Advanced Design and Synthesis of Electrode Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 7350
Special Issue Editor
Interests: negative electrodes; alloys; metal-ion batteries; metal-ion capacitors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing demand for energy and the electrification of mobility in modern society have increased the demand for higher energy density, power density, and safety standards as well as lower costs. Consequently, lithium ion batteries, ubiquitously applied from portable electronics to transportation or grid storage applications, now do not meet the requirements for many applications.
Moreover, the low abundancy and uneven distribution of lithium sources are increasing the cost of lithium-based technologies. With these driving forces, many research groups around the world are focusing on increasing the power and energy densities of batteries, either lithium based or with different chemistries. The next-generation energy storage systems, so called “beyond lithium ion batteries”, promise higher levels of theoretical energy or power density, although each chemistry has its own challenges, and the real numbers are lower than the thoretical ones. In order to overcome these challenges and achieve higher power and energy densities, novel electrode architectures have been proposed to enhance the cycling performance of electroactive materials, rate capabilities, and electrode–electrolyte interactions, among other.
This Special Issue of Materials is a Joint Special Issue with Electronic Materials, it aims to present recent advances in the design and synthesis of nanoarchitectured electrode materials, focusing on novel chemistries and nanostructuration strategies applied to positive or negative electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries and capacitors and metal-air and lithium-sulfur batteries. Authors are invited to submit relevant full papers, short communications, and reviews for inclusion.
Prof. Juan Luis Gómez-Cámer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostrucutred materials
- advanced electrodes
- rational design
- batteries
- capacitors
