Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries

A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others".

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Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
Interests: lithium-ion batteries; energy storage systems; cathode materials; all-solid-state batteries; materials science; computational design of materials

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Dear Colleagues,

With the expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) market, industries are demanding higher-energy-density and lower-cost lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Since the cathode is the largest component in LIBs in terms of weight and cost, it is believed that the main bottleneck in attaining high energy densities lies in cathode chemistry. In particular, nickel-based layered oxides, the cathode material of choice for current EV batteries, suffer from the price volatility associated with cobalt and nickel. In this regard, tremendous research efforts are ongoing to improve the electrochemical performance of cathodes while reducing their dependency on geopolitically sensitive chemical elements.

In this Special Issue of Batteries, we are inviting articles focused on the development of cathode materials for rechargeable batteries. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, discovery of new cathode materials, chemical/structural optimization of cathode materials, degradation mechanism analysis, and development of next-generation cathodes. Original research articles and reviews involving synthesis, characterization, fabrication, and applications are welcome.

Dr. Byunghoon Kim
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Keywords

  • li-ion battery
  • energy storage
  • cathode materials
  • electrode design
  • electrode synthesis
  • ni-rich layered cathodes
  • li/na-rich layered cathodes

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Design and Development of Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries
by Byunghoon Kim
Batteries 2022, 8(7), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8070068 - 8 Jul 2022
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Over the past two decades, rechargeable Li-ion batteries (LIBs) have been the de facto standard power source for electronic devices [...] Full article
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Electrochemical Testing of Carbon Materials as Bromine Electrodes for the Hydrogen-Bromine Redox Flow Battery
by Yaksh Popat, David P. Trudgeon, Xiaohong Li, Peter Connor, Arunchander Asokan and Matthew E. Suss
Batteries 2022, 8(10), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries8100166 - 7 Oct 2022
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Hydrogen-bromine (H2-Br2) redox flow batteries (RFBs) have gained a lot of interest due to their advantages in mitigating the performance shortcomings of conventional zinc-bromine and vanadium flow batteries. Various carbon materials have been tested in H2-Br2 [...] Read more.
Hydrogen-bromine (H2-Br2) redox flow batteries (RFBs) have gained a lot of interest due to their advantages in mitigating the performance shortcomings of conventional zinc-bromine and vanadium flow batteries. Various carbon materials have been tested in H2-Br2 RFBs as bromine electrodes. However, a comparative study among the different carbon materials has not been reported in the literature. This work reports, for the first time, an evaluation of carbon papers, felt and cloth in a three-electrode half-cell setup as potential bromine electrodes, in pristine and thermally treated state. A systematic evaluation was performed by comparing the surface morphologies, kinetic parameters, polarisation curves and stability tests of different carbon electrodes. Thermally treated graphite felt electrode demonstrated the best electrochemical performance as bromine electrode owing to its improved surface area, hydrophilicity and intrinsic activity. Further in-depth studies will shed important insights, which will help understand the electrode characteristics for future bromine battery design. The current study will assist in evaluating the performance of upcoming novel electrode materials in a three-electrode assembly. Full article
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