Batteries, Volume 9, Issue 2

Layered sodium transition metal oxides belong to electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries that combine, in a better way, high performance with environmental requirements. However, their cycling stability is still far from desirable. Herein, we de...

Lithium metal batteries are considered a promising technology to implement high energy density rechargeable systems beyond lithium-ion batteries. However, the development of dendritic morphology is the basis of safety and performance issues and repre...

Based on amino polybenzimidazoles with flexible hydrophilic side chains (AmPBI-MOE) and polymeric ionic liquid (PIL), a series of composite membranes (AmPBI-MOE-PIL-X) were fabricated for vanadium redox flow battery applications. Here, 1-Bromo-2-(2-m...

The key challenge with the rapid proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) is to optimally manage the available energy charging resources at EV fast-charging stations (FCSs). Furthermore, the rapid deployment of fast-charging stations provides a viabl...

An AC-battery or multilevel inverter used to increase safety and flexibility is realizable by switching the cells and modules on and off in a defined way and thus can replace the bidirectional converter. Assessing possible additional aging due to swi...

Commercial Li-ion batteries typically incorporate a small amount of high-capacity silicon (Si)-based materials in the composite graphite-based anode to increase the energy density of the battery. However, very little is known about the effects of Si...

Garnet-type structured electrolytes are considered a key technology for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries such as all-solid-state batteries. Cubic Garnet-type solid oxides with composition Li_5+xLa₃(Nb_2−xZr_x)O₁₂ (x between 0 and 1.5)...

The electrochemical behavior of the lithium hexagonal tungsten bronze, Li_xWO₃, is investigated herein. The material was synthesized at a low temperature under hydrothermal conditions, yielding nanorod-like particles with growth along the c-axis. Upon...

Road transport is one of the most energy-consuming and greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting sectors. Progressive decarbonisation of electricity generation could support the ambitious target of road vehicle climate neutrality in two different ways: direct el...

Liquid cooling battery thermal management systems (BTMSs) are prevalently used in electric vehicles (EVs). With the use of fast charging and high-power cells, there is an increasing demand on thermal performance. In this context, a bionic fish scale...

A rechargeable aqueous zinc-ion battery is an encouraging alternative for grid-scale energy storage applications, owing to its advantages of high safety, low cost, and environmental benignity. Since MnO₂ is found to be one of the most efficient inter...

For the identification of processes in lithium-ion batteries (LIB) by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, frequency data is often transferred into the time domain using the method of distribution of relaxation times (DRT). As this requires regula...

The state estimation technology of lithium-ion batteries is one of the core functions elements of the battery management system (BMS), and it is an academic hotspot related to the functionality and safety of the battery for electric vehicles. This pa...

Advanced carbon materials have played an important function in the field of energy conversion and storage. The green and low-carbon synthesis of elemental carbon with controllable morphology and microstructure is the main problem for carbon materials...

Capacity decline is the focus of traditional battery health estimation as it is a significant external manifestation of battery aging. However, it is difficult to depict the internal aging information in depth. To achieve the goal of deeper online di...

As a representative electrochemical energy storage device, supercapacitors (SCs) feature higher energy density than traditional capacitors and better power density and cycle life compared to lithium-ion batteries, which explains why they are extensiv...

An Li metal anode has been proposed as a promising candidate for high energy density electrode material. However, the direct use of Li metal can lead to uncontrollable dendrite growth and massive volume expansion, which generates severe safety hazard...

In the past decade, MXenes, a new class of advanced functional 2D nanomaterials, have emerged among numerous types of electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage devices. MXene and their composites have opened up an interesting new opportu...

Accurate lithium-ion battery state of health evaluation is crucial for correctly operating and managing battery-based energy storage systems. Experimental determination is problematic in these applications since standard functioning is necessary. Mac...

The safety of batteries has become a major obstacle to the promotion and application of electric vehicles, and the use of cloud-based vehicle practical big data to summarize the fault knowledge of batteries to improve product quality and reduce maint...

Spinel Li₄Mn₅O₁₂ was successfully prepared by the wet chemical method to modify the surface of Li_1.2Ni_0.2Mn_0.6O₂. The results showed that an ultrathin spinel Li₄Mn₅O₁₂ surface-modified layer with a thickness of approximately 10 nm was successfully co...

Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) are a fertile energy storage technology especially for customized storage applications with special energy and power requirements. The dimensioning and control of these storages is mostly calculated beforehand usi...

The global promotion of electric vehicles (EVs) through various incentives has led to a significant increase in their sales. However, the prolonged charging duration remains a significant hindrance to the widespread adoption of these vehicles and the...

The accurate estimation of the battery state of health (SOH) is crucial for the dependability and safety of battery management systems (BMS). The generality of existing SOH estimation methods is limited as they tend to primarily consider information...

Biofuel cells have been in the spotlight for the past century because of their potential and promise as a unique platform for sustainable energy harvesting from the human body and the environment. Because biofuel cells are typically developed in a sm...

