From Design to Processing: The Evolution of Advanced Electrode Materials for Next-Gen Lithium-Ion Batteries
A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 58
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The advancement of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has shown extraordinary promise for creating a wireless and non-fossil fuel society, making a significant need for battery materials that offer high energy density and improved safety features. Next-generation LIBs require advanced electrode materials with innovative chemistry, inspired new electrode architectural design strategies, and facilitated modelling methods for understanding electrochemical performance. The rising use of electric vehicles has accelerated research into thick electrode designs with high active material mass loading to achieve high areal capacities, which can facilitate the commercial implementation of advanced battery electrodes.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the recent advancements in materials for Li-ion battery anodes and cathodes, focusing on stable electrode design, efficient electron transport, rapid ion diffusion, and thermal stability, while also considering the development of practical devices like pouch and flexible cells.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Emerging electrode materials for Li-ion battery Anodes;
- Emerging electrode materials for Li-ion battery Cathodes;
- Nano composite electrodes;
- Three-dimensional-printed electrodes;
- Stable electrode architecture;
- Electrode fabrication (Coin cells or Pouch cells);
- Safe electrolyte for long-term stability;
- Precise modelling methods for understanding rate performance;
- Electrochemical performance;
- Thick electrode design;
- High areal capacity electrodes;
- Fast charging;
- Thermal stability.
Dr. Bharathi Konkena
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- new electrode materials
- nano-composite electrodes
- thick electrode designs
- electrode architecture
- high areal capacity
- Li-ion storage
- rate performance
- suitable separators
- safe electrolytes
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