form factors (cylindrical, prismatic, and pouch) and electrode architecture (jelly-roll, stacked, and blade) influence the performance, safety, and manufacturability of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) across the main co...

Accurate estimation of battery state of health is essential for ensuring safety, supporting fault diagnosis, and optimizing the lifetime of electric vehicles. This study proposes a compact dual-path architecture that combines Convolutional Neural Net...

Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in energy storage systems and consumer electronics; however, long-term usage leads to capacity degradation, which affects system efficiency and safety. Existing studies have largely focused on individual cells an...

Accurate estimation of lithium-ion battery (LIB) state of health (SOH) is critical for prolonging battery life and ensuring safe operation. To address the limitations of existing data-driven models in robustness and feature coupling, this paper prese...

Accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation is a critical challenge for battery management systems (BMSs), hindered by the nonlinear electrochemistry of lithium-ion batteries, their sensitivity to temperature, and pervasive measurement noise. Crucially...

Accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation is crucial for the safety, reliability, and energy efficiency of lithium-ion battery systems. However, variations in battery parameters and the loss of historical information during the update steps of tradit...

The demand for effective, economical, and sustainable anode materials for metal-ion batteries (MIBs) has increased significantly due to the rapid growth of energy storage technologies. Among various candidates, carbon-based materials have emerged as...

In this study, boron was introduced into bamboo-derived porous carbon (BPC) through dry thermal treatment using boric acid. During heat treatment, boric acid was converted to B₂O₃, which subsequently interacted with the oxygen-containing surface grou...

Digital battery passports are being adopted to provide traceable records of lithium-ion batteries across their lifecycle, credible performance, and durability. However, it requires continuous diagnostics rather than lab-based tests and conditions. Th...

While we are pursuing a fully electrified society, high-energy rechargeable batteries are undergoing intensive investigation. In this respect, atomic and molecular layer deposition (ALD and MLD) have been drawing increasing interest, due to their unm...

Accurate prediction of the State of Health (SOH) of lithium-ion batteries is essential for improving the safety and longevity of energy storage systems. This paper introduces ExpertMixer, a novel model based on a fused expert network for SOH estimati...

The current energy transition highlights the importance not only of energy production, but also of its efficient storage, for which lithium-ion batteries are currently the leading technology. In many applications, these devices operate outdoors at te...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are a cornerstone technology driving transportation electrification and renewable energy storage systems [...]

Accurate evaluation of the severity of external short-circuit (ESC) faults in li-ion batteries is critical to ensuring the safety and reliability of battery systems. This study proposes a novel ESC fault assessment method based on electrochemical imp...

The removal of the electrolyte solvents in an early-stage thermal drying step is crucial for safe and efficient recycling processes for end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. A comprehensive understanding of the governing influences on the solvent volati...

Because of the problem that the traditional unscented Kalman filter algorithm (UKF) may terminate the iteration due to the non-positive definite error covariance matrix during state of charge (SOC) estimation of lithium-ion battery, considering the u...

This study explores the fabrication and electrochemical performance of flexible NiCo₂O₄-based pseudo-capacitor electrodes, inkjet-printed onto flexible Kapton substrates. To circumvent the insulating nature of Kapton, a thin Au interlayer (20 nm) was...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become the leading energy storage technology because of their high specific energy, excellent efficiency, and longer lifespan. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the lithium battery industry, covering lit...

In the continuous demand for high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), thermal management control is, these days, crucial with respect to safety, performance, and longevity. As a promising passive solution, Phase Change Materials (PCMs) have bee...

Efficient thermal management is critical for the safety and performance of lithium-ion battery (LIB) systems, particularly under high C-rate charge–discharge cycling. Here, we investigate two classes of polymer composite thermal interface mater...

Young’s modulus is a key parameter to describe the compressive behavior of battery electrodes and is therefore frequently employed in mechanical models. In most studies, this property is determined using pristine electrodes. However, during ele...