Advanced Electrolytes for Enhancing Performance in Lithium/Sodium-Ion Batteries
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 81
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced electrolyte; interface design; electrochemical interface research; power battery
Interests: electrolyte for high-energy-density batteries; solid electrolyte interphase; lithium-mediated synthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
An electrolyte is an indispensable component in every electrochemical device, including lithium-ion batteries and sodium-ion batteries. It physically segregates two electrodes from direct electron transfer while allowing working ions to transport both charges and masses to ensure that cell reactions proceed sustainably. The electrolyte is also the most unique component in batteries because it physically interfaces with every other component. Therefore, electrolytes play a crucial role in determining the energy density, power density, calendar and cycle life, and safety performance of batteries. In previous decades, the commercial success of graphite-based lithium-ion batteries has attracted intense interest in electrolyte research, and with the demand for energy density and safety, various electrolyte systems have been developed in lithium-based and sodium-based batteries.
For this Special Issue, we warmly welcome the submission of original research articles and reviews on topics related to advances in liquid-, gel- and solid-state electrolytes, including their design, synthesis, processes, physicochemical characterization, computational analysis, and mechanism analysis.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Electrolyte development for Li-ion, Li-metal, Na-ion, Na-metal, Li-S, Na-S, Li-O2 and other Li/Na-based batteries;
- Solid-state electrolytes;
- Nonaqueous electrolytes;
- Electrolyte/electrode interface;
- Design and/or synthesis of novel salt, solvent or additive;
- Solvating structures;
- Theoretical and computational studies on electrolytes;
- Machine learning.
Prof. Dr. Xianhui Zhang
Dr. Hao Jia
Dr. Zehao Cui
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lithium-ion batteries
- sodium-ion batteries
- Li/Na-S batteries
- Li-O2 batteries
- solid-state electrolyte
- nonaqueous electrolyte
- solid electrolyte interphase
- interface characterization
- calculation and simulation
- machine learning
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