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The following are the Editor’s Choice Articles in 2021 of Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105):

“Optimization of Disassembly Strategies for Electric Vehicle Batteries”
by Sabri Baazouzi et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(4), 74; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7040074
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/4/74

“High-Potential Test for Quality Control of Separator Defects in Battery Cell Production”
by Louisa Hoffmann et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(4), 64; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7040064
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/4/64

“Life Cycle Modelling of Extraction and Processing of Battery Minerals—A Parametric Approach”
by Nelson Bunyui Manjong et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030057
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/57

“Carbon Monoliths with Hierarchical Porous Structure for All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries”
by Jose Francisco Vivo-Vilches et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/55

“Layered Iron Vanadate as a High-Capacity Cathode Material for Nonaqueous Calcium-Ion Batteries”
by Munseok S. Chae et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030054
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/54

“Combining the Distribution of Relaxation Times from EIS and Time-Domain Data for Parameterizing Equivalent Circuit Models of Lithium-Ion Batteries”
by Leo Wildfeuer et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030052
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/52

“Comparative Study of Equivalent Circuit Models Performance in Four Common Lithium-Ion Batteries: LFP, NMC, LMO, NCA”
by Manh-Kien Tran et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 51; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030051
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/51

“Analysis and Investigation of Thermal Runaway Propagation for a Mechanically Constrained Lithium-Ion Pouch Cell Module”
by Luigi Aiello et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/49

“Identification of Degradation Mechanisms by Post-Mortem Analysis for High Power and High Energy Commercial Li-Ion Cells after Electric Vehicle Aging”
by Pierre Kuntz et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030048
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/48

“Detection of Lithium Plating in Li-Ion Cell Anodes Using Realistic Automotive Fast-Charge Profiles”
by Matteo Dotoli et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 46; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030046
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/46

“An ASIC-Based Miniaturized System for Online Multi-Measurand Monitoring of Lithium-Ion Batteries”
by Giuseppe Manfredini et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030045
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/45

“Absolute Local Quantification of Li as Function of State-of-Charge in All-Solid-State Li Batteries via 2D MeV Ion-Beam Analysis”
by Sören Möller et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(2), 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7020041
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/2/41

“A Comparison of Lithium-Ion Cell Performance across Three Different Cell Formats”
by Grace Bridgewater et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(2), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7020038
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/2/38

“Calendar Aging of Li-Ion Cells—Experimental Investigation and Empirical Correlation”
by Daniel Werner et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(2), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7020028
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/2/28

“Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Thermal Performance of a Hybrid Battery Thermal Management System for an Electric Van”
by Franck Pra et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(2), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7020027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/2/27

“Early Detection of Failing Automotive Batteries Using Gas Sensors”
by Christiane Essl et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(2), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7020025
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/2/25

“Influence of Aging on the Failing Behavior of Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries”
by Christiane Essl et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(2), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7020023
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/2/23

“State-of-Charge Monitoring and Battery Diagnosis of Different Lithium Ion Chemistries Using Impedance Spectroscopy”
by Peter Kurzweil and Wolfgang Scheuerpflug
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010017
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/17

“Thermophysical Characterization of a Layered P2 Type Structure Na_0.53MnO₂ Cathode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries”
by Ijaz Ul Mohsin et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010016
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/16

“Estimate e-Golf Battery State Using Diagnostic Data and a Digital Twin”
by Lukas Merkle et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010015
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/15

“A Flexible Model for Benchmarking the Energy Usage of Automotive Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Manufacturing”
by Asanthi Jinasena et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010014
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/14

“Infiltrated and Isostatic Laminated NCM and LTO Electrodes with Plastic Crystal Electrolyte Based on Succinonitrile for Lithium-Ion Solid State Batteries”
by Matthias Coeler et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010011
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/11

“Effects of the Nail Geometry and Humidity on the Nail Penetration of High-Energy Density Lithium Ion Batteries”
by Stefan Doose et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/6

