Electrocrystallization in Rechargeable Batteries
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2026 | Viewed by 55
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rechargeable batteries; lithium-ion batteries; electrochemistry; physical chemistry; energy storage; electroplating; functional materials; corrosion; conductive polymers; nucleation and growth
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Interests: lithium-Ion batteries; electrochemical processes; energy conversion and storage; nanotechnology; functional coating; physical chemistry; material physics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electrochemically induced phase transformations play an important role in the properties and functional behavior of the final material. Therefore, nucleation and growth in rechargeable batteries deserve special attention from both scientific and practical points of view. Electrocrystallization can take place at the solid–liquid and solid–solid interfaces, where electron transfer is coupled to phase transitions. These processes occur in the active electrode materials, during electrodeposition on the metal anode, or as a formation stage of battery components prior to cell assembly. To shed light on electrocrystallization in secondary batteries, scientific knowledge on nucleation and growth phenomena in well-known traditional electrochemical systems is transferred to conditions closely related to rechargeable battery operation. However, challenges in battery systems, including side reactions, capacitive/pseudocapacitive effects, lack of appropriate visualization techniques, misleading theoretical modelling, etc., limit accurate data interpretation and the linking of nucleation and growth parameters with battery functions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Effects of practically relevant factors on nucleation and growth in rechargeable batteries.
- Linking nucleation and growth parameters to the structural and functional properties of battery materials and interfaces.
- Nucleation and growth of alkali metals and the significance of this phenomenon.
- In situ methods for the detection and visualization of electrocrystallization.
- Novel approaches for data interpretation.
- Electrochemical phase formation in post-Li systems.
Dr. Svetlozar Dimitrov Ivanov
Dr. Mario Kurniawan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrocrystallization
- nucleation and growth
- solid–electrolyte interphase
- nucleation work
- dendrite formation
- number of nuclei
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