The Future of Energy Storage: Advancements and Challenges in All-Solid-State Lithium and Beyond-Lithium Battery Chemistries
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 December 2025 | Viewed by 51
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced electrode materials for modern-ion/air batteries and supercapacitors
Interests: electrode materials for Li-ion, Na-ion batteries, supercapacitors; electrocatalysts for energy conversion
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are at the forefront of energy storage innovation, promising a leap forward in safety, energy density, and long-term reliability. By replacing flammable liquid electrolytes with solid materials, ASSBs open the door to high-voltage cathodes and lithium metal anodes—paving the way for safer, more efficient batteries. Yet, key challenges remain, including interfacial instability, limited ionic conductivity, and scalability hurdles that must be overcome in order to enable real-world applications.
This Special Issue, “The Future of Energy Storage: Advancements and Challenges in All-Solid-State Lithium and Beyond-Lithium Battery Chemistries”, aims to showcase the latest research and insights driving progress in this rapidly evolving field. We welcome original research, reviews, and perspectives that deepen our understanding of the materials, interfaces, and systems that underpin ASSB technology. Our goal is to bring together a diverse range of contributions that reflect both the scientific rigor and the practical innovation needed to move ASSBs from lab to market.
Aim and Scope:
We seek to highlight advancements in electrolyte and electrode materials, interface design, fabrication processes, and performance optimization. We are particularly interested in research that spans lithium and beyond-lithium chemistries, as well as studies addressing manufacturability, modelling, and long-term sustainability.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- The design and synthesis of solid-state (oxide, sulfide, halide, polymer-based) electrolytes;
- Interface engineering and interfacial stability;
- Lithium metal anodes and dendrite suppression;
- High-voltage and high-capacity cathode materials;
- Mechanical and electrochemical characterization;
- Advanced fabrication methods (thin films, bulk-type, composite electrodes);
- In situ/operando studies of materials and interfaces;
- Degradation mechanisms and failure analysis;
- The modelling and simulation of ionic transport and interfacial dynamics;
- ASSBs beyond lithium-ion chemistries;
- Recycling and sustainability considerations.
We invite you to contribute your work to this Special Issue and help shape the future of energy storage with all-solid-state battery technologies.
Dr. Nithyadharseni Palaniyandy
Dr. Tarekegn Heliso Dolla
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- all-solid-state batteries
- solid electrolytes
- ionic conductivity
- metal anodes
- interface engineering
- interfacial stability
- dendrite suppression
- electrochemical performance
- energy density
- beyond-lithium chemistries
- scalability
- in situ/operando analysis
- battery degradation
- mechanistic studies
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