New Materials for Lithium-Based Battery Alternatives
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 1567
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanomaterials; energy storage and conversion; Li/Na-ions batteries; Li/Na-S batteries; Li metal batteries
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lithium-based batteries, a pivotal energy storage technology, have found extensive applications in portable electronic devices and electric vehicles. Nonetheless, the finite nature of Li resources within the Earth's crust, coupled with their uneven global distribution, underscores the imperative to seek alternatives to Li-based batteries. However, the pursuit of these alternative solutions, aiming to attain technical parameters akin to those of Li-based batteries, such as specific capacity, energy density, and power density, is fraught with formidable challenges.
Within the realm of batteries, electrode materials are widely regarded as pivotal determinants of electrochemical performance. These materials directly influence key metrics of batteries. As such, searching for new materials that exhibit a trifecta of affordability, chemical stability, and enhanced specific capacity holds paramount significance in the pursuit of alternative Li-based battery architectures.
The focal objective of this Special Issue is to elucidate the latest strides made in the domain of substitutive Li-based batteries through the introduction of new materials. Authors are strongly encouraged to submit contributions that encapsulate the synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical performance assessment of these new materials. In particular, emphasis is placed on benchmarking the new materials' specific capacity, energy density, and power density against their conventional Li-based counterparts.
Dr. Yuping Liu
Dr. Huan Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new materials
- lithium-based battery alternatives
- synthesis
- characterization
- specific capacity
- energy/power density
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