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Thermal Management in Lithium-Ion Batteries: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by Xianglin Li, Chuanbo Yang and
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 35889 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
High-Performance Super-capacitors: Preparation and Application
edited by Xin Chen
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12475 | Submission Open
Keywords: supercapacitor; flexible supercapacitor; hybrid supercapacitor; oxide; hydroxide; chalcogenide; activated carbon; carbon nanotube; graphene; MXene; quantum dot; 3D electrode; composite electrode; interface; modeling; system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Supercapacitors)
Advances in Rechargeable Li Metal Batteries
edited by and Jianbin Zhou
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7926 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium metal; cathode; electrolyte; characterization; solid-state batteries; solid-electrolyte interphase
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Recent Progress of Flow Battery
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6630 | Submission Open
Innovative Catalyst Design for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction for Fuel Cells
edited by Maoyu Wang, Hanping Ding and Shanyong Chen
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open
Keywords: oxygen reduction reaction; electrocatalyst; fuel cell; catalyst synthesis; mechanistic understanding
Artificial Intelligence-Based State-of-Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 21217 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion battery; SOH estimation; artificial intelligence; lifetime prediction; physics-informed AI; neural networks; supervised learning; unsupervised learning; self-learning; data mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Recent Progress in Energy Storage Materials and Devices
edited by
submission deadline 28 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8862 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery; energy storage; hybrid battery cells; automotive and mobile application requirements; environmental challenges
High-Energy Materials and Electrode/Electrolyte Interphase Tailoring for Sustainable Batteries
edited by Wengao Zhao and Peng Li
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7105 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-energy materials; electrode/electrolyte interphases; sustainable batteries; advanced characterizations; operando characterizations; high-throughput screening
Advanced Lithium-Ion Battery Management in Renewable Energy Systems: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery; renewable energy system; operation state; topology; modeling; control; grid-connection; energy management; thermal management; lifetime management; vehicle to grid; cooperative dispatching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Functional Binders and Additives for Rechargeable Batteries
edited by Yushi He and Zhong Ma
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10751 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional binders; functional additives; Li/Na/K-ion battery; Mg/Zn/Ca/Al-ion battery; metal battery; metal-S/O2 battery; aqueous battery; solid-state battery
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Design, Preparation, Reaction Mechanisms of Electrode Materials, and Battery Life Evaluation submission deadline 5 Jun 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 27852 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel battery materials and technologies; Li-ion batteries; electrode design; cathode; anode; electrolyte; reaction mechanisms; in situ analysis; battery life evaluation
Electrolyte and Electrode Design for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries
edited by Shaokun Chong
submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20211 | Submission Open
Keywords: rechargeable batteries; sodium-ion batteries; potassium-ion batteries; lithium-ion batteries; Li-S batteries; Li-O2 batteries; electrocatalysis; Zn/Mg-ion batteries; electrode materials; electrolyte engineering; electrochemical mechanism; electrochemical performances
The Breakthrough of Traditional Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems
edited by Xiaoyuan Shi and Hengguo Wang
submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11089 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel-concept battery systems; dual-ion batteries; halogen batteries; ammonium-ion batteries; decoupled design batteries; high energy; long lifetime
Recent Progress of Battery Design, Modeling and Testing in Electric Vehicles
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 25728 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery cell design; battery pack design; battery thermal management; battery safety; battery failure detection; thermal runaway; fast charging; battery materials; battery aging; battery life; battery control; battery states estimation; battery recycling; battery life cycle assessment (LCA)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Recent Advances of All-Solid-State Battery submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5015 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state batteries; solid electrolyte; advanced separators; battery testing; interface evaluation; battery safety
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
edited by Yaocai Bai and Panpan Xu
submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 28761 | Submission Open
Keywords: recycling; direct recycling; lithium-ion batteries; upcycling; hydrometallurgy; cathode; graphite
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Thermal Management System for Lithium-Ion Batteries: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2054 | Submission Open
Keywords: liquid cooling and its hybrid forms; air cooling; phase change materials and coupled cooling; refrigeration cooling; thermal safety performance; dynamic thermal performance under operating conditions; advanced modeling techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
High-Energy Lithium Metal Batteries
edited by Zhikun Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium metal batteries; electrolytes; Interface design; cathode materials; thermal safety; lifetime estimation
