Special Issue "Advanced and Multifunctional Materials for Energy Storage Systems"
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2023 | Viewed by 2491
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 nano polymer composites; energy storage applications; lithium-ion battery; anode and cathode materials; separator membranes; dielectric properties
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Taking into consideration the requirement for the reduction of the environmental impact of current technologies and the increasing mobility of people, it has become necessary to improve energy storage systems for portable applications and/or electric vehicles. This highlights the need to improve electrochemical energy storage devices in terms of energy/power density, discharge rate, lifetime, safety, and cost. The most widely used energy storage systems are lithium-ion batteries that include lithium polymer, lithium–sulfur, lithium–air, and lithium–silicon batteries. There are also other battery systems such as sodium-ion batteries and magnesium-ion batteries that could potentially be alternatives to lithium-ion batteries in specific areas but need to increase their performance. To improve battery performance, it is essential to develop a new generation of advanced and (multi)functional materials for electrodes (anode and cathode) and separators/solid polymer electrolyte, allowing the tailoring and optimization of the main physical–chemical processes that affect battery performance. Further, it will be important to include additional functionalities to batteries, such as self-sensing functions, self-healing or shut-down capabilities, etc.
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 may discuss the fundamental properties of materials, their processing and characterization, or innovations in processing technologies, geometries, or battery applications.
Prof. Dr. Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez
Dr. Carlos Miguel Costa
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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