Electrode Innovations for High-Energy Battery Systems
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: 24 October 2025 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrode materials; batteries; electric vehicles; material simulation; artificial intelligence
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Dear Colleagues,
The future of energy storage relies heavily on breakthroughs in electrode materials that can deliver higher energy densities, longer lifetimes, and improved safety. This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest innovations in electrode design, synthesis, characterization, and theoretical understanding to advance high-energy battery systems. We welcome contributions that explore novel strategies aiming to push the limits of existing technologies as well as pioneering approaches for emerging battery chemistries.
Topics of interest include advances in lithium-ion batteries as well as alternative systems such as sodium-ion, potassium-ion, multivalent-ion (e.g., magnesium, zinc, aluminum), lithium–sulfur, and lithium–air batteries. Studies that integrate experimental techniques with computational modeling, machine learning, or in situ/operando characterization are also encouraged.
Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Anode and cathode materials (e.g., lithium/sodium layered oxides, polyanionic compounds, organic cathodes, silicon, lithium metal, alloy-type, hard carbon for sodium-ion);
- Electrode and electrode–electrolyte interface engineering;
- Novel electrode preparation techniques;
- In situ/operando studies of electrode reactions and degradation mechanisms;
- Theoretical modeling and machine learning for next-generation electrode design.
We invite authors to submit original research articles, reviews, and perspectives that highlight recent progress and future directions. Together, the contributions will offer a comprehensive view of how electrode innovations are shaping the next generation of high-energy battery technologies across multiple dimensions of chemistry.
Dr. Muhammad Hilmy Alfaruqi
Dr. Null Zulkifli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-energy batteries
- cathode materials
- anode materials
- electrode engineering
- lithium-ion batteries
- sodium-ion batteries
- potassium-ion batteries, multivalent batteries
- lithium–sulfur batteries
- metal–air batteries
- solid-state batteries
- electrode–electrolyte interface
- nanostructured electrodes
- battery degradation
- in situ characterization
- machine learning for material discovery
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