High-Capacity Cells and Batteries for Electric Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

If you are working in the field of electric vehicles, batteries, or energy storage applications, this might be of interest to you. This is a formal invitation to participate in the Special Issue of Energies on “High-Capacity Cells and Batteries for Electric Vehicles”.

Due to their overall performance, lithium-ion batteries currently dominate the electric vehicle market. Each year, car manufacturers launch new models, increasing the average capacity of electric vehicle batteries. This is achieved, in part, through making bigger batteries that imply an increase in the vehicle cost, weight, and use of more critical raw materials. Although prices are lowering, Li-ion batteries do not have enough energy density to substantially decrease the weight of vehicles; thus, using high-energy cells is an intriguing possibility that we are being called on to explore.

This Special Issue aims to evaluate several issues concerning high-capacity batteries, and papers are welcome if they analyze one or more of these topics or respond to these questions:

• Upcoming battery technologies: analyzing their relevant benefits but also presenting their shortage or less performant issues;
• From cell tests to battery;
• New packaging strategies and configurations;
• Weight versus consumption and overall performance of electric vehicles;
• The role of battery management systems in maximizing the capacity of batteries;
• Safety-security of cell's technologies;
• Ageing and lifespan analysis. Higher capacity means fewer cycles and, thus, longer lifespan in real applications;
• End of life;
• Beyond the electric vehicle:
  • Circular economy strategies and battery second life;
  • Recycling;
• Environmental impact;
• Avoiding the use of critical and/or toxic materials;
• When will capacities stop increasing?
• The charge of high capacity electric vehicle batteries;
• Reviews and comparatives of technologies.

Prof. Dr. Lluc Canals Casals
Prof. Dr. Marcel Macarulla Martí
Dr. Alberto Gómez Núñez
Guest Editors

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