Advances in Manufacturing and Recycling of Battery Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Demands for innovative battery materials are increasing in the market of IT mobile industry, electric vehicle, and energy storage systems, as interests in higher capacity and higher stability batteries increase in the era of the fourth industrial revolution and green energy.

To meet these demands, various next-generation batteries are currently being developed, such as all-solid-state, metal-air, redox-flow, lithium-sulfur, polyvalent ion, NaS, NaNi, and advanced capacitors. Moreover continuous and further research activities are needed to improve energy density, achieve low cost, and improve safety.

As electric vehicles are changed with internal combustion engine vehicles, the demand for cathode material, such as cobalt, nickel, and lithium are growing and the necessity for recycling of spent lithium-ion battery are rising. Effective spent battery recycling technology is very important for securing more amounts of battery materials, as well as solving the environmental problems due to the wrong disposal of spent battery. Even though there are some commercialized recycling processes for battery scraps and small-sized spent LIBs globally, economical, and eco-friendly recycling processes are not developed yet for large-scale spent LIBs used in EV and ESS.

This Special Issue will focus on the advances in manufacturing and recycling of battery materials for solving the bottlenecks in next-generation batteries and economical recycling process. Particularly, greater engagement with recycling will allow the battery manufacturing industry more chances to contribute to the circular economy.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Jeong-Soo Sohn
Guest Editor

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