“Design Considerations for Fast Charging Lithium Ion Cells for NMC/MCMB Electrode Pairs”
by William Yourey et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010004
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/4

“In-Situ Tools Used in Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Research—Review”
by Purna C. Ghimire et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(3), 53; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7030053
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/3/53

“A Performance and Cost Overview of Selected Solid-State Electrolytes: Race between Polymer Electrolytes and Inorganic Sulfide Electrolytes”
by Duygu Karabelli et al.
Batteries 2021, 7(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7010018
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/7/1/18

We warmly welcome Dr. Katerina E. Aifantis (University of Florida, USA), Prof. Dr. Chunzhong Li (East China University of Science and Technology, China), Prof. Dr. Hyacinthe N. Randriamahazaka (Université Paris Cité, France), Dr. A. Robert Armstrong (University of St Andrews, UK), Prof. Dr. Ping Liu (University of California San Diego, USA), Dr. Zhenglong Xu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), Dr. Yunxiao Wang (University of Wollongong, Australia) and Dr. Huilin Pan (Zhejiang University, China) to the Editorial Board of Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105), and we look forward to their contributions to the continued success of the journal.

Name: Dr. Katerina E. Aifantis
Affiliation: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 36211, USA
Interests: Li-ion batteries; energy storage; mechanical design

Name: Prof. Dr. Chunzhong Li
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Interests: lithium-ion batteries; electrode materials; energy storage; electrochemical engineering; energy conversion materials

Name: Prof. Dr. Hyacinthe N. Randriamahazaka
Affiliation: Head, SIELE (Surfaces–Ionic liquids–ELectrochemistry–Energy) Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, CNRS, ITODYS, Université Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France
Interests: energy conversion and storage; electrocatalysis; redox-flow batteries; functional ionic liquids; modelling

Name: Dr. A. Robert Armstrong
Affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK
Interests: sodium-ion batteries; lithium-ion batteries; electrode materials; structure and electronic structure characterization

Name: Prof. Dr. Ping Liu
Affiliation: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Interests: lithium metal batteries; lithium batteries safety; solid electrolytes for batteries; conversion reactions; multifunctional electrochemical systems

Name: Dr. Zhenglong Xu
Affiliation: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Interests: lithium sulfur batteries; sodium ion batteries; multivalent batteries; in situ characterizations; energy storage materials

Name: Dr. Yunxiao Wang
Affiliation: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
Interests: affordable and clean energy; energy storage and conversion; lithium-ion batteries; sodium-ion batteries; lithium-sulfur batteries; room-temperature sodium sulfur batteries; electrocatalysis

Name: Dr. Huilin Pan
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Interests: energy storage materials; sodium-ion batteries; aqueous batteries; solid electrolyte interphase; electrolytes

To celebrate the first released Impact Factor of Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105), we are arranging a series of special events and content, including an interview with the Editors-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Andreas Jossen, Prof. Dr. Seung-Wan Song and Prof. Dr. Pascal Venet.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Jossen, Editor-in-Chief
Affiliation: Institute for Electrical Energy Storage Technology (EES), Technical University München (TUM), Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Research Interests: electrical thermal coupled battery models; performance and lifetime models; battery state of charge and battery state of health determination methods; battery characterization; energy management and battery management; battery safety including models for battery safety; multi-cell storage systems; battery system architecture; battery integration in electric vehicles; photovoltaic systems and portable systems

Prof. Dr. Seung-Wan Song, Associate Editor-in-Chief/SEiC
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
Research Interests: lithium-ion batteries; post-lithium (magnesium-ion, lithium-sulfur, aqueous) batteries; control and mechanistic studies of SEI stabilization and electrode–electrolyte interface processes; electrochemistry; solid-state chemistry; surface chemistry

Prof. Dr. Pascal Venet, Associate Editor-in-Chief/SEiC
Affiliation: Department of the Ampère Laboratory, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
Research Interests: characterization; modeling; reliability; aging and diagnosis of electric energy storage system (batteries, supercapacitors, capacitors)

We hope you can join us in celebrating this milestone of our journal. We would also like to extend our sincerest gratitude to our Editorial Board Members, Guest Editors, reviewers, authors, readers, and subscribers.