An easy and scalable synthetic route was proposed for synthesis of a high-energy stable anode material composed of carbon-coated Si nanoparticles (NPs, 80 nm) confined in a three-dimensional (3D) network-structured conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) ma...

With the high penetration of wind power, the power system has put forward technical requirements for the frequency regulation capability of wind farms. Due to the energy storage system’s fast response and flexible control characteristics, the s...

Batteries are the backbones of the sustainable energy transition for stationary off-grid, portable electronic devices, and plug-in electric vehicle applications. Both lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (NIBs), most commonly rely on...

Two different high-entropy oxide materials were synthesized and studied as Li-ion battery anodes. The two materials have the same active metal constituents but different inactive elements which result in different initial crystalline structures: rock...

The accurate estimation of the state of charge (SOC) plays a crucial role in ensuring the range of electric vehicles (EVs) and the reliability of the EVs battery. However, due to the dynamic working conditions in the implementation of EVs and the lim...

The lithium-ion battery separator plays roles of separating the positive and negative electrodes and providing ion channels, and at the same time, it can play a more important role in the safety of the lithium-ion battery. In this work, a modified PP...

This work aimed to predict the crystal structure of a compound starting only from the knowledge of its chemical composition. The method was developed to select new materials in the field of lithium-ion batteries and tested on Li-Fe-O compounds. For e...

In order to reduce the cost of lithium-ion batteries, production scrap has to be minimized. The reliable detection of electrode defects allows for a quality control and fast operator reaction in ideal closed control loops and a well-founded decision...

Metal–sulfur batteries, especially lithium/sodium–sulfur (Li/Na-S) batteries, have attracted widespread attention for large-scale energy application due to their superior theoretical energy density, low cost of sulfur compared to conventi...

Currently, rechargeable lithium batteries are representative of high-energy-density battery systems. Nevertheless, the development of rechargeable lithium batteries is confined by numerous problems, such as anode volume expansion, dendrite growth of...

The effective scaling-up of redox flow batteries (RFBs) can be facilitated upon lowering the capital costs. The application of ubiquitous manganese along with hydrogen (known as H₂−Mn regenerative fuel cells (RFC)) is seen as an effective solut...

Due to poor electrical conductivity and significant volume change during the lithiation/delithiation process, the application of silica anode materials for lithium-ion batteries is severely limited. Here, SiO₂ nanotubes with a uniform and complete ca...

The transition from conventional to electric transportation has become inevitable in recent years owing to the significant impact of electric vehicles (EVs) on energy sustainability, reduction of global warming and carbon emission reduction. Despite...

This work aims to review and understand the behavior of the electrochemical lithiation onset of amorphous silicon (a-Si) films as electrochemically active material for new generation lithium-ion batteries. The article includes (i) a review on the lit...

This paper suggests an embedded battery impedance measurement based on an Inductor Capacitor (LC) resonant tank to measure the battery’s internal temperature for battery management systems (BMS). The purpose of the BMS is to provide state-of-ch...

Overcharging due to an abnormal charging capacity is one of the most common causes of thermal runaway (TR). This study proposes a method for diagnosing abnormal battery charging capacity based on electric vehicle (EV) data. The proposed method can ob...

Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) feature a high-power density, long-term cycling stability, and good energy storage performance, and so, LICs will be widely applied in new energy, new infrastructure, intelligent manufacturing. and other fields. To furth...

The most employed technique to mimic the behavior of lithium-ion cells to monitor and control them is the equivalent circuit model (ECM). This modeling tool should be precise enough to ensure the system’s reliability. Two significant parameters...

Electric vehicles (EVs), in their pure and hybrid variants, have become the main alternative to ensure the decarbonization of the current vehicle fleet. Due to its excellent performance, EV technology is closely linked to lithium-ion battery (LIB) te...

The capacity and voltage rating of battery packs for electric vehicles or stationary energy storages are increasing, which challenge battery management and monitoring. Breaking the larger pack into smaller modules and using power electronics to achie...

We synthesize Sb/Sb₂O₃ nanoparticles by the oxidation of Sb nanoparticles at 100, 200, and 300 °C. The half sodium-ion batteries with Sb/Sb₂O₃-200 exhibit the optimal performance with a charge capacity of 540 mAh g⁻¹ after 100 cycles at 0.1...

Fast charging is a key requirement for customer acceptance of battery electric vehicles. Fast charging of lithium-ion batteries is limited by lithium plating, an undesired side reaction that leads to rapid degradation and poses a potential safety haz...

The evaporation of N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent during the large-scale production of LiNi${}_x$Mn${}_{1-x-y}$Co${}_y$O${}_2$ (NMC) cathodes usually occurs in convection ovens. This paper aims to close the gap between the industrial convection drying me...

Due to the environmental friendliness, cost-effectiveness and inherent safety, rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries have attracted much interest as a promising energy storage device. VO₂ is one of the most common materials for rechargeable zinc io...

Accurate state of health (SOH) estimation is critical to the operation, maintenance, and replacement of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which have penetrated almost every aspect of our life. This paper introduces a new approach to accurately estimate t...