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Batteries: Feature Papers 2020

A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 23220

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Jossen

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Institute for Electrical Energy Storage Technology (EES), Technical University München (TUM), Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Interests: electrical thermal coupled battery models; performance and lifetime models; battery state of charge and battery state of health determination methods; battery characterisation; energy management and battery management; battery safety including models for battery safety; multi-cell storage systems; battery system architecture; battery integration in electric vehicle; photovoltaic systems and portable systems
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Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of the journal Batteries, I am glad to announce the Special Issue “Batteries: Feature Papers 2020”. Batteries is an international, open access journal of battery technology and materials. In this Special Issue, “Feature Papers”, we will publish outstanding contributions in the main fields covered by the journal, which will make a great contribution to the community. The entire issue will be published in book format after it is closed.

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

  • Battery electrochemistry
  • Active and passive materials and components
  • Cell design and stack technology
  • Processing and manufacturing
  • Battery systems and applications
  • Modeling and control
  • Battery performance and testing
  • Charging technologies
  • Battery monitoring, management and diagnostics
  • Thermal management
  • Hybrid battery systems
  • Safety and reliability
  • Lifetime and degradation
  • Costs and market

Submitted papers will be evaluated by the Editors firstly. Please note that all the papers will be subjected to thorough and rigorous peer review.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Jossen
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Aging of Extracted and Reassembled Li-ion Electrode Material in Coin Cells—Capabilities and Limitations
by Alexander Uwe Schmid, Alexander Ridder, Matthias Hahn, Kai Schofer and Kai Peter Birke
Batteries 2020, 6(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries6020033 - 12 Jun 2020
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Cycling Li-ion cells with large capacities requires high currents and hence an expensive measurement setup. Aging the Li-ion cell material in coin cells offers an orders-of-magnitude-lower power requirement to the battery tester. The preparation procedure used in this work allows one to build [...] Read more.
Cycling Li-ion cells with large capacities requires high currents and hence an expensive measurement setup. Aging the Li-ion cell material in coin cells offers an orders-of-magnitude-lower power requirement to the battery tester. The preparation procedure used in this work allows one to build coin cells in a reproducible manner. The original 40 Ah pouch cells and the corresponding 4.3 mAh coin cells (PAT-Cell) utilizing electrode material from the original cells are cycled with 1C at different temperatures. The results show the same basic aging mechanisms in both cell types: loss of lithium inventory at room temperature but an increasing proportion of loss of active material toward higher temperatures. This is confirmed by similar activation energies in capacity degradation of the 40 Ah cells and the averaged coin cells. However, the capacity of the coin cells decreases faster over time. This is caused by diffusion of moisture into the coin cell housing. Nonetheless, the increasing water contamination over measurement time is not directly linked to the loss of capacity of the coin cells. Thus, the observed aging mechanisms of the 40 Ah cells can be qualitatively transferred to coin cell level. Full article
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Development of Flow Fields for Zinc Slurry Air Flow Batteries
by Nak Heon Choi, Diego del Olmo, Peter Fischer, Karsten Pinkwart and Jens Tübke
Batteries 2020, 6(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries6010015 - 1 Mar 2020
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The flow field design and material composition of the electrode plays an important role in the performance of redox flow batteries, especially when using highly viscous liquids. To enhance the discharge power density of zinc slurry air flow batteries, an optimum slurry distribution [...] Read more.
The flow field design and material composition of the electrode plays an important role in the performance of redox flow batteries, especially when using highly viscous liquids. To enhance the discharge power density of zinc slurry air flow batteries, an optimum slurry distribution in the cell is key. Hence, several types of flow fields (serpentine, parallel, plastic flow frames) were tested in this study to improve the discharge power density of the battery. The serpentine flow field delivered a power density of 55 mW∙cm−2, while parallel and flow frame resulted in 30 mW∙cm−2 and 10 mW∙cm−2, respectively. Moreover, when the anode bipolar plate material was changed from graphite to copper, the power density of the flow frame increased to 65 mW∙cm−2, and further improvement was attained when the bipolar plate material was further changed to copper–nickel. These results show the potential to increase the power density of slurry-based flow batteries by flow field optimization and design of bipolar plate materials. Full article
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Comparison of Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Gel Electrolytes for Sodium, Potassium, and Calcium Batteries: Influence of Polymer Chemistry, Cation Identity, Charge Density, and Solvent on Conductivity
by Hunter O. Ford, Chuanchuan Cui and Jennifer L. Schaefer
Batteries 2020, 6(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries6010011 - 13 Feb 2020
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From the standpoint of material diversification and sustainability, the development of so-called “beyond lithium-ion” battery chemistries is important for the future of energy storage. Na, K, and Ca are promising as the basis for battery chemistries in that these elements are highly abundant. [...] Read more.
From the standpoint of material diversification and sustainability, the development of so-called “beyond lithium-ion” battery chemistries is important for the future of energy storage. Na, K, and Ca are promising as the basis for battery chemistries in that these elements are highly abundant. Here, a series of single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes (SIPEs) for Na, K, and Ca batteries are synthesized and investigated. The two classes of metal cation neutralized SIPEs compared are crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate-x-styrene sulfonate (PEGDMA-SS) and poly(tetrahydrofuran) diacrylate-x-4-styrenesulfonyl (trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (PTHFDA-STFSI); three cation types, three charge densities, and four swelling states are examined. The impact on conductivity of all of these parameters is studied, and in conjunction with small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), it is found that promoting ion dissociation and preventing the formation of dense ionic aggregates facilitates ion transport. These results indicate many of the lessons learned from the Li SIPE literature can be translated to beyond Li chemistries. At 25 °C, the best performing Na/K and Ca exchanged polymers yield active cation conductivity on the order of 10−4 S/cm and 10−6 S/cm, respectively, for ethylene carbonate:propylene carbonate gelled SIPEs, and 10−5 S/cm and 10−7 S/cm, respectively, for glyme gelled SIPEs. Full article
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