Batteries Editorial Office

The purpose of our Best Paper Awards is to promote and recognize the most impactful contributions published within MDPI journals.

The academic editors of each journal carefully selected reviews and research papers through a rigorous judging process based on criteria such as the scientific merit, overall impact, and the quality of presentation of the papers published in the journal.

We are honored to present the winners in the “Engineering” category, who were selected amongst extensive competition, and congratulate the authors for their outstanding scientific publications.

Actuators:

• “Position Control of Pneumatic Actuators Using Three-Mode Discrete-Valued Model Predictive Control”
  by Haitao Qi, Gary M. Bone and Yile Zhang
  Actuators 2019, 8(3), 56; doi: 10.3390/act8030056
• “Review of Electrothermal Actuators and Applications”
  by Alissa Potekhina and Changhai Wang
  Actuators 2019, 8(4), 69; doi: 10.3390/act8040069

Batteries:

• “Pre-Lithiation Strategies for Rechargeable Energy Storage Technologies: Concepts, Promises and Challenges”
  by Florian Holtstiege, Peer Bärmann, Roman Nölle, Martin Winter and Tobias Placke
  Batteries 2018, 4(1), 4; doi: 10.3390/batteries4010004
• “A Critical Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Processes from a Circular Economy Perspective”
  by Omar Velázquez-Martínez, Johanna Valio, Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, Markus Reuter and Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero
  Batteries 2019, 5(4), 68; doi: 10.3390/batteries5040068
• “Critical Review of the Use of Reference Electrodes in Li-Ion Batteries: A Diagnostic Perspective”
  by Rinaldo Raccichini, Marco Amores and Gareth Hinds
  Batteries 2019, 5(1), 12; doi: 10.3390/batteries5010012
• “Life Cycle Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries for Automotive Applications”
  by Qiang Dai, Jarod C. Kelly, Linda Gaines and Michael Wang
  Batteries 2019, 5(2), 48; doi 10.3390/batteries5020048
• “Design Strategies for High Power vs. High Energy Lithium Ion Cells”
  by Michael J. Lain, James Brandon and Emma Kendrick
  Batteries 2019, 5(4), 64; doi: 10.3390/batteries5040064

Chemosensors:

• “Influence of Humidity on NO₂-Sensing and Selectivity of Spray-CVD Grown ZnO Thin Film above 400 °C”
  by Roussin Lontio Fomekong and Bilge Saruhan
  Chemosensors 2019, 7(3), 42; doi: 10.3390/chemosensors7030042
• “Low Molecular Weight Fluorescent Probes (LMFPs) to Detect the Group 12 Metal Triad”
  by Ashley D. Johnson, Rose M. Curtis and Karl J. Wallace
  Chemosensors 2019, 7(2), 22; doi: 10.3390/chemosensors7020022

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering:

• “Marine Application of Fiber Reinforced Composites: A Review”
  by Felice Rubino, Antonio Nisticò, Fausto Tucci and Pierpaolo Carlone
  Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(1), 26; doi: 10.3390/jmse8010026
• “Numerical Simulation of Large Wave Heights from Super Typhoon Nepartak (2016) in the Eastern Waters of Taiwan”
  by Shih-Chun Hsiao, Hongey Chen, Han-Lun Wu, Wei-Bo Chen, Chih-Hsin Chang, Wen-Dar Guo, Yung-Ming Chen and Lee-Yaw Lin
  Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(3), 217; doi: 10.3390/jmse8030217
• “Development of Deterministic Artificial Intelligence for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV)”
  by Timothy Sands
  Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8(8), 578; doi: 10.3390/jmse8080578

