Interfaces in Metal Battery
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: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 3447
Special Issue Editors
Interests: new energy materials and device
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continuous development and progress of our daily life and industrialization have boosted the construction of high-power/energy-density devices and large-scale electric grids. This has stimulated the vigorous development of energy storage technology, and many efforts have been devoted to exploring advanced energy materials and related high-energy-density storage systems. Among the numerous anode materials for rechargeable battery, the metal anode has become a research hotspot in recent years owing to its high theoretical capacity at a low operating potential. Therefore, the adoption of a metal anode with high electrochemical performance and stability holds great significance for the development of high energy-density energy storage systems.
Nonetheless, the practical applications of metal anodes face enormous challenges in terms of cycling stability, reversibility, and safety, because of the dendrite formation, the high reactivity, and extremely low potential of metal anodes. Over the past few years, many strategies have been adopted to achieve stable metal anodes: (1) changing the electrolyte formulation, such as using high-concentration electrolyte or a small amount of additives to adjust the reaction activity of metal with the electrolyte and to improve the stability of SEI films; (2) constructing an artificial SEI film with good mechanical strength and ionic conductivity to protect metal anodes from severe corrosion by the electrolyte, regulating metal-ion flow on the surface, and guiding the uniform plating/stripping process; (3) replacing the liquid electrolyte with a solid-state electrolyte to avoid corrosion of the metal anode and inhibiting dendrite growth to a certain extent; (4) designing deposition substrates for the “hostless” metal anode to effectively reduce the local current density, inhibit the growth of dendrites, and relieve the apparent volume expansion during the plating/stripping process.
This Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers in the following concepts:
- Recent developments in electrolyte formulation, including but not limited to additive, solid-state electrolytes and high-concentration electrolytes;
- Construction of artificial SEI film by manufacturing processes, thermal spray, laser and plasma processing, CVD, plating, etc.;
- Understanding the degradation mechanisms of metal anode by a series of advanced in situ/ex situ characterization techniques;
- The latest development of test methods considering the interplay between test technique and field performance data;
- Theoretical and experimental research, knowledge, and new ideas in corrosion protective mechanisms;
- Computer modeling, simulation to reveal the electrochemical performance, durability, and reliability of metal anodes in service environments.
Dr. Wen Luo
Prof. Dr. Jean Jacques Gaumet
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced metal electrode
- performance modeling
- electrolyte composition regulation
- damage evolution modeling
- metal anode structure design
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