Advances in Lithium-Ion Battery Safety and Fire: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Lithium-ion batteries have become one of the most competitive energy storage media for electric vehicles, energy storage power stations, novel energy storage systems, and so on. The safety issues associated with batteries, including thermal runaway, thermal runaway propagation, ageing degradation, fire and explosion, have caused widespread concern. These issues have not been satisfactorily unveiled and resolved. To this end, this Special Issue focuses on advances in the fundamental science and key technologies for thermal safety and management with regard to the related fire and explosion of batteries, including mechanisms, modelling, characteristics, monitoring, control, standard, etc.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Intrinsic design for battery safety (flame retardant electrolyte, self-closing separator, high stability electrode, etc.);
• Insights into thermal runaway/propagation mechanisms and numerical modelling analysis;
• Advanced thermal management strategies;
• Multi-scale battery fire tests (cell, module, vehicle, energy storage station, etc.);
• Process safety and emergency disposal of batteries during transportation;
• Ageing mechanisms, diagnostic method and regulation measures under different paths;
• Characteristics and evaluation of battery fire and explosion;
• Detection, monitoring and early warning of battery thermal runaway and fire;
• Explosion suppression and fire extinguishing involving battery fire;
• Safety standards for battery production, storage, transportation, and usage processes;
• Fire safety theory, technology, and equipment for battery storage, transportation, and recycling processes;
• Fire risk assessment of full-size lithium-ion battery (sodium ion battery) energy storage system.

We are delighted to invite you to publish an original research paper or a review paper in this Special Issue. Share your results to enhance the safety of batteries.

Dr. Zhi Wang
Dr. Tao Zhu
Dr. Qi Zhang
Guest Editors

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