Research on Novel Energy Storage Materials and Devices

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".

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Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
Interests: energy storage devices; metal oxides; low-dimension carbon materials; carbon-based composites

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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue entitled ‘Research on Novel Energy Storage Materials and Devices’. Novel energy storage materials and devices is strongly demanded to to meet the increasing demand of several sectors such as renewable energies, automobiles, mobile and wearable devices. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest developments of materials and their devices for advanced energy storage and relevant energy convension (such as in metal-O2 battery). This Special Issue invites contributions about significant new findings related to synthesis, fabrication, structure, performance and technological application of novel energy storage materials, as well as their devices for sustainable energy and development, through a combination of original research papers and review articles from leading groups around world.

In particular, topics of interest for this Special Issue include (but are not limited to):

  • Energy Storage Materials: Synthesis, Fabrication, Structure
  • Batteries: Li-ion batteries, Sodium-ion batteries, Zinc-ion batteries, Metal-O2 batteries
  • Capacitors (CS): Electric double layer capacitors (EDLC), Pseudocapacitors
  • Hydrogen storage

Dr. Ruimei Yuan
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • energy storage & conversion materials
  • batteries
  • capacitors
  • hydrogen storage

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Carbon/Graphite Sheets/PTFE-Coated Porous Titanium as the Bipolar Plate by Hydrothermal Treatment
by Chun Ouyang and Damao Xun
Coatings 2022, 12(11), 1649; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12111649 - 31 Oct 2022
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A multilayered carbon–-Polytetrafluoroethylene/graphite sheet (C-PTFE/GS) coating is synthesized on a Ti plate by hydrothermal and immersion method. The innermost layer is composed of amorphous carbon and the outermost layer is made of a compound with PTFE, graphite sheets and nanotube. Interfacial contact resistance [...] Read more.
A multilayered carbon–-Polytetrafluoroethylene/graphite sheet (C-PTFE/GS) coating is synthesized on a Ti plate by hydrothermal and immersion method. The innermost layer is composed of amorphous carbon and the outermost layer is made of a compound with PTFE, graphite sheets and nanotube. Interfacial contact resistance (ICR) decreases to 8.9 mΩ·cm−2 at the applied force of 1.4 MPa between carbon paper and the substrate with coating. The corrosive current density is only 0.49 μA/cm2 at the cathode, while the potential of 0.6 V is applied. The charge transfer resistance of the multilayer carbon coating is higher than that of a bare sample through the results of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Moreover, there are no obvious changes in the coating before and after potentiostatic polarization testing by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, which demonstrates the stability of multilayered C-PTFE/GS coating on Ti. In addition, the surface morphology of C-PTFE/GS coating is preserved without defect after potentiostatic polarization in a simulated environment of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Therefore, the C-PTFE/GS coating is potentially applied as bipolar plates in PEMFCs. Full article
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of NiCo2O4 @NiCo2O4 Core-Shell Nanostructures Anchored on Ni Foam for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reactions Catalysts
by Lijuan Zhang, Haichen Yuan, Xiang Li and Yan Wang
Coatings 2022, 12(9), 1240; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12091240 - 25 Aug 2022
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NiCo2O4@NiCo2O4 core-shell nanostructures anchored on Ni foam (NF) are synthesized by the hydrothermal and subsequent calcination process. In these structures, NiCo2O4 nanosheets are coated on NiCo2O4 nanocones, which are decorated [...] Read more.
NiCo2O4@NiCo2O4 core-shell nanostructures anchored on Ni foam (NF) are synthesized by the hydrothermal and subsequent calcination process. In these structures, NiCo2O4 nanosheets are coated on NiCo2O4 nanocones, which are decorated on the surface of conductive NF. As an oxygen evolution reaction catalyst, the NiCo2O4@NiCo2O4 exhibits low overpotential of 440 mV at the current density of 100 mA cm−2. Furthermore, the composite shows outstanding long-term stability during 12 h continuous operation. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) reveals that the charge transfer resistance of NiCo2O4@NiCo2O4 is much smaller than other composites. The results reveal that the composite exhibits superior activity for OER in contrast to individual NiCo2O4 nanosheets or NiCo2O4 nanocones, which are attributed to the NiCo2O4@NiCo2O4 composite and integrate multiple advantages of nanostructures, abundant catalytic sites and outstanding stability. Full article
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Nanostructure Engineering of Alloy-Based Anode Materials with Different Dimensions for Sodium/Potassium Storage
by Xiaolong Cheng, Dongjun Li, Yu Jiang, Fangzhi Huang and Shikuo Li
Coatings 2023, 13(12), 2088; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13122088 - 15 Dec 2023
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Sodium/potassium-ion batteries have drawn intensive investigation interest from researchers owing to their abundant element resources and significant cost advantages. Anode materials based on alloy reaction mechanisms have the prominent merits of a suitable reaction potential and high theoretical specific capacity and energy density. [...] Read more.
Sodium/potassium-ion batteries have drawn intensive investigation interest from researchers owing to their abundant element resources and significant cost advantages. Anode materials based on alloy reaction mechanisms have the prominent merits of a suitable reaction potential and high theoretical specific capacity and energy density. However, very large volumetric stresses and volume changes during the charge/discharge process and the resulting electrode structural cracking, deactivation and capacity fading seriously hinder their development. To date, a series of modification strategies have been proposed to tackle these challenges and achieve good electrochemical performance. Herein, we review the recent advances in the structural engineering of alloy-type anodes for sodium/potassium storage, mainly including phosphorus, tin, antimony, bismuth and related alloy materials, from the perspective of dimensional structure. Furthermore, some future research directions and unresolved issues are presented for the investigation of alloy-based anode materials. It is hoped that this review can serve as a guide for the future development and practical application of sodium/potassium-ion batteries. Full article
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