Recycling and Reuse of End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries: Challenges and Strategies–2nd Edition
edited by and Chiara Ferrara
submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2866 | Submission Open
Keywords: end-of-life lithium-ion batteries; recycling; critical and strategic raw materials; second life; circular economy; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Recycling Spent Lithium Ion Batteries
edited by Jia Li
submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: spent lithium batteries; state of charge; pretreatment process; metallurgical process; electrolyte treatment; material reuse; dissembling process; ai technique; high-value-added output; life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Rechargeable Batteries
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14139 | Submission Open
Keywords: Li-ion batteries; Na-ion batteries; solid-state batteries; rechargeable batteries; battery recycling
Enhancement of Lithium-Ion and Post-lithium Batteries Safety: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications
edited by Hans Jürgen Seifert and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5596 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium and post-lithium batteries safety; electrochemical and thermal characterization; battery calorimetry and safety testing; ageing studies; gas analysis; thermodynamic modelling; modelling of cell venting; thermal runaway and thermal propagation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Advances in Thermal Management for Batteries: 2nd Edition
edited by Elham Hosseinzadeh and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3605 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery thermal management; battery modelling; battery ageing; thermal runaway; thermal propagation; battery pack design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Advances in Battery Electric Vehicles—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2132 | Submission Open
Keywords: futuristic trends; battery pack design; battery management; health monitoring; state of charge; thermal management; charging infrastructure; motor drives; vehicular system; electrical vehicle trends
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Modeling, Reliability and Health Management of Lithium-Ion Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by , Rui Ling, , , and
submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14442 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery modeling; battery reliability; battery fault diagnosis; battery control strategy; battery health management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Innovations in Batteries for Renewable Energy Storage in Remote Areas submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2854 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery design innovations; remote energy storage; intermittent renewable sources; energy integration strategies; resilient battery technologies; sustainable energy solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Second-Life Batteries submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 21741 | Submission Open
Keywords: second-life batteries; lithium-ion batteries; battery characterization and modeling; aging mechanisms; aging modeling; component reliability; lifetime prediction; battery diagnosis and prognosis; life-cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Application of Battery Management and Integration Technology in Renewable Energy Power Supply Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15089 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; battery; battery system; battery management system; integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Innovations in Battery Management: Advanced Modeling, Control and Diagnostic Algorithms for Batteries and Hybrid Energy Storage Systems
edited by , and Francesco Porpora
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery modelling; characterization procedures; control and optimization algorithms; battery aging mechanisms; state of health (SoH) estimation; remaining useful life (RUL) prediction; battery recycling; second-life battery applications; hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs); artificial intelligence in batteries; advanced battery diagnostics; thermal management; advanced battery sensors; sustainable battery technologies; battery performance optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Designing Sustainable Sodium/Zinc Batteries for the Future
edited by Zaichun Liu, Yuqi Li and
submission deadline 16 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable batteries; sodium/zinc batteries; earth-abundant materials; cathode and anode development; solid and liquid electrolytes; interface engineering; redox flow batteries; multi-scale modeling; machine learning for battery degradation; battery recycling; advanced characterization
Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 18 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4251 | Submission Open
Keywords: quasi/all-solid polymer; electrolytes; inorganic solid electrolytes (such as oxides; sulfides; halides; etc.); hybrid solid electrolytes; eutectogel electrolytes; in situ fabricated solid-state electrolytes; interfacial design and evolution; ion-conductive mechanisms; solid state batteries (such as lithium; sodium; etc.); safety evaluation characterization techniques and theoretical computations/simulations of electrolytes and batteries; materials genome initiative; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML) of solid electrolytes and batteries
Advances in Recycling and Upcycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries
edited by and Qizhang Yan
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1053 | Submission Open
Keywords: end-of-life electrical vehicle; lithium-ion battery; recycling; upcycling; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Machine Learning for Advanced Battery Systems submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23517 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; reinforcement learning; data-driven prediction; data-driven optimization; energy systems; battery management systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