Lubricants:

• “Solid Lubrication with MoS₂: A Review”
  by Mohammad R. Vazirisereshk, Ashlie Martini, David A. Strubbe and Mehmet Z. Baykara
  Lubricants 2019, 7(7), 57; doi:10.3390/lubricants7070057
• “Investigations of the Friction Losses of Different Engine Concepts. Part 1: A Combined Approach for Applying Subassembly-Resolved Friction Loss Analysis on a Modern Passenger-Car Diesel Engine”
  by Christoph Knauder, Hannes Allmaier, David E. Sander and Theodor Sams
  Lubricants 2019, 7(5), 39; doi: 10.3390/lubricants7050039
• “A Discussion on Present Theories of Rubber Friction, with Particular Reference to Different Possible Choices of Arbitrary Roughness Cutoff Parameters”
  by Andrea Genovese, Flavio Farroni, Antonio Papangelo and Michele Ciavarella
  Lubricants 2019, 7(10), 85; doi: 10.3390/lubricants7100085

Micromachines:

• “4D Printing of Multi-Hydrogels Using Direct Ink Writing in a Supporting Viscous Liquid”
  by Takuya Uchida and Hiroaki Onoe
  Micromachines 2019, 10(7), 433; doi: 10.3390/mi10070433
• “Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance and Mechanism of Au@CaTiO₃ Composites with Au Nanoparticles Assembled on CaTiO₃ Nanocuboids”
  by Yuxiang Yan, Hua Yang, Zao Yi, Ruishan Li and Xiangxian Wang
  Micromachines 2019, 10(4), 254; doi: 10.3390/mi10040254
• “Three-Dimensionally Structured Flexible Fog Harvesting Surfaces Inspired by Namib Desert Beetles”
  by Jun Kyu Park and Seok Kim
  Micromachines 2019, 10(3), 201; doi: 10.3390/mi10030201

Processes:

• “Accelerating Biologics Manufacturing by Modeling or: Is Approval under the QbD and PAT Approaches Demanded by Authorities Acceptable without a Digital-Twin?”
  by Steffen Zobel-Roos, Axel Schmidt, Fabian Mestmäcker, Mourad Mouellef, Maximilian Huter, Lukas Uhlenbrock, Martin Kornecki, Lara Lohmann, Reinhard Ditz and Jochen Strube
  Processes 2019, 7(2), 94; doi: 10.3390/pr7020094
• “Multiscale Agent-Based and Hybrid Modeling of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment”
  by Kerri-Ann Norton, Chang Gong, Samira Jamalian and Aleksander S. Popel
  Processes 2019, 7(1), 37; doi: 10.3390/pr7010037
• “Dynamic Flowsheet Model Development and Sensitivity Analysis of a Continuous Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing Process Using the Wet Granulation Route”
  by Nirupaplava Metta, Michael Ghijs, Elisabeth Schäfer, Ashish Kumar, Philippe Cappuyns, Ivo Van Assche, Ravendra Singh, Rohit Ramachandran, Thomas De Beer, Marianthi Ierapetritou and Ingmar Nopens
  Processes 2019, 7(4), 234; doi: 10.3390/pr7040234

Sensors:

• “A Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Healthcare Blockchain for IoT”
  by Ashutosh Dhar Dwivedi, Gautam Srivastava, Shalini Dhar and Rajani Singh
  Sensors 2019, 19(2), 326; doi: 10.3390/s19020326
• “The Progress of Glucose Monitoring—A Review of Invasive to Minimally and Non-Invasive Techniques, Devices and Sensors”
  by Wilbert Villena Gonzales, Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher and Amin Abbosh
  Sensors 2019, 19(4), 800; doi: 10.3390/s19040800
• “Contact-Based Methods for Measuring Respiratory Rate”
  by Carlo Massaroni, Andrea Nicolò, Daniela Lo Presti, Massimo Sacchetti, Sergio Silvestri and Emiliano Schena
  Sensors 2019, 19(4), 908; doi: 10.3390/s19040908

