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Advanced Carbon-Based Materials for Next-Generation Batteries and Supercapacitors—2nd Edition
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Advanced Carbon-Based Materials for Next-Generation Batteries and Supercapacitors—2nd Edition

A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 December 2026 | Viewed by 2845

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Dr. Binghui Xu

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Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
Interests: green synthesis; MOF; carbon materials; secondary batteries; nanomaterials
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Dr. Haichao Chen

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Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
Interests: supercapacitors; hybrid supercapacitors; zinc ion batteries; energy-storage materials
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Energy is the inexhaustible driving force and material foundation for the development of human civilization. With the development of society and technology, the excessive consumption of energy has brought about resource and environmental issues. In recent years, the new-energy electric vehicle industry has been developing at great speed, which has led to the rapid development of electrochemical energy-storage technology. Batteries and supercapacitors offer high energy density and high power density, and have a promising future in the field of energy storage. Carbon-based materials have always been at the forefront of this field due to their unique advantages of low density, chemical stability, good processability, and diverse morphologies. This Special Issue will approach the rational design of carbon-based composite materials and their latest uses in rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, exploring manufacturing processes, the materials used (carbon nanotubes, graphene, biomass carbon, MOF-derived carbon, etc.), microstructural design (porous structures, core/shell structures, hollow structures, three-dimensional structures, etc.), and component optimization, as well as reporting their practical applications in electrochemical energy storage and studying their energy-storage mechanisms in detail. We aim to contribute toward creating a new generation of functional carbon-based materials for rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors.

We hope that this Special Issue can play a certain guiding role in the research into functional carbon-based materials and composites and inspire broader research, thereby aiding significant progress in this field.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Synthesis of advanced carbon materials;
  • Physical, chemical, and electrochemical characterization of carbon nanomaterials;
  • Optimal sizing and design of carbon materials;
  • Lifetime estimation of batteries and supercapacitors;
  • New materials and advanced manufacturing methods in battery and supercapacitor production;
  • Carbon composite materials as an active material for supercapacitors;
  • Carbon-based electrodes for rechargeable batteries.

Dr. Binghui Xu
Dr. Haichao Chen
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • batteries
  • supercapacitors
  • carbon-based materials
  • carbon composite materials
  • microstructure design
  • composition optimization
  • energy-storage mechanism
  • electrolytes
  • energy densities

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MOF-Derived Fe2O3@Fe3O4-Coated Carbon Fiber Fabric as a Negative Electrode for Flexible Supercapacitors
by Andrés González-Banciella, David Martinez-Diaz, Joaquín Artigas-Arnaudas, Bianca K. Muñoz, María Sánchez and Alejandro Ureña
Batteries 2026, 12(4), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries12040141 - 15 Apr 2026
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Owing to the increasing demand for wearable electronics, flexible energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors, have gained interest in the electronic industry. In this context, asymmetric configurations have emerged as a promising strategy for the development of wider potential window supercapacitors. On the [...] Read more.
Owing to the increasing demand for wearable electronics, flexible energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors, have gained interest in the electronic industry. In this context, asymmetric configurations have emerged as a promising strategy for the development of wider potential window supercapacitors. On the other hand, MOF-derived synthesis of transition metal oxides is known to result in porous materials, which exhibit better electrochemical performance. In this work, a MOF-derived Fe2O3 coating on carbon fiber woven substrate is proposed as a negative supercapacitor electrode for asymmetric flexible devices. Moreover, the MOF calcination time was evaluated in order to ensure the best electrochemical performance possible, achieving for the sample calcined for 2 h a specific capacitance of 18.8 F/g at a current density of 200 mA/g and an excellent rate capability. In addition, not only was this promising material obtained, but an asymmetric flexible supercapacitor based on two MOF-derived TMO coatings on carbon fiber woven electrodes was manufactured and characterized as a proof of concept. This supercapacitor displayed a specific capacitance of 229 mF/cm2, an energy density of 0.067 mWh/cm2 and a power density of 0.11 mW/cm2 at 0.15 mA/cm2. Moreover, the flexible supercapacitor retained 94.1% of its capacitance even after being bent to 90°. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Carbon-Based Materials for Next-Generation Batteries and Supercapacitors—2nd Edition)
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Ultrafast Microwave-Assisted Resin Curing Forming a Dense Cross-Linked Network on Bamboo: Toward High-Performance Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
by Ziming Liu, Xiang Zhang, Wanqian Li, Min Li, Gonggang Liu, Jinbo Hu, Binghui Xu, Xianjun Li and Hui Tong
Batteries 2026, 12(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries12010020 - 5 Jan 2026
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Resin curing coating is an effective approach to mitigate the intrinsic defects of lignocellulosic biomass-derived hard carbon, which facilitates its large-scale application in sodium-ion batteries due to their improved specific capacity, initial coulombic efficiency, and carbon yield. However, current traditional curing processes suffer [...] Read more.
Resin curing coating is an effective approach to mitigate the intrinsic defects of lignocellulosic biomass-derived hard carbon, which facilitates its large-scale application in sodium-ion batteries due to their improved specific capacity, initial coulombic efficiency, and carbon yield. However, current traditional curing processes suffer from issues such as uneven cross-linking encapsulation and long curing cycles, significantly affecting the electrochemical performance of the derived carbon and production efficiency/cost. In this study, a phenolic resin solution impregnation combined with microwave-accelerated curing has been employed, and its curing process, along with the electrochemical performance of the derived carbon, was investigated. The results show that uniformly phenolic resin-coated bamboo could be achieved within 120 s. A dense cross-linked network not only leads to a high hard carbon yield and low specific surface area but also creates an abundant pseudographene-like structure with more closed pores. Under optimal crosslinking conditions, the obtained hard carbon sample shows a significantly enhanced reversible capacity (371.73 mAh g−1) and high initial coulombic efficiency of 84.54%, far exceeding the bamboo-derived hard carbon (229.23 mAh g−1, 74.90%) and the hard carbon sample prepared by traditional heating curing (304.31 mAh g−1, 80.63%). Additionally, the designed sample displays excellent structural stability, maintaining 80% of their capacity after 500 cycles at a high current density of 300 mA g−1. This fast and simple resin coating strategy shows great potential for the scalable synthesis of high-performance hard carbon anode materials. Full article
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Boron-Doped Bamboo-Derived Porous Carbon via Dry Thermal Treatment for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance
by Hyeon-Hye Kim, Cheol-Ki Cho, Ju-Hwan Kim, Hye-Min Lee, Kay-Hyeok An, Dong-Cheol Chung and Byung-Joo Kim
Batteries 2025, 11(12), 443; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries11120443 - 2 Dec 2025
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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 groups of BPC, leading to [...] Read more.
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 groups of BPC, leading to the formation and evolution of B–O–B and B–C bonds. This boron-induced bonding network reconstruction enhanced π-electron delocalization and surface polarity, while maintaining the intrinsic microporous framework of BPC. Among the prepared samples, B-BPC-1 exhibited an optimized balance between the conductive domains and defect concentration, resulting in lower internal resistance and improved ion transport behavior. Correspondingly, B-BPC-1 delivered a better capacitive performance than both undoped BPC and commercial activated carbon. These results indicate that controlling boron incorporation under appropriate heat-treatment conditions effectively improves charge-transfer kinetics while maintaining a stable pore morphology. The proposed dry thermal doping method provides a practical and environmentally benign route for developing high-performance porous carbon electrodes for electric double-layer capacitor applications. Full article
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