Special Issue "Carbon Composite Nanofibers as Anode Materials for Metal-Ion Batteries"

A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021).

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Mataz Alcoutlabi
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Guest Editor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
Interests: nanostructured materials as electrodes and separators for metal-ion batteries; polymer physics and rheology; material behavior at the nanometre size scale

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The use of nanostructured materials for metal-ion batteries has been the trend in recent years. Carbon composite nanofibers have been widely used as anode materials in researchable Li-ion batteries with high reversible capacity, fast power capability, good safety, and a long lifecycle. This is mainly due to the high conductivity, good mechanical integrity, high surface area to volume ratio and the surface activities of nanofibers. These properties make the nanofiber structure more advantageous when used in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries as they deliver superior electrochemical properties; stable cycle performance, enhanced capacity, and better low temperature performance when compared to their powder, crystal, nanowire, thin film, etc. counterparts.

This Special Issue aims to bring together the current knowledge on all topics involved in the understanding of the processing and synthesis of carbon composite nanofibers as anode materials for metal-ion batteries. The topics include experimental approaches utilized to optimize the structure and performance relationship of composite nanofibers with aim of achieving high specific capacity, high energy density and the specific power of metal-ion battery anodes. The use of different processing methods of carbon composite nanofibers such as electrospinning, centrifugal spinning and others will also be discussed in this Special Issue. A specific emphasis is placed on optimizing the structure and morphology of carbon composite nanofibers with the desired compositions and nanostructured architectures to achieve high capacity anodes (e.g., core/shell, hollow tubular, porous and hierarchical structures) with unique physical/chemical properties (e.g., surface area, pore volume and conductivity).

Prof. Dr. Mataz Alcoutlabi
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • Nanocomposites
  • Carbon nanofibers
  • Anode
  • Lithium ion battery
  • Sodium ion battery

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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