World Electric Vehicle Journal:

• “Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Charging Infrastructure for Future EVs: From Experimental Track to Real Circulated Roads Demonstrations”
  by Stéphane Laporte, Gérard Coquery, Virginie Deniau, Alexandre De Bernardinis and Nicolas Hautière
  World Electr. Veh. J. 2019, 10(4), 84; doi: 10.3390/wevj10040084

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the winners for the year 2021 in the “Engineering” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded Young Investigators for their outstanding contributions. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biosensors:

• Amay J. Bandodkar, North Carolina State University, USA.

ChemEngineering:

• Andrew S. Paluch, Miami University, USA.

Chemosensors:

• Mindy Levine, Ariel University, Israel.

Electronics:

• Amir H. Gandomi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering:

• Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa, University of Porto, Portugal.

Machines:

• Chen Lv, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore;
• Ignacio Gonzalez-Prieto, University of Malaga (UMA), Spain;
• Ning Sun, Nankai University, China.

Processes:

• Anton Rassõlkin, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.

Sensors:

• Qammer H. Abbasi, Queen Mary University of London, UK;
• Chi Hwan Lee, Purdue University, USA.

We are proud to recognize the winners of MDPI’s 2021 Travel Awards in the “Engineering” category for their outstanding presentations and to present them with the prize.

MDPI journals regularly offer travel awards to encourage talented junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in specific fields, which helps to increase their influence.

The winners mentioned below were carefully selected by the journal editors based on an outline of their research and the work to be presented at an academic conference.

We would like to warmly congratulate the winners of this year’s Travel Awards and wish them the greatest success with their future research endeavors. MDPI will continue to enhance communication among scientists.

Actuators:

• Matthew Wei Ming Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Applied Sciences:

• Márcia de Sousa Oliveira, University of León, Spain;
• Caroline Sarah Taylor, University of Sheffield, UK;
• Raquel Viveiros, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal;
• Alfonso González Briones, University of Salamanca, Spain;
• Alen Horvat, University Carlos III Madrid, Spain;
• Marie Švecová, University of Chemistry and Technology, Czech Republic;
• Venanzio Giannella, University of Salerno, Italy;
• Michaël Lobet, University of Namur, Belgium;
• Lam Thi Ngoc Tran, National Research Council, Italy;
• Hanfei Mei, University of South Carolina, USA.

Applied System Innovation:

• Mert Nakip, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Biosensors:

• Mengdi Bao, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA;

Yichi Su, Stanford University, USA.

Buildings:

• Karthik Panchabikesan, Concordia University, Canada;
• Xiaolei Yuan, Tongji University, China.

Chemosensors:

• Verónica Montes García, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS, France.

Electronics:

• Peng Hang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
• Alfonso González Briones, University of Salamanca, Spain.

Fluids:

• Alberto Zingaro, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
• Sarah E. Morris, Auburn University, USA.

Infrastructures:

• Angelo Aloisio, University of L’Aquila, Italy;
• André Filipe Castanheira Alves Furtado, University of Porto, Portugal.

Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications:

• Tommaso Zanotti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing:

• Nagalingam Arun Prasanth, Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Lab, Singapore.

Machines:

• Muhammad Jamil, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), China;
• Mariagrazia Tristano, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Processes:

• Michele Schlich, University of Cagliari, Italy;
• Álvaro Santana Mayor, University of La Laguna, Spain.

Sensors:

• Eleonora Macchia, Åbo Akademi University, Finland;
• Alfonso Gonzalez Briones, University of Salamanca, Spain;
• Saúl Vallejos Calzada, University of Burgos, Spain;
• Ana Novo, University of Vigo, Spain;
• Yalin Liu, Macau University of Science and Technology, China;
• Marilena Giglio, Politecnico of Bari, Italy;
• Yuzhi Shi, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize the winners for the year 2021 in the “Engineering” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the winners on their achievement. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Actuators:

• Ryszard Dindorf, Kielce University of Technology, Poland.

