Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries and Aqueous Interphases

Dear Colleagues,

Rechargeable aqueous batteries have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their high safety, cost-effectiveness, and environmental adaptability for potential applications in large-scale energy storage. However, the practical use of rechargeable aqueous batteries still faces critical issues, such as hydrogen generation from aqueous electrolytes and corrosion reactions, etc. The future development of key electrode materials for aqueous battery chemistry, high-performance aqueous electrolytes, and aqueous separators is essential. Additionally, understanding the formation and physicochemical properties of the electrode–electrolyte interface for aqueous batteries is a critical step in developing real long-life aqueous batteries. It is still disputed whether we could obtain long-term lasting solid electrolyte interphases in aqueous systems as we have for non-aqueous battery chemistries, i.e., Li-ion batteries. Combining theoretical modeling, comprehensive understanding, and characterizations of aqueous interphases can provide new concepts and insights for the traditional electrochemical interfaces in batteries.

In this Special Issue, we are looking for contributions related to the following topics:

• Development of high-performance cathode and anode materials for rechargeable aqueous batteries.
• Advancements in aqueous electrolytes.
• Development and modification of aqueous separators.
• Research on long-life aqueous batteries.
• Characterization techniques for aqueous electrolyte–electrode interphases.
• Theoretical simulations of multi-scale interphases reactions.

Dr. Huilin Pan
Guest Editor

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• aqueous batteries
• aqueous electrolytes
• aqueous interphases
• aqueous battery materials
• multi-scale interphasial modeling