Special Issue "Smart and Functional Materials for Lithium-Ion Battery"
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 15739
Special Issue Editors

2. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
Interests: multifunctional materials for sensors and actuators; environmental, energy, and biomedical applications
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Interests: micro- and nanopolymer composites; energy storage applications; lithium-ion battery; anode and cathode materials; separator membranes; dielectric properties
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy and environment head the list of the top global problems that society will be facing for the next 50 years. In a society increasingly based on mobility, the efficient use of energy is often intimately related to energy storage. The most used energy storage systems are lithium-ion batteries, with a global market growth of 8.5% for portable electronic devices and electric vehicles. The common challenges associated with lithium-ion battery systems include the improvement of performance, conversion efficiency, energy/power density, discharge rate, and lifetime, while reducing the production and operation costs. In order to improve lithium-ion battery performance it is essential to develop a new generation of smart and (multi)functional materials for both electrodes and separators, allowing the fine control and optimization of the key physico-chemical processes that influence battery performance.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit original research papers, short communications, or state-of-the-art reviews within the scope of this Special Issue. Contributions can range from fundamental properties of materials, their processing, and characterization to innovations in processing technologies, geometries, or lithium-ion battery applications.
Prof. Dr. Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez
Dr. Carlos Miguel Costa
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- smart materials
- multifunctional materials
- battery separators
- polymer electrolytes
- ceramic electrolytes
- active materials
- polymer binders