Advanced Battery Materials: Preparation, Optimization and Recycling
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lithium-ion batteries; sodium/potassium-ion batteries; aqueous zinc-ion batteries; DFT
Interests: lithium-ion battery; sodium-ion battery; zinc-ion battery; three-dimensional porous current collector; electrochemical synthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advanced battery technologies employ diverse electrode materials, electrolytes, and additives. For critical applications in electric vehicles, portable electronics, and energy storage systems, the focus lies on high-capacity cathodes, durable anodes, and novel electrolytes. These encompass transition metal oxides, carbon-based materials, solid-state electrolytes, and multifunctional composites featuring intricate microstructures, such as nanostructured coatings and conductive polymer blends.
Analyzing these materials—characterized by varied properties, morphologies, and sizes (e.g., lithium-ion battery electrodes)—requires consideration of electrode–electrolyte interfaces under diverse operating conditions, including charge–discharge cycles, temperature extremes, mechanical stress, and voltage fluctuations.
Advanced battery materials must satisfy multiple performance criteria: high energy and power density, long cycle life, good rate capability, thermal stability, and safety. Equally important are non-performance factors like cost-effectiveness, environmental impact, resource availability, ease of synthesis, and recyclability.
This Special Issue aims to elucidate the fundamental principles governing material synthesis, performance optimization, and recycling processes. Crucially, macroscopic properties such as energy storage capacity and cycle stability are governed by underlying mechanisms operating across multiple sub-observational scales. Understanding how these mechanisms dictate performance and recyclability is essential for analyzing existing materials and designing improved, innovative alternatives.
Multiscale modelling, which bridges or simultaneously accounts for nano-, micro-, and macro-scale phenomena, is particularly valuable for advanced battery materials due to its well-defined hierarchical structure across these levels.
Dr. Weijia Meng
Dr. Xiaoyong Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced battery materials
- multiscale modeling
- electrode-electrolyte interfaces
- performance optimization
- material synthesis
- recycling processes
- energy density
- cycle stability
- solid-state electrolytes
- transition metal oxides
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