Advanced Electrode Materials for Alkali Metal-Ion Batteries
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 17
Editors
Interests: cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on Advanced Electrode Materials for Alkali Metal-Ion Batteries. With the ever-growing demand for sustainable, high-performance energy storage technologies, alkali metal-ion batteries, including lithium-, sodium-, and potassium-ion batteries, have emerged as promising candidates for applications ranging from portable electronics and electric vehicles to large-scale grid energy storage. Despite their rapid development, further improvements in energy density, power capability, cycling stability, safety, and cost-effectiveness remain highly dependent on the rational design and optimization of advanced electrode materials.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the frontier advances in the design, synthesis, structural and electronic regulation, and mechanistic exploration of electrode materials for alkali metal-ion batteries. We particularly welcome contributions that provide fundamental insights into ion-storage mechanisms, electrode/electrolyte interfacial chemistry, defect and crystal structure engineering, advanced characterization techniques, theoretical simulations, and emerging material systems.
We sincerely invite original research articles and comprehensive review manuscripts covering both fundamental studies and practical application explorations to accelerate the development of next-generation alkali metal-ion battery technologies. We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Jingqiang Wang
Prof. Dr. Ding Nan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- alkali metal-ion batteries
- lithium-ion batteries
- sodium-ion batteries
- potassium-ion batteries
- high-energy electrodes
- cathode
- anode
- alkali-ion storage mechanism
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