Recent Advances in Gels for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2023) | Viewed by 3549
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrochemical energy storage; electrocatalysis; Li-S battery; 2D nanomaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A gel, such as a hydrogel, organogel, xerogel or aerogel, is an intriguing semi-solid/solid that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. They all share the similar structural feature of a three-dimensional cross-linked network, which makes them perfect material platforms for electrochemical energy storage.
We are delighted to launch the Special Issue “Recent Advances in Gels for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion” to broad the general readership of the Journal of Gels and more importantly to promote the development of advanced nanotechnology for the next-generation of electrochemical energy storage. This Special Issue will focus on any aspect of the synthesis, production, structure and properties of any types of gels, and particularly their applications on electrochemical energy storage and conversion, such as polymer-gel electrolytes, elastomeric electrodes with enhanced mechanical properties, conductive 3D aerogel electrodes with practical level of mass loading, hydrogel in batteries and supercapacitors, hydrogel in energy conversion devices, etc.
We welcome your submission of your original reports and review papers dealing with the aforementioned research scopes.
Dr. Lele Peng
Dr. Xihong Zu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrochemical energy storage
- gel synthesis
- gel electrolyte
- solid-state electrolyte
- elastic electrodes
- gel-derived materials
- mechanical property
- conductive 3D aerogel
- high loading
- high energy density
- high power density
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