Advanced Hybrid-Ion Batteries 2020
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2020) | Viewed by 378
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Interests: mechanochemical synthesis and characterization of cathode; anode and electrolyte materials for rechargeable lithium and sodium batteries
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Dear colleagues,
Hybrid-ion batteries (HIB), in which various metal ions are engaged simultaneously in the cycling process, provide a new perspective towards advanced energy storage, combining the advantages of different metal-ion batteries. HIBs have recently attracted widespread attention due to their novel and promising properties, which are not a simple superposition of the properties of their component single-ion batteries. Although the investigation of HIBs is still at an early stage, it is expected that an excellent choice will be discovered in the near future, one that does not possess the disadvantages of single-ion batteries. New Na+/Li+ and Mg2+/Li rechargeable batteries have been developed that can stably (de)intercalate Li+ and Na+(Mg2+) simultaneously. The most important aspect is the ability to use sodium and magnesium compounds directly as a cathode in a Li-ion cell. This offers significant advantages with respect to the high cost of lithium and its low availability, and the possibility of developing viable Na- and Mg-ion cells. Other types of HIBs are hybrid aqueous rechargeable batteries and Daniel battery-type dual-salt metal storage batteries. The excellent properties of HIBs include enhanced rate performance, superior coulombic efficiency, and low costs, to name but a few.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Hybrid-ion batteries
- Dual-metal-ion batteries
- Dual-salt hybrid rechargeable batteries
- Na+/Li+ rechargeable batteries
- Mg2+/Li+ rechargeable batteries
- Hybrid aqueous rechargeable batteries
- Daniel battery-type dual-salt metal storage batteries
- New matrices for Li intercalation
Prof. Dr. Nina Kosova
Guest Editor
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