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High Energy Rechargeable Batteries: Li-Ion and Beyond
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High Energy Rechargeable Batteries: Li-Ion and Beyond

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".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2023) | Viewed by 4292

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zhenglong Xu

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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Interests: advanced energy materials and devices; in situ characterizations; computational and experimental electrochemistry
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Dr. Mohammad A. Garakani

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Guest Editor
Nano One Materials Corp., Burnaby, BC V3N 4V1, Canada
Interests: Li-ion battery; solid-state batteries; supercapacitors; materials science; advanced materials characterization; graphene; 2D materials

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The development of high energy rechargeable batteries is becoming increasingly important to enable the efficient use of clean and renewable energy sources. In the past several years, conventional Li-ion batteries (LIBs) have been the main energy storage systems for portable electronic devices. However, the current growing demands for cutting-edge electric vehicles (EVs) and other emerging applications necessitate further developments of Li-ion batteries and other battery technologies. The electrochemical performance of these advanced or emerging systems strongly depends on the nature of electrode materials and electrolytes. Numerous electrode chemistries and designs have been explored in recent years to increase the energy density for LIBs, such as Ni-rich cathodes and Si-based anodes. Li metal has been considered as the best choice for anodes because of its high capacity, low voltage and lightweight quality. Li metal can be coupled with Li-free cathodes to build high energy systems such as Li-sulfur and Li-air batteries. Substantial achievements have been achieved for high energy batteries within and beyond Li-ion chemistries. Nevertheless, there is still plenty of room for investigation on the path to commercialize these battery technologies with high energy, cost-effective, safe and long-lasting properties.

This Special Issue is open to original research articles, letters, as well as critical reviews aiming to highlight the recent progress in high energy batteries. It covers all aspects of materials synthesis, design, development, characterization, testing and applications. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • advanced Li-ion batteries
  • cathode materials
  • anode materials
  • electrolyte
  • solid electrolyte
  • Li-sulfur batteries
  • Li-air batteries
  • Na-ion batteries
  • battery testing and life-time prediction
  • battery safety and thermal management

Dr. Zhenglong Xu
Dr. Mohammad A. Garakani
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Batteries is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • advanced Li-ion batteries
  • cathode materials
  • anode materials
  • electrolyte
  • solid electrolyte
  • Li-sulfur batteries
  • Li-air batteries
  • Na-ion batteries
  • battery testing and life-time prediction
  • battery safety and thermal management

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A Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Stack Model for Redox Flow Batteries Considering Porosity Variations in Porous Felt Electrodes and Bypass Flow in Side Gaps
by Xinjie Guan, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and Chris Menictas
Batteries 2023, 9(7), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9070359 - 04 Jul 2023
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Redox flow batteries provide high flexibility and scalability for large-scale energy storage systems due to their safety, low cost and decoupling of energy and power. While typical flow frame designs usually assume all parts are standard, the industry can suffer from irregularity and [...] Read more.
Redox flow batteries provide high flexibility and scalability for large-scale energy storage systems due to their safety, low cost and decoupling of energy and power. While typical flow frame designs usually assume all parts are standard, the industry can suffer from irregularity and manufacturing tolerances of cell components, such as the shape or dimensions of the flow frame and porous electrode. This paper evaluates the impact of side gaps and porosity differences of the graphite felt due to irregularity and manufacturing tolerances on the electrolyte flow in the active cell areas. A three-dimensional hydraulic model with parameterised multi-cell stack geometry has been developed in COMSOL to compare the cell velocity distributions and pressure losses of a vanadium redox flow battery with flow-through electrodes. The results indicate that the side gaps and porosity segments can result in preferential flow within low-resistance areas, leading to significantly lower flow rates for other cell areas compared with standard flow frames. Proposed countermeasures of adjusting channel locations and applying dimples protruding into the cell cavity from the flow frame show good potential to avoid stagnant zones and maintain theoretical flow rates for the active cell areas. Full article
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Genetic Algorithm and Taguchi Method: An Approach for Better Li-Ion Cell Model Parameter Identification
by Taha Al Rafei, Nadia Yousfi Steiner and Daniela Chrenko
Batteries 2023, 9(2), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9020072 - 20 Jan 2023
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The genetic algorithm (GA) is one of the most used methods to identify the parameters of Li-ion battery models. However, the parametrization of the GA method is not straightforward and can lead to poor accuracy and/or long calculation times. The Taguchi design method [...] Read more.
The genetic algorithm (GA) is one of the most used methods to identify the parameters of Li-ion battery models. However, the parametrization of the GA method is not straightforward and can lead to poor accuracy and/or long calculation times. The Taguchi design method provides an approach to optimize GA parameters, achieving a good balance between accuracy and calculation time. The Taguchi design method is thus used to define the most adapted GA parameters to identify the parameters of model of Li-ion batteries for household applications based on static and dynamic tests in the time domain. The results show a good compromise between calculation time and accuracy (RMSE less than 0.6). This promising approach could be applied to other Li-ion battery applications, resulting from measurements in the frequency domain or different kinds of energy storage. Full article
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