Applied Sciences:

• Khaled Giasin, University of Portsmouth, UK;
• Jakub Krzysztof Grabski, University of Technology, Poland;
• Marcos Tostado-Véliz, University of Jaén, Spain;
• Luigi Pugliese, University of Calabria, Italy;
• Francesco Bennardo, University of Catanzaro, Italy;
• Heriberto Perez-Acebo, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain.

Biosensors:

• Amir Hatamie, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Buildings:

• Francesco Fiorito, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy;
• Paul G. O’Brien, York University, Canada.

Chemosensors:

• Verónica Montes García, University of Strasbourg, France.

Machines:

• Piotr Gierlak, Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland;
• Sebastian A. Nugroho, University of Michigan, USA;
• Viorel Paleu, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania.

Processes:

• Marcin Dębowski, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland;
• Bartłomiej Zieniuk, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland;
• Zbigniew Nadolny, Poznan University of Technology, Poland;
• Attila Egedy, University of Pannonia, Hungary;
• Seok-Ho Rhi, Chungbuk National University, Korea.

Sensors:

• Hojong Choi, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea;
• Li Fu, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China;
• Leonardo De Mello Honorio, Federal University of Juiz De Fora Juiz De Fora, Brazil;
• Mario Versaci, Mediterranea University, Italy;
• Robertas Damasevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.

We are pleased to inform you that Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105) has received its first Impact Factor (IF) of 5.938 and now ranks 10/30 (Q2) in the “Electrochemistry” category, 49/119 (Q2) in the “Energy & Fuels” category, and 104/345 (Q2) in the “Materials Science, Multidisciplinary” category.

We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to our authors, readers, reviewers, and board members. Your efforts are indispensable to the continued success of the journal, which we greatly appreciate and value!

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2022)

The following are the Editor’s Choice Articles published in 2020 in Batteries (ISSN: 2313-0105):

1. “Mathematical Heat Transfer Modeling and Experimental Validation of Lithium-Ion Battery Considering: Tab and Surface Temperature, Separator, Electrolyte Resistance, Anode-Cathode Irreversible and Reversible Heat”
by Anosh Mevawalla et al.
Batteries 2020, 6(4), 61
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/4/61

2. “Lightweight Polymer-Carbon Composite Current Collector for Lithium-Ion Batteries”
by Marco Fritsch et al.
Batteries 2020, 6(4), 60
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/4/60

3. “Optimal Siting and Sizing of Battery Energy Storage Systems for Distribution Network of Distribution System Operators”
by Panyawoot Boonluk et al.
Batteries 2020, 6(4), 56
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/4/56

4. “Comprehensive Hazard Analysis of Failing Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries in Overtemperature Experiments”
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Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/2/30

5. “SEI Growth Impacts of Lamination, Formation and Cycling in Lithium Ion Batteries”
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Batteries 2020, 6(2), 21
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/2/21

6. “Inhomogeneous Temperature Distribution Affecting the Cyclic Aging of Li-Ion Cells. Part II: Analysis and Correlation”
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Batteries 2020, 6(1), 12
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/1/12

7. “Accelerated Aging Characterization of Lithium-ion Cells: Using Sensitivity Analysis to Identify the Stress Factors Relevant to Cyclic Aging”
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Batteries 2020, 6(1), 6
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/1/6

8. “The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Thermal Characteristic of a Lithium–ion Battery”
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Batteries 2020, 6(1), 3
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/1/3

9. “A Review on Temperature-Dependent Electrochemical Properties, Aging, and Performance of Lithium-Ion Cells”
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Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/3/35

10. “Degradation and Aging Routes of Ni-Rich Cathode Based Li-Ion Batteries”
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Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/6/1/8