Electrochemical, Thermal, and Safety Properties of Lithium and Post-Li Materials and Cells II

Dear Colleagues,

New cheaper, safer, and more sustainable battery materials and technology concepts are urgently required for the decarbonization of the energy system and an extensive market penetration of electric vehicles and stationary storage systems. So-called post-lithium batteries based on, e.g., Na or Mg ions, which no longer rely on Li are promising alternatives that offer a huge potential. Therefore, characterization of electrochemical, thermal, and safety properties of the cells and their individual active and passive materials is required to obtain quantitative and reliable data, which are necessary to improve the current understanding in order to design and develop better materials and cells. This Special Issue addresses all techniques, which are necessary for a holistic assessment from materials to cell level. I warmly invite you to publish your original research paper or a review paper in this Special Issue.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Electrochemical characterization techniques (galvanostatic cycling, PITT, GITT, CIT, CV, EIS, entropymetry);
• Thermal characterization techniques (DSC, DTA, TG, drop solution calorimetry, battery calorimetry, laser flash, hot-plate, thermography, etc.) for materials and cells;
• Determination of heat generation of cells under normal use;
• Safety testing (mechanical, electrical, thermal abuse) combined with pressure measurement and gas analytics;
• Cell aging studies;
• Thermal propagation mitigation;
• Development of safer materials and cell designs;
• Development of more sustainable materials;
• Thermodynamic modeling of battery materials (CALPHAD, kinetic modeling) and database generation;
• Electrical, thermal, and electrochemical modeling.

Share your results to get a deeper understanding of the electrochemical and thermal processes under both normal use and abuse conditions. This will be an important milestone to increase their safety and to exploit their full potential.

Dr. Carlos Ziebert
Guest Editor

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