Engineering in Battery Technologies—Advanced Surface Modification for High-Performance Energy Storage
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 53
Special Issue Editors
Interests: battery management system; battery thermal management; battery state estimation; battery safety; battery failure mechanism analysis
Interests: carbon material; metal chalcogenides; potassium ion battery; phase engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the global advancement of the "Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality" strategy, the new energy industry has presented unprecedented demands for high-performance, high-safety, and long-life energy storage systems. As the core of energy storage technology, the development of batteries relies on breakthroughs in two critical areas: first, advanced battery material design at the microscopic level, aimed at developing electrode and electrolyte materials with higher energy density, faster charging and discharging rates, and enhanced stability, where research on functional coatings, thin films, and surface modification techniques plays a pivotal role in optimizing interfacial properties and overall cell performance, and second, advanced battery management design at the system level, which maximizes the performance, safety, and lifespan of battery packs through intelligent algorithms, state estimation, and system control.
However, research on battery materials and battery management systems (BMSs) has often been conducted relatively independently. This Special Issue aims to break down this barrier by focusing on collaborative design and innovation between materials and systems. We invite scholars worldwide to share their latest research findings and explore how breakthroughs in materials can provide BMSs with a wider safety window and superior electrochemical models, as well as how BMSs can, in turn, guide the evaluation and application of new materials, collectively advancing the commercialization of next-generation battery technologies.
Dr. Xuan Tang
Dr. Qingfeng Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy storage
- electrode materials
- electrolyte
- battery management
- battery thermal management
- battery state estimation
- surface engineering
- coating electrode materials
- electrolyte and interfaces
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