Ion Conducting Membranes and Energy Storage
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications for Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2025 | Viewed by 1594
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ion conducting membranes; energy storage; 2D materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ion-conducting membranes are essential for energy-storage technologies. Understanding ion transport and creating artificial ion-selective channels are current topics of interest in scientific research. In application, membranes with both high ion conductivity and selectivity have been pursued for a long time. Ion transport in membranes not only influences the polarisation of batteries but has also been found to influence the electrochemical processes of electrodes. For example, the influence of the membrane's charge on the morphology of metal deposition in metal-based batteries, like alkaline zinc–iron flow batteries and reversible lithium metal batteries, is significant.
In this Special Issue, authors are invited to submit original articles and reviews on battery membrane structure design. Contributions may concern (i) novel membrane-structure design methods, (ii) insights into the relationship between ion transport and membrane structure, (iii) and insights into the relationship between the electrochemical process of batteries and membrane structure.
Dr. Qing Dai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- membrane structure design
- ion transport
- batteries
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