Preparation and Application of Biomaterials in Batteries
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 319
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wood-based biomass nanomaterials; microbial fuel cells; biomanufacturing; biodegradation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diversified batteries show great potential for solving the energy crisis but face the problem of environmental pollution. Natural biomaterials are a source of power for every creature on Earth but offer an especially important scaffold to establish and optimize various components of batteries for energy storage and conversion. Biomaterials have great research value for constructing environment-friendly and high-performance batteries including Li+, Na+ and K+ battery, dye-sensitized solar cells, microbial fuel cells, etc. For example, cellulose can be directly used as a separator and electrode support, carbonizing wood can be used as a conductive additive, and starch can be used as a solid electrolyte. Therefore, the preparation and application of biomaterials on batteries could lead to replacement of fossil energy materials to realize social sustainability in the future.
Prof. Dr. Chenhui Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- high-performance batteries
- biomaterials
- green energy
- environmental friendliness
- sustainability
- circular economy
- energy storage and conversion
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