Advanced High-Energy Metal-Ion Batteries
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 8
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Interests: battery; material; equipment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electric vehicles (EV) are continuing to gain market share, driven in part by government initiatives to clean up urban air and address the energy crisis. As such, we invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, Advanced High-Energy Metal-Ion Batteries, focused on the production and innocuous treatment of the lithium-ion batteries that are “under the hood” of these vehicles, as well as technologies for their recovery. It is important that researchers developing physico-chemical processes for batteries consider the impacts of the full supply chain of the technologies they are developing to inspire creativity at the bench that leads to sustainability on the road.
EVs are promoted as a sustainable transportation choice because, on a life-cycle basis, they emit fewer greenhouse gases than conventional vehicles. In addition, with no tailpipe emissions, fully electric vehicles can contribute to urban air quality improvements. In the evaluation of EVs’ contributions to sustainable transportation, however, it is important to consider the production of the battery and its environmental impacts beyond life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions and urban air pollution.
The scope of this Special Issue on high-energy metal-ion batteries includes, but is not limited to, lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, potassium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries, and their corresponding metal batteries, as well as battery components such as cathode materials, electrolytes, anode materials, current collectors, separators, etc. We welcome contributions on these topics that support the development of ion batteries and new energy vehicles.
Prof. Dr. Jian Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal-ion batteries
- cathode
- anode
- electrolyte
- prepare
- electrochemical performance
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