Design, Development and Manufacturing of Solid-State Batteries Materials

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few years, we have seen a major shift in the uptake of batteries in the automotive sector. This has further been supercharged by the changes in government policies across the world in supporting electric vehicles (EVs) as well as a positive response from the public at large. With the rapid rate of uptake of EVs, the shift towards solid-state batteries (SSBs) has already begun. However, one of the major challenges in SSBs lies in the manufacturing of these devices. The conventional manufacturing methods are highly energy-intensive and usually too slow to provide any commercial advantage to the SSBs over the liquid-electrolyte-based alternative batteries.  

This Special Issue is focused on emerging concepts in the rapid manufacturing of SSBs as well as fundamental studies that provide insight into the interrelationship between processing parameters and battery performance. Topics will include, but are not limited to:

• Novel additive manufacturing of battery electrodes;
• New concepts in the sintering of battery materials;
• The role of machine learning in solid-state battery manufacture;
• Design and development of solid-state electrolyte hybrid materials and composite structures;
• Technoeconomic considerations and life-cycle analysis of novel manufacturing methods;
• New methods and development of SSB nanomaterials;
• New concepts in cell architecture.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, short communications, and reviews will be greatly appreciated.

Dr. Sina Saremi-Yarahmadi
Guest Editor

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