Advances in Organic Electrode Materials: Design and Stabilization in Rechargeable Batteries
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrode Materials and Advanced Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rechargeable batteries; functional binders; electrocatalysis; advanced materials for secondary batteries; electrocatalysts for fuel cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Organic cathode materials have attracted increasing attention as promising candidates for next-generation rechargeable batteries due to their structural diversity, tunable redox chemistry, and sustainability advantages. Unlike conventional inorganic materials, organic compounds enable precise molecular design and the use of earth-abundant elements, offering opportunities for lightweight and high-capacity energy storage systems.
However, their practical applications remain limited by several intrinsic challenges, particularly the dissolution of active materials in liquid electrolytes, low electronic conductivity, and structural instability during cycling. These issues lead to rapid capacity fading and hinder long-term performance. In recent years, significant progress has been made to address these limitations through strategies such as molecular engineering, polymerization, coordination network construction, electrolyte optimization, and interfacial engineering.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances in the design, stabilization, and application of organic cathode materials in rechargeable battery systems, including lithium-ion, sodium-ion, and multivalent batteries.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Molecular design of organic cathode materials;
Interfacial engineering for organic electrodes;
Functional binders for organic electrode systems;
Solid-state and gel polymer electrolytes for organic batteries;
Mechanistic studies of degradation and redox processes.
Prof. Dr. Zhong Ma
Dr. Yonglin Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic cathode materials
- molecular design
- aqueous battery
- solid-state battery
- Li/Na/K-ion battery
- Mg/Zn/Ca/Al-ion battery
- metal battery
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