Recent Progress in Coatings and Materials for Batteries
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: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 15
Editors
Interests: material; coating; lithium metal battery; organic coating; inorganic coating
Interests: resource recovery of solid waste; material coating modification; new type of lithium battery
Interests: electrolyte film formation; lithium battery coating; analysis of electrolyte side reactions
Interests: high-performance lithium-ion battery electrolyte; coverage safety study; new coating material
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, with battery technologies at the heart of the transition toward electrification and renewable energy integration. In this context, coatings and advanced functional materials have emerged as critical enablers—offering powerful tools to tailor interfacial properties, suppress degradation mechanisms, and enhance ionic/electronic transport at both electrode and separator levels. From atomic-layer-deposited protective layers to novel polymer and ceramic composite coatings, these strategies are reshaping the design paradigms of next-generation batteries, including lithium-ion, solid-state, sodium-ion, and lithium–sulfur systems. However, translating laboratory-scale innovations into industrially viable, cost-effective processes remains a formidable hurdle, demanding deeper understanding of structure–property–performance relationships under realistic operating conditions. This Special Issue captures a pivotal moment where interdisciplinary efforts—spanning materials chemistry, surface engineering, and in situ characterization—are converging to bridge this gap, offering unprecedented opportunities for both fundamental discoveries and practical deployment.
Purpose Statement
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to innovative coatings and tailored materials for battery applications. We consider contributions addressing the design, synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation of protective layers, interfacial modifiers, and functional composites for electrodes, electrolytes, and separators.
The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following lithium-battery-related topics:
- Surface engineering for stability enhancement,
- Artificial solid-electrolyte interphases,
- Self-healing coatings,
- Advanced deposition techniques,
- Scalable manufacturing approaches.
Both experimental and theoretical works that provide new mechanistic insights or demonstrate clear performance improvements are welcome. Through this collection, we seek to stimulate cross-sector dialogue and accelerate the translation of coating technologies from academic research to industrial practice, ultimately contributing to safer, more durable, and higher-performance energy storage systems.
Dr. Qingyuan Dong
Dr. Haiyin Gang
Dr. Xinjing Huang
Dr. Chenyang Shi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
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-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- battery
- coatings
- materials
- surface engineering
- solid-electrolyte
- self-healing coatings
- deposition
- manufacturing
- energy storage
- electrodes
- electrolytes
- separators
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