High-Performance Supercapacitors: Advancements & Challenges
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9700 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application)
Advanced Carbon-Based Materials for Next-Generation Batteries and Supercapacitors
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9420 | Submission Open
Keywords: batteries; supercapacitors; carbon-based materials; carbon composite materials; microstructure design; composition optimization; energy-storage mechanism; electrolytes; energy densities
Advanced Materials and Degradation Mechanisms in Beyond-Lithium-Ion Batteries
edited by Yi Gong, Huanxin Li and Wenjia Du
submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-lithium-ion batteries; advanced materials; operando characterisation; sensors; non-invasive monitoring
New Electrochemical Performance of Solid-State Batteries: Development and Challenges
edited by Yulong Liu and Xuejie Gao
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6752 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid state electrolyte; polymer solid electrolyte; novel electrolyte; Li metal; solid state battery; interface; quasi-solid-state battery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Battery Manufacturing: Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4646 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery manufacturing; smart manufacturing; digitalization; Industry 4.0; electrodes; electrolytes; end-of-life batteries; recycling; recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Processing, Manufacturing and Recycling)
Batteries Aging Mechanisms and Diagnosis
edited by
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2426 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery aging test; battery aging mechanism; battery aging evaluation; battery fault diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Advanced Electrode and Electrolyte Materials for All-Solid-State Batteries
edited by Florian Strauss
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5897 | Submission Open
Keywords: scalable synthesis procedures; interfacial degradation mechanisms; novel solid electrolyte materials; novel cathode active materials; lithium solid-state batteries; sodium solid-state batteries; post-mortem analysis; in situ analysis
Advanced Characterizations in Solid-State Batteries
edited by Wei Xia and
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5017 | Submission Open
Keywords: Li-ion batteries; Na-ion batteries; all-solid-state batteries; advanced characterizations; interface
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Mechanisms and Fundamental Electrochemistry Aspects)
High-Safety Lithium-Ion Batteries: Basics, Progress and Challenges
edited by Lang Huang
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2664 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal safety of LIBs; heat generation; thermal runaway route; self-heating; thermal failure mechanism; safe electrolyte materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Advanced Electrolytes for Enhancing Performance in Lithium/Sodium-Ion Batteries
edited by Xianhui Zhang, Hao Jia and Zehao Cui
submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; sodium-ion batteries; Li/Na-S batteries; Li-O2 batteries; solid-state electrolyte; nonaqueous electrolyte; solid electrolyte interphase; interface characterization; calculation and simulation; machine learning
Advanced Studies on High-Performance Metal-Ion Capacitors: Technologies, Systems and Applications
edited by Kangyu Zou, Tianjing Wu and Jiangmin Jiang
submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13656 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion capacitor; sodium-ion capacitor; potassium-ion capacitor; electrode materials; energy storage mechanism; pre-metalation; electrolytes
Lithium-Ion Batteries and Li-Ion Capacitors: From Fundamentals to Practical Applications: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4513 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; Li-ion capacitors; energy storage device; electrode material; electrolyte; electrode and device preparation methods; applications; power load forecasting
State-of-Health Estimation of Batteries submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16346 | Submission Open
Keywords: state-of-health; remaining useful life; lithium-ion batteries; lithium-sulfur batteries; sodium-ion batteries; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Advances in Hybrid Supercapacitors: Materials, Devices, Models, Systems, and Applications submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17457 | Submission Open
Keywords: supercapacitors; pseudocapacitors; lithium-ion capacitors; sodium-ion capacitors; potassium-ion capacitor; ammonium-ion hybrid supercapacitors; device design; electrode materials; electrolytes; interfaces; electrochemical performances; thermal behaviors; safety issues; formation process; degradation and aging; thermoelectric coupling; thermal and electric abuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section Supercapacitors)
Thermal Safety of Lithium Ion Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7656 | Submission Open
Keywords: safety design; safety materials; thermal runaway mechanism; safety tests; degradation diagnosis; thermal management; thermal runaway propagation; risk assessment; early warning; fire suppression
(This special issue belongs to the Section Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety)
Research on Aqueous Rechargeable Batteries—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1137 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy storage; aqueous rechargeable batteries; charge carriers; reaction mechanisms; electrode materials; aqueous electrolytes; pitfalls and challenges
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aqueous Batteries)
Challenges, Progress, and Outlook of High-Performance Fuel Cells
edited by Jie Liu and Pu He
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open
Keywords: PEMFC/SOFC/RFC/DMFC; high performance; materials research; electrolytes; component design; electrochemical simulation and calculation; manufacturing techniques; system integration
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