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Electrodes and Coatings for Energy Storage Applications: Batteries and Supercapacitors
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Electrodes and Coatings for Energy Storage Applications: Batteries and Supercapacitors

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 May 2025 | Viewed by 902

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zahid Ali Zafar

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Guest Editor
IMDEA Materials Institute, Tecnogetafe, Calle Eric Kandel, 2, 28906 Getafe, Madrid, Spain
Interests: rechargeable Li and beyond-Li batteries; electrolytes and interphases
Prof. Dr. Wei Liu

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Guest Editor
College of Carbon Neutrality Future Technology, Institute of New-Energy and Low-Carbon Technology, Sichuan Univeristy, Chengdu 610017, China
Interests: rechargeable batteries; alkali metal electrochemistry

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to extend an invitation to contribute to our forthcoming Special Issue entitled "Electrodes and Coatings for Energy Storage Applications: Batteries and Supercapacitors". This Special Issue aims to explore electrodes and coatings tailored for various energy storage applications, particularly those paving the way for next-generation energy storage solutions.

Given your remarkable expertise in and significant contributions to this burgeoning field, we invite you to submit original research papers or mini-reviews that focus on the application of electrodes and coatings for lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries, solid-state lithium/sodium-metal batteries, sodium-ion and sodium-metal batteries, aqueous zinc-ion and zinc-metal batteries, and supercapacitors. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • 3D-printed electrode coatings;
  • Artificial interphase coatings;
  • Atomic-layer-deposited (ALD) electrode coatings;
  • Printed supercapacitors;
  • Dry-processed electrodes;
  • Polymer coatings for electrodes;
  • Coatings to prevent dendrites in metal batteries;
  • Coatings for batteries and supercapacitors, produced by thermal spray, laser and plasma processing, CVD, plating, ALD, MLD, etc.

We welcome submissions that cover aspects of material development, testing, modelling, applications, and economic analysis within the scope of this Special Issue.

Your valuable contributions will enrich the discourse on electrodes and coatings for energy storage applications.

Dr. Zahid Ali Zafar
Prof. Dr. Wei Liu
Guest Editors

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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. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • rechargeable batteries
  • printed electrode coatings
  • artificial interphases
  • atomic layer deposition (ALD)
  • printed supercapacitors
  • dry-processed electrodes
  • coatings for dendrite prevention in metal batteries

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Facile Synthesis of Sponge-like Microstructured CuO Anode Material for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries
by W. T. R. S. Fernando, T. H. N. G. Amaraweera, K. M. D. C. Jayathilaka, L. S. R. Kumara, O. Seo, K. Osaka, O. Sakata, R. P. Wijesundera and H. W. M. A. C. Wijayasinghe
Coatings 2025, 15(4), 467; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings15040467 - 15 Apr 2025
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CuO was synthesized by employing the facile chemical precipitation technique to vary the concentrations of Cu(NO3)2 in a range from 0.001 to 0.1 M. This was carried out in order to find the concentration of Cu(NO3)2 that [...] Read more.
CuO was synthesized by employing the facile chemical precipitation technique to vary the concentrations of Cu(NO3)2 in a range from 0.001 to 0.1 M. This was carried out in order to find the concentration of Cu(NO3)2 that results in optimal electrochemical performance in CuO as an anode electrode material for lithium-ion batteries. Among the investigated concentrations, the 0.03 M Cu(NO3)2 showed the best electrochemical performance. Of the synthesized materials, the scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis revealed the existence of a sponge-like morphology. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), synchrotron X-ray diffraction (SXRD) and Raman spectrum confirmed the formation of a required CuO phase. The electron density distribution on the crystalline structure of the synthesized CuO indicates the existence of the highest distribution of electrons around Cu atoms, with enhanced productivity of the conversion mechanism during the cycling process. Further, this study shows that the electronic interfacial properties of Cu/CuO could be improved by optimizing the amount of acetylene black used for the electrode fabrication, with 20 wt% being the optimum value. The electrodes fabricated with the synthesized sponge-like microstructured CuO as the active material exhibited a high initial specific discharge capacity of 3371.9 mA h g−1 and resulted in a specific discharge capacity of 442.9 mA h g−1 (Coulombic efficiency of 97.4%) after 50 cycles, at a rate of 0.2 C. Moreover, the specific discharge capacity reported at the rate of 1.0 C was 217.6 mA h g−1 with a significantly high Coulombic efficiency of about 98.0% after 50 cycles. Altogether, this study reveals the high potentiality of using sponge-like microstructured CuO as a high-performance anode electrode material for LIBs. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electrodes and Coatings for Energy Storage Applications: Batteries and Supercapacitors)
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