Batteries: Feature Papers 2020

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
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Batteries is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.