Electrode Materials for Battery Applications
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2017) | Viewed by 244
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the penetration of renewables increases, the cost reduction of energy storage systems (ESS) will become an objective of special socio-economical relevance in the coming years and decades. One of the most compelling electrical energy storage system technologies are batteries, as they are not site dependent, and they can be built in easily-transported modules, in contrast to pumped-hydro. Recently, intensive efforts have been made to improve the performance of batteries in terms of power, energy, and, especially, fast ion/electron properties. In this framework, in addition to the important role of the electrolyte and membrane, electrode materials present a key role in the performance of a battery, due to supporting the electron transfer process (in the case of redox flow batteries) and intercalation of ions (in the case of sodium or lithium ion batteries). The state-of-the-art contains a large variety of electrode materials, in 2D or 3D, which differ from each other in terms of porosity and electrical conductivity, parameters that define the performance of batteries. This Special Issue addresses the improvements and trends, as well as challenges, for overcoming the drawbacks of present battery technology, following these topics:
- Interface electrolyte/electrode
- Micro and nanostructured materials for batteries
- New design of architectures of electrodes
- High-performance electrodes for batteries
- Advanced 3D and 2D electrode configuration
- Nanomaterials for 2D and 3D printing electrodes
- Design of materials with nanocatalyst
Dr. Cristina Flox
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- batteries
- electrocatalyst
- 2D and 3D materials
